RESIDENTS FEAR 'FAR WIDER' NOISE, DUST AND POLLUTION

FRESH concerns over dust, noise, HGV traffic, and the loss of open land will be debated when councillors decide on a quarry application for Old Colwyn next week. Dewi Jones, of Jennings Building and Civil Engineering Ltd, has applied to Conwy Council’s planning department, seeking planning permission for the use of the Plas Gwilym Quarry for the operation of a waste transfer station.

- By RICHARD EVANS Local Democracy Reporter

The plans, for the site on Llysfaen Road, include extending the site to allow the use of additional land for the stockpiling and storage of material. The former quarry site is currently being used as “a mixed industrial and waste site” located to the east of Old Colwyn, “receiving and processing inert materials”, under a Natural Resources Wales (NRW) environmental permit.

The new application seeks to extend that working area. But the planning application has triggered strong opposition from residents, councillors, and the local MS, who have fears about dust, as well as worries over HGVs navigating narrow residential roads.

Campaigners also fear a loss of open land at the top of the quarry and the impact on wildlife. Cllr Cheryl Carlisle has lodged a formal objection on behalf of residents, citing noise, dust, traffic, loss of open space, and what she described as the "perceived scale of operations" compared with the quarry's historic use.