THE refusal of plans for a Costa Coffee drive-thru on the site of a fire-ravaged Flintshire hotel has been welcomed.
A fire tore through the 40-bedroom Gateway To Wales hotel, which sits just off the A494, in December 2017.
Sealand Councillor Christine Jones said she felt the decision had been the right one.
"To be honest, it was a bit ambitious considering the access," she said.
"It would have been extremely busy coming off the main highway, coming up to a roundabout.
"It was a bit too much of a risk, I thought - and it would have had traffic backing up.