CONSTRUCTION of a new private mental health unit in Rhyl should now be completed by the end of November.

The unit, Seren Gobaith, will be situated at 64 Brighton Road, a site which was previously used for benefits offices for Denbighshire County Council, and will employ about 150 people.

It was initially scheduled to be finished by the end of this month.

Seren Gobaith, March 2024Seren Gobaith, March 2024 (Image: Wynne Construction) Nadarajah Pragash, of Headlands Nursing Home, Llangollen, submitted the proposals to the council in early 2020, which were granted planning permission in June of that year.

Wynne Construction has been contracted to design and build the 62-bedroom mental health facility, with the works also including alterations and adaptations of the existing three-storey building.

Last year, Mr Pragash said that he hoped the new standalone unit, which will comprise 62 beds and five wards for residential nursing and health care, will be open by January 2025.

Seren Gobaith, February 2024Seren Gobaith, February 2024 (Image: Wynne Construction) The building was originally constructed in the early 1970s as offices for the Department of Health and Social Security, until it was taken on by Denbighshire County Council.

It has remained empty since being vacated by the county council in March 2017.

The property has also suffered from incidents of forced access, vandalism, and theft as well as anti-social behaviour.