The Pavilion site has been registered with the Land Registry for many years and it is easy for anyone willing to spend £3 to access the information re the current owner:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registryThe Facebook post mentioned above contains a few errors, but is substantially correct. A little bit more background information about the ownership in the 1980s and 90s is reproduced below:
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On the
6th December 1983, the Llandudno Pier Company (aka Entam leisure Ltd, a division of First Leisure Corporation) sold the pavilion for £10,000 to Llandudno Pavilion Ltd, a sister company of Uttoxeter Investments Ltd, a leisure company run by Anthony Bagshaw that already operated the Llandudno Cabin Lift. They closed the Theatre at the end of the 1984 Summer Season.
A few months before the theatre closed, a new attraction opened in the basement. The huge basement area had been home over the years to a small amusement arcade called Tusons and, later, a ghost train ride and vintage car 'round the world' ride. These were all cleared out to make way for the Llandudno Dungeon, a walk through horror waxworks exhibition, featuring scenes from the more gruesome aspects of human history, all built at a cost of over £100,000. This novel attraction proved successful for a few years but closed at the end of 1990, when the entire exhibition was sold and shipped to France.
January 1992 saw ownership of the building pass to the Worcester based Launchsign Ltd, which announced their intention to completely restore the building. This £4million plan, billed as a 'Victorian Wonderland' and devised by L&R Leisure PLC/Lingard Styles, would have seen the Basement area used for a 'Victorian Wonderland' themed attraction, the Ground Floor used for a Covent Garden style indoor market and the First Floor used for a themed restaurant (with outdoor seating on the balcony) and retail/entertainment units. Despite the grandiose plans, no effort was made to repair or even secure the theatre building, which became increasingly vandalised and a meeting place for local youths. The process of decay accelerated, until the almost inevitable arson attack on
13th February 1994 destroyed the main theatre building.
1st October 1999 saw ownership pass once again to an individual called David Taylor, described as a 'Market Operator' from Worcester. Nothing then happened for many years until the site was sold on the
24th September 2015 for £850,000 and the new owners were Maurice & Donna Nixon. Maurice Nixon is a Market Operator, a very successful businessman, whos runs Portobello and Spitalfields Markets in London. His Companies are nearly all registered to an address in Worcester, 15 Castle Street. Sounds familiar? 15 Castle Street is where the previous owner of the Pavilion site, David Taylor, was based. Going back even further, the company that was planning to convert the Pavilion into an Indoor Market was called Launchsign Ltd, based in Worcester.
The site was then sold again to Quay Developments (2016) Ltd on
10th May 2017, The price paid was £1,000,000.
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Regarding Mr Williams' plans for an entertainment venue on the site, I am genuinely surprised that the plans have not been made public. How does he expect to get any support for such a scheme if the general public does not have any information about it?