Plan to set aside area for motorhomes at Mill Street car park

* Mill Street car park in Llangollen.

Llangollen's Mill Street car park features in plans by Denbighshire County Council to provide suitable facilities for motorhome owners in various locations across the county. 

With its Denbighshire Motorhome Aire project the council aims to address the issues of unauthorised overnight stays by motorhome owners at locations where there is no legal right to sleep overnight in a vehicle.

The scheme sets out to prevent the environmental and social problems caused by illegal camping and provide better facilities for overnight motorhome and campervan stays across the county. The proposals will also support local tourism.

Mill Street in Llangollen is one of six locations where areas to support motorhomes and campervans are being developed.

Planning applications will be submitted for each site to facilitate the installation of the relevant infrastructure to support the project. 

The proposed work will be funded from Welsh Government Brilliant Basics Funding which is aimed at improving essential visitor infrastructure and the UK Government Pride in Place Impact Fund (PiPIF)

The proposed sites include:

• Quay Street, Rhyl (Corner section of currently closed car park, with remaining area allocated to coach parking)
• Marine Drive (East Parade), Rhyl (Small area to be allocated close to Pavilion)
• Barkby Beach, Prestatyn (Lower car park adjacent to Public Convenience)
• Park Street, Ruthin (Small section of current car park)
• Green Lane, Corwen (A small number of bays along current car park exit road)
• Mill Street, Llangollen (Small section of lower car park along retaining wall to upper car park)

The project has focused on areas that are known hot-spots for unauthorised overnight stays, that are popular with tourists, and have nearby local businesses that would benefit from visitors to the Aires sites. 

This project aims to provide short stay (2 nights maximum) overnight parking for motorhomes on public car parks / areas which are located adjacent to towns and existing facilities. 

The focus of the project at all sites will be to provide a safe and secure, overnight parking facility along with the ability to empty wastewater/foulwater and to refill a motorhome with fresh water. No BBQ’s will be allowed, no fires will be allowed, no awnings will be allowed and no tents will be allowed. The motorhome bays will be basic, hardstanding areas purely for short stay use only.  

It is proposed that motorhome users coming to the Denbighshire County Council land owned sites will be able to pay for their stay via a new tariff on the current carparking mobile phone app or onsite meters.

Any work at the sites should planning be granted will include measures to prevent unauthorised parking at these sites.

Paul Jackson, Head of Highways & Environmental Services, said: "We know that the use of motorhomes has increased, especially since the Covid pandemic where everybody took on staycations in the UK. The project’s innovative proposals will help provide great facilities for those wishing to travel across Denbighshire and provide a fantastic boost for tourism and businesses where these sites are located once they come online."