Residents angry over quarry's 'extension'

'A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN'

- By RICHARD EVANS Local Democracy Reporter

RESIDENTS in Old Colwyn have written to Conwy Council objecting to plans for a quarry “extension” with a new “waste transfer station”.

Neighbours living close to Plas Gwilym Quarry on Llysfaen Road fear an increase in noise, dust, and traffic at the site, which residents claim is already affecting their safety.

Dewi Jones, of Jennings Building and Civil Engineering Limited, has applied to Conwy County Council's planning department. Mr Jones is seeking permission to “consolidate previous planning consents”.

This new permission would see the quarry used for “waste receiving, processing, and the operation of a waste-transfer station”, together with “an extension allowing land to be used for stockpiling material”.

But residents living near the site have written to Conwy Council, raising fears about any increase in activity and articulated lorries travelling the narrow stretch of road.

In a letter to Conwy’s planning department, resident Beryl Edwards, of Plas Gwilym, said: “There is no footpath between Plas Gwilym Road and the entrance to the quarry, a distance of approximately 50yds. Parked cars in this same zone already means that travel is restricted to one car at a time.