A bid to knock down a home to create access to a field for a 43-home estate to be built has generated scores of objection letters.

More than 140 letters have been received by Conwy County Council’s planning department opposing plans to knock down 11 Gorwel in Llanfairfechan.

Coastal Construction wants to build houses, including 13 affordable homes, on a field at the back of the Gorwel estate.

The developers are proposing to demolish the house to facilitate road access to the field, which will include an “associated public open space, landscaping, highway access, and pedestrian connectivity”.

An earlier planning application was withdrawn with plans for nine affordable homes included.

The updated application also includes an increase in the number of new trees to be planted on the eastern boundary of the site, which is now larger.

The local democracy reporting service reported in April that the council had received around 70 letters of objection, but that number has now doubled to more than 140 – since the developer amended the original application.

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One resident, Sarah Ridgway wrote: “I was disappointed to learn that Conwy highways now has no objections to the demolition of 11 Gorwel to allow access for new houses in the field behind.

“Clearly they are not using Gorwel and Mount Road. Access is currently difficult with cars parked on one side of the road. There is no room to pass with cars having to give way.

“This would be even more difficult with additional cars using it for access, let alone during construction. Mound Road is even narrower and (more) dangerous.”

Glyn Jones said: “Village Road is already a bottleneck at times with so many cars coming up amd down.

“The prospect of having another 84 plus cars in the village, driving up and down Gorwel, is absolutely daunting.

“Despite the current 20mph speed limits being in place, I can foresee the real possibility of accidents occurring.”

Catherine Kiely said: “I have previously also expressed my objection due to the proposed site being not within the LDP (local development plan), and there are two other proposed sites within the village which would satisfy the housing need and within the LDP.”

M.L MacKenzie wrote to the council to raise concerns about large trees planned as part of the development that they felt posed a risk to existing properties.

The council also received three letters of support for the application. Coastal Construction was contacted for comment.

The planning application will likely be discussed at a future planning committee meeting.