Strike this application from the LDP and do not permit development in this area.

According to the LDP plan http://spp.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/589/Map_3_Creuddyn.pdf this site lies within a Site of Special Scientific Interest and should be excluded on this basis alone. The area also forms part of a very well established green wedge that provides a vital corridor for wildlife moving between the Little Orme and Mynydd Pant and onwards to Nant-y-Gamar. To build on this land would immediately halve the available corridor width.

Construction (by the councils own pro rata estimate) of up to 20 properties at this location would place significant additional burdens on both foul water and runoff drainage together with significant danger due to traffic joining Bryn y Bia road close to the brow of the hill. There would very likely be knock-on effects as this area provides significant soak-away capacity protecting adjacent and lower properties. Flooding of this site and lower properties would become a very real problem.

The upper Bryn y Bia valley is enclosed by steep slopes on both sides. The noise concomitant with numerous additional dwellings on this site would be overbearing for local residents and other users of this road.

As part of the national cycle route scheme, the dangers and detriments presented to the public apply equally, if not more so, to the numerous cyclists who avail themselves of National Cycle Route 5 which currently proceeds relatively unimpeded from the brow of Bryn y Bia Road down to the promenade. Surely a significant asset!

For the visitor to Llandudno chosing the Bryn y Bia route into town, upon cresting the hill the eye is drawn to the bay in the distance. Not only would a new housing estate within the confines of this constricted valley be detrimental to that view, but that distraction and delight could cause additional danger to traffic and pedestrians.