A controversial plan for a major holiday attraction at Portreath has been given a cautious welcome by the parish council.Landfish Consultants Ltd has applied to redevelop land at Feadon Farm at the top of Tregea Hill.
It wants to build 60 new holiday lodges as part of the proposal, which the company claims could create up to 120 new jobs.
The £25 million plan also include a dry ski slope, a nine-hole golf course and an equestrian centre.
A handful of members of the Feadon Residents Association expressed their concerns about the attraction project at Monday's meeting of the parish council.
Their spokesman, Marj Rowland, said the proposal would have an adverse effect on people living close by and would change the character of Portreath.
She highlighted fears of light and noise pollution, and the movements of extra cars, horse boxes and service lorries, at what was already a dangerous junction.
She said: "We are concerned about the noise from the development.
"For example, the restaurant and bar may be open until the early hours of the morning; dogs may be barking in the pet hotel; and the planned equestrian centre is a large one, so we may have horses going past several times a day."
Mrs Rowland said residents had already endured three years of construction work on the site, with mud, dust and noise, and "the nuisance of foreign workers housed in mobile homes on an adjacent field."
She added: "We feel that the tranquil character of Feadon will be changed by this development, and that the true impact it will have on Portreath has not been realised.
"The whole identity of the village will change."
She stressed that if the proposal was to go ahead, a separate access should be built.
Developer Bill Haslem told the council that his company had held a public consultation event and had tried very hard to engage the public in its proposals.
Some changes had been made as a result of residents' comments.
It had received 200 letters of support for its plans, including 75 from the residents of Portreath.
The company agreed that a new entrance to the site was needed as part of the proposal, but County Highways had disagreed.
Cllr Chris Watts said that in principle he did not have a problem with the plan but added: "There is a problem that it's not in the village envelope; there are a number of areas that could do with more shielding to protect residents; and I think the issue of the entrance really needs addressing.
"Potentially, it would be a huge development and a big feather in our cap."
Cllr Doris Butler, who lives close to the site, feared the noise from hundreds of holiday makers using the ski slope, the parks facilities, and riding horses.
"It will disrupt and spoil the peace and tranquillity of Portreath," she said.
Council members voted to support the principle of development but will ask Kerrier to impose conditions that will protect the amenity of neighbouring residents and that will require the company to make improvements to the entrance to the site.
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