Plans to build more than 100 homes in a North Wales town have been tipped for approval.
Developer Castle Green Homes submitted proposals last year for 110 units on land next to Ysgol Pendref in Denbigh.
These range from one bedroom apartments to four bedroom detached homes and the plans include 22 affordable dwellings.
In 2020 Denbighshire council agreed to sell the agricultural land where the plans have been submitted - boosting council coffers by more than £1m.
Now planning officers have recommended the scheme gets the green light.
This would be subject to the completion of a Section 106 Obligation to secure affordable housing provision, a financial contribution of £136,093.76 towards the provision of open space and a contribution of £25,000 towards the highways safer routes improvements and active travel along Gwaenynog Road and A543.
Denbighshire County Council's planning committee will discuss the scheme next Wednesday.
Denbigh Town Council has objected to the plan - saying the homes were not required in the town and most would be "unaffordable" to local residents. They also said the infrastructure could not support the extra residents.
There was also a petition signed by 68 residents who opposed the development. They voiced concerns over losing quality agricultural land, pressure on local services and concerns over the impact on the Welsh language.
Others said that with homes planned on the North Wales Hospital site these properties were not required.
A planning statement supporting the application said: “The delivery of 110 much-needed new dwellings in Denbighshire where there is an accepted shortfall in housing land supply and an overriding need for new homes.
“The proposed development will involve the development of an allocated housing site within the defined settlement boundary of Denbigh, the principle of which is both established and supported.”
It added that it would bring “the creation of direct construction jobs (on and off-site) over the lifetime of the build programme, and indirect jobs through the local supply chain via the purchase of goods and services”.
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