The Evening Leader Comment - A Messy Defeat for Local Democracy

Flintshire County Councilors have withdrawn the county's opposition to house building on Meadowslea and Dobshill Hospital sites. Other similar actions of objection to housebuilding have failed. The councilors will take the advice given by Flintshire County Council officials. Penyffordd County Councilor Colin Bithell said " Most of us never wanted housing, we wanted some kind of medical facility. The Leader comment finishes with " New homes are needed but only where the supporting infrastructure can absorb the extra numbers."