Last September, Ewloe-based Anwyl Homes unveiled plans to build homes on a 13-acre space of land off Derwen Lane, close to Ysgol y Creuddyn and Ysgol Glanwydden.
The development would include 54 affordable homes, more than £400,000 of investment in the community and the construction of a new school car park.
Homes would be made up of detached and semi-detached houses with two to four bedrooms, as well as one-bedroom apartments.
But the plans were met with objection, and continue to be unpopular despite amendments to several aspects of the drawings, layout, and traffic management plan.
More than 100 letters of objection have been received by Conwy County Borough Council, even after changes were made public by the developer.
Upon the unveiling of the plans last year, residents expressed concern about the impact on schoolchildren, school traffic, and the allocation of spaces in schools, as well as the extra burden on local facilities.
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Those sentiments remain, with further objections to the amended plans, which were submitted in May.
Resident Rikki Jones said the development would lead to “carnage” on Derwen Lane, adding that the infrastructure was “not there”.
He said: “It will be carnage and then there is the extra noise/pollution.
“This is a quiet area and another 300 plus people is just not acceptable.
“The estate is opposite two schools. The infrastructure is not there.”
Gary Simmonds also highlighted infrastructure shortcomings, and said the plans were “far from suitable”.
He added: “The infrastructure in Penhyn Bay is not suitable for so many new developments.
“The road infrastructure, particularly Derwen Lane, is not adequate enough to sustain increased traffic.
Everyday there is a Mexican standoff with the multitude of cars /coaches vying for a suitable parking space to drop children off for school – coupled with increased lorry traffic will make it unsafe.
“The mitigation by Anwyl is far from suitable and will only exacerbate the situation.
“Parents will not use the newly created car park (that will be insufficient in capacity anyway, particularly as motorhomes and lorries park in the lay-by currently) and will continue to park on Derwen Lane, even if there are yellow lines.
“The treat of accidents is real.”
Conwy Council’s planning committee has yet to make a decision on the application, and the latest amendments may see a further delay to any decision.