Flintshire Local Development Plan
LIXWM - SETTLEMENT SERVICE AUDIT Settlement Commentary Lixwm is a small rural village on Halkyn Mountain / Holywell Common within a relatively isolated rural area. The village has a ribbon form of built development which centres upon the village road and results in an elongated pattern of development. The settlement benefits from limited service provision but residents are likely to be dependent upon services within larger centres such as Mold (7.8 miles) and Holywell (3.8miles).
Settlement No. of Dwellings 2000 UDP Baseline Figure 140 2014 Housing Land Study 177
Settlement Population 2001 Census 577 2011 Census 610
Summary of Recorded Service Provision The survey work was undertaken in November 2014 and has since been updated to take account of new information or feedback from Members / Town and Community Councils.
Education Indoor leisure No Civic offices / No Facilities centre / facility Pre-School / Licswm CP sports facility Library No, Mobile Nursery School Swimming No Library at the Provision pool Crown Inn on Primary Yes Licswm CP Formal No Thursday 8th school School outdoor 29th Jan, 19th sports facility Feb, 12th Mar Secondary No Formal Equipped Play school outdoor play Area Hospital No, Holywell College No facility /area Community Hospital Other No Community & Health Education Community No, but Doctors No, 4 doctors Facility centre / hall community surgery in Holywell meets in Mold Leisure & Recreation Chapel Facilities
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Dentist No, 4 dentists Bank/Building No Rail station No surgery in Holywell Society Free Standing No Bus station / Yes Pharmacy No, Holywell , of a Bank - stop Caerwys Cashpoint Bus service 14, 9 buses Place of Chapel Y Public house Crown Inn frequency daily to Mold / club / worship Berthen each way, 8 to restaurant Denbigh ew / Post office No 14C approx Retail & Commercial Related 4buses each Supermarket No Post box Crown Inn way Holywell Mold. Non-food No Petrol Filling No retail units Station Cycle route No Convenience No shop Employment Access to Relatively easy Other shops No Employment No main highway access to A541 network Mold to Café / Take No Denbigh Rd away Transport
Broadband Provision According to the latest OFCOM data (2013) Lixwm post codes (where data is available) have a median average broadband range of 0.9-1.8 mega-bytes per second. The poor degree of broadband provision indicates that this is an internet black spot. This very poor level of broadband provision will adversely impact the ability of local residents and businesses alike whether in day to day business activities or for accessing online services such as banking, post office services or online shopping. Other Comments None.
Mapping Service Provision
The service provision within the village has been mapped for illustrative purposes and is presented overleaf. As the image suggests service provision in Lixwm is limited.
Flintshire County Council – Planning Policy December 2015
Flintshire Local Development Plan
Flintshire County Council – Planning Policy December 2015