Wrexham County Borough Council has approved plans to change the use of Redwither Complex, First Avenue, from a storage and distribution warehouse into a specialist recycling facility. The site is currently home to McCarthy Haulage.
The proposal, put forward by Telecycle, would see the sorting, separation and manual dismantling of WEEE into components for onward transit to domestic and international markets for recycling.
The permission was issued on 6 July 2026, following the council’s planning committee recommendation to approve the application.
The development will enable the site to receive, store and process between 6,000 and 10,000 tonnes of WEEE each year.
Materials handled at the facility are expected to include:
- Solar panel film
- Copper wire
- Computers
- Power supplies
- Modems
- Small domestic appliances
The existing warehouse will be divided into dedicated processing and storage areas, with mechanical shredding and manual dismantling taking place entirely indoors.
The external yard will be used for loading and unloading vehicles and for storing unprocessed materials within new four-metre-high concrete storage bays, while processed materials will be stored beneath an existing canopy.
External stockpiles will also be limited to a maximum height of four metres under the planning conditions.
According to the planning officer’s report, the WEEE recycling facility is expected to employ around 12 full-time equivalent staff once fully operational.
The report also states that all waste treatment operations will be undertaken inside the building, helping to minimise noise and environmental impacts.
No objections were received from statutory consultees, including Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Water, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the local highway authority.
No public representations objecting to the proposal were submitted during the consultation period.
Members unanimously approved the application, with two planning conditions amended to include vibration mitigation measures and revised operating hours.
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