Developments

Once again, folk are 'up in arms' about a proposed development, this time in Rhos. Residents fear valuable recreational land and idyllic views towards Llandrillo Parish Church and Bryn Euryn will be lost if a housing development on land off Marlborough Drive, is approved.
A local resident said: "This land is the only green patch between Rhos on Sea and Penrhyn Bay. The land is also used by a lot of wildlife, both curlews and bats, and they are protected species. There are a number of reasons that people are opposed to the plans, but the roads are too narrow to deal with an increase in traffic. The development is for houses not bungalows, it will stick out like a sore thumb."

And here's the problem; whereas he's almost certainly correct, would the place be not even more 'idyllic' if all housing was removed? In fact, pleasant as Mostyn Street and Rhos are, should not the entire place be levelled of any buildings whatsoever and left to nature?

That may sound ludicrous in the extreme, but the reality is that those who occupy houses in prime positions forget their own places already despoil the countryside and simply object to anyone else intruding on their view. There has to be a balance maintained - especially important in major tourist venues such as ours - between the desire of people to build in beautiful locations and the attractiveness of the unspoilt countryside and village, and we feel pretty strongly on that ourselves. However, it does ring a little hollow when the current residents object to new developments on the - usually undisclosed - basis that it'll interfere with their pleasant lifestyle.