Stats 26 October, 2025 : 418 signatures so far and 672 shares. 

We need to more than double our signatures to demonstrate the overwhelming community demand for transparency from our Council concerning the Dispersal Centre at Poundland. Our Group Organiser sent a clear statement to three press contacts, but it was never published. What is the Council hiding? Why are our questions being ignored? Why is the press not reporting on this? We feel like doors are being slammed in our faces. We have a right to answers! If you believe in transparency and the future of our community, please stand with us and sign our petition today. Thank you.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ambrose Lloyd Dispersal Centre: Residents Demand Clarity

Residents of Mold and the surrounding areas are calling for clear and binding assurances over the future use of the Ambrose Lloyd Centre as a Home Office dispersal unit for asylum seekers.

Although our MP has stated that the site is “specifically for families,” the existing planning permission for the building permits residential use that includes families and up to three unrelated single individuals per flat. This means there is no legal guarantee that single adults could not be housed there in the future.

The lack of a categorical, written assurance from the Home Office or our MP that only families will ever be accommodated is causing widespread dissatisfaction in Mold and neighbouring communities.

Local residents are also seeking transparency about:

Whether any other accommodation in Mold is being prepared for asylum seekers or refugees.
What resources will be provided to local services such as healthcare, schools, policing and social care.
How residents will be kept informed and involved in decisions affecting the community.
Concerns have been heightened after Flintshire County Council’s Leader, David Hughes, refused a request for a joint Community Briefing with the Home Office and the Police, which residents had sought in order to have their questions formally addressed.

A spokesperson for concerned residents said:

“We are not satisfied with vague statements. Until the Home Office and our MP provide formal, enforceable guarantees, and until the council engages directly with residents, people will remain uncertain and anxious about the future use of the Ambrose Lloyd site.”