Councillors will analyse consultation responses from hundreds of residents and local businesses.
Concerns about crime and safety and the impact on traffic and businesses are among the issues raised by thousands of residents objecting to plans for a permanent Gypsy and Traveller site in St Asaph.
Members of Denbighshire Council’s communities scrutiny committee will next week be provided with an analysis of the feedback received as part of the consultation into proposals for the Green Gates Farm (East) site just off the A55 near the city’s business park.
More than 770 formal responses and a 4,000-signature strong petition were handed to the local authority, who said it appreciates the “depth of feelings and concerns within the community” and wants to give “serious consideration” to any issues raised.
It comes after the site on Cwttir Lane was earmarked as a permanent base for an extended gypsy family with up to six pitches, as well as a transit site with five pitches.
It was agreed to arrange a pre-planning consultation prior to any formal planning application being submitted and the consultation included a public drop-in session, as well as an online consultation.
Hundreds attended public meetings and banners were put up around St Asaph urging people to “say no” to the proposals.
But Travelling Ahead, an organisation which represents the rights of Travellers and Gypsies in Wales, said some of the backlash against the Travelling community on social media when applied to any other community would be considered “outright racism and hate speech.”
A Denbighshire Council spokesman said: “Some of the issues raised as part of the consultation included impact on existing communities and local businesses, the environment, cost of the developments, effects on local services, the rural setting, concerns about crime and safety, proximity of the two proposed sites, health, the suitability of Cwttir Lane for increased traffic and the democratic process for making the decision.”
Members of the scrutiny committee will meet on March 14 at County Hall Ruthin to discuss the feedback.
A report to full cabinet is expected to be presented on March 26.
Article originally appeared on North Wales Live
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