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Search the Public Notice PortalA PROPOSAL for a new fried chicken takeaway in Rhyl has been refused planning consent, despite it having been recommended for approval.
Thananjcheliyan Ernest wanted to open Nisha Fried Chicken at 45 Trellewelyn Road, which was previously the home of Helen’s hairdressers until April 2024.
In October 2024, he applied to Denbighshire County Council for a change of use from a hairdressers to a hot food takeaway, which he intended to operate between 11am and 11pm.
But at a planning committee meeting on Wednesday (July 15), members voted 11-4 in favour of refusing the application.
The site area is next door to convenience store Nisha Super Shop, and fish and chip shop and Chinese takeaway Wong Sing House.
Concerns had been raised about parking levels in the area increasing if the application was approved, as well as the impact on healthy eating, particularly with two schools nearby.
Cllrs Michelle Blakeley-Walker and Will Price said they met Denbighshire County Council’s Highways department last year regarding concerns about traffic in the area.
Cllr Blakeley-Walker said she was also “concerned about the opening times not being in conjunction with the Chinese next door”.
She added: “At busy school times, the areas around that shop are completely jammed.”
Cllr Price said parking remains a “big issue” in the area, adding: “The 11 bays there are full most of the time… some residents can’t even get out of their own drives because of the way people park.”
Cllr Andrea Tomlin also spoke in objection to the proposal, saying: “To go from a sedate-type industry of operating like a hairdressers does, with the clients going quietly with no noise or smells, etc… the impact of a change from that to a hot food takeaway will be massive on that residential area.”
Though, other members spoke in support of the application, with Cllr Jon Harland saying: “I don’t think societal issues such as overreliance on motor vehicles and the quality of food we eat have any relevance whatsoever to this positive application to fill an empty shop with a startup small business.”
Cllr Arwel Roberts added: “We cannot stop a business from starting up in a location like this. It’s up to the parents to teach their children not to go those places.”
Cllr Alan James said the application presented an opportunity to “smarten the area up a bit”.
He said: “There isn’t a major parking problem in the area. There is at times, but not all the time.”
Planning officers from Denbighshire County Council had recommended last week that the committee approves the application.
Mr Ernest also spoke at the meeting, saying that the business would be takeaway-only, and not also a delivery service.
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