People living near the old Glan y Mor Nursing Home on Llandudno's West Shore say the building has become a hot spot for squatters, fly tipping as well as being over run with rats.

Resident Pat Hargreaves, 65, of Norton Lodge, West Parade, said: "We are really tired, all of us, of living with this eyesore."

She blasted Conwy Council for allowing the area to decay and urged them to speed up the process which would allow the buiding to be developed.
"We think the council should give us some sort of time scale. New flats would look a lot better than what is there now. In fact anything would look better."

The residents have been given the support of local councillor John Boyle who will try to arrange for the building to made secure and vandal proof.

He is strongly opposed to the plot being developed for flats but accepted that something needed to be done.

Residents are particularly concerned about the presence of squatters who have been able to get into the old house through a boarded up window which was damaged by vandals. They are also worried about the potential safety hazard.

Pat Hayes, who rents a home on West Parade, is so concerned about potential damage to her property that she has installed a frame to stop roof slates from the old house damaging her property.
She said: "You can't live like this. It should be a superb place for the town, but people are parking up and what is the first thing they see, that terrible building. A couple were walking around at the weekend and stopped and said to me, we are just thinking what a beautiful old house this once was and what a mess it is now."

Mrs Hargreaves supported Cllr Boyle's claims that apartments were not the best solution.

She said: "There are very few hotels on the West Shore and that is what is needed. A lot of people want to come here, the sunsets are glorious. It's nice for people to have a choice. Our facilities are reducing."

The building has had a chequered history with an application for flats rejected in 2001 before planning permission was approved in 2006 for the building to be demolished to make way for four new homes.