Burnt out chip shop to re-open as Asian café
ACHIPPY that burned down in a massive fire is to be reopened as an Asian restaurant.
Caffi’r Ddwylan was gutted in a blaze three years ago when a cooker overheated. The remains of the building have been boarded up ever since and the eyesore has blighted Church Street in Llangefni.
Now, a plan has been put forward to turn it into a Chinese, Thai and Malay restaurant with a two-bedroom flat above it.
The applicant, listed as Ms Y Chen, is planning to open from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 10pm, and hopes to create three full-time and three parttime jobs.
A report going to planners says: “As a result of the disastrous fire in August 2015, this is a derelict site, piled with rubble and enclosed by hoardings and some remains of the masonry walls.
“Prior to its destruction, the site had a lawful A3 use operating as Ddwylan Fish and Chip shop, with a self-contained flat over.
“By accident it burned virtually to the ground in August 2015, thereafter it has remained derelict, an eyesore, covered in vegetation and enclosed by hoardings.
“The proposal is no greater in size, volume, height or mass than the previous building.
“It proposes a like-for-like resumption of the previous A3 use, with a two-bed flat over.”
The blaze, which took place on the second day of that year’s Anglesey Show, saw concerns raised by local councillors over the available fire cover for the island after it took crews almost 20 minutes to arrive on the scene.
But both the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the Fire Brigades Union defended the response despite an engine having been left idle at the nearby Llangefni station.
It was unable to be dispatched because it is only manned part time.
The Fire Service’s Richard Fairhead said at the time: “Llangefni fire station has an excellent record of being available for mobilisation to incidents. But the stark reality is a fire can occur at any time, anywhere, and we are faced with the daily challenge of ensuring we are able to cater for that unpredictably to protect the public of North Wales.”