COLWYN Bay residents have complained their street is becoming like a “ghetto” after a number of reported incidents of fly-tipping.

Residents from houses on Rhiw Bank Avenue have said neighbours have been throwing rubbish over their fence onto the street and not cleaning it up, with rubbish having been there for up to 12 months.

Allan O’Rielly, who moved to Rhiw Bank Avenue three months ago, said: “It looks like a slum out there. “They (Conwy Council) have turned it into a ghetto which is what they said they were trying to avoid.

“I won’t let my son play outside because there are syringes and rats out there from the rubbish.”

However a Conwy County Borough Council (CCBC) spokesperson said it was out of their hands as it was private land and the responsibility therefore fell on the landowner.

The spokesperson said: “It is likely that the perpetrator lives close by and local residents may well know who is responsible. There is no excuse for fly-tipping and local residents should not have to tolerate this type of behaviour by a small minority of irresponsible people who break the law.”

But Mr O’Rielly said he doesn’t own the land and was calling for the council to help out.

He said: “I have been told face-to-face that they are thinking about putting CCTV in to catch the perpetrator. But if they’re not down to shift it, why are they coming around and having a look?”

Meanwhile, Colwyn Bay business GS Gibbons TV claim residents in nearby flats not recycling properly have caused health hazards.

GS Gibbons TV’s Graham Gibbons said: “Once their recycling bins are full they just put rubbish bags out next to them and seagulls and rats come through and rip them apart and rubbish goes everywhere. It happens every two weeks or sometimes less and its been ongoing for a few years.”