I'd just like to point out a couple of issues I have with this thinking. The first is that just because the council neglected their duty, doesn't mean locals should suffer Costa Del Sol style holiday flats at the entrance to the pier. In this case many would argue that nothing is preferable to something, if that something is this Waldron development.
The second point I'd like to raise is that according to the Daily Post (I know), 75% of jobs in the leisure industry in Llandudno are filled by migrant workers. So you're painting a situation where we have the double whammy of extra burden on the narrow roads around the site and on services in Llandudno from the flats (the majority of which will invariably go to people from out of town), then add to that the influx of migrant workers who will need to move to the area, find houses, flats, doctors, schools etc; and add to that again the detrimental effect sticking a massive block of non-Victoria flats at the entrance to the pier will have on tourism, spoiling Llandudno's very proud Victorian seaside heritage.
You're proposing that for the sake of employing 25 locals (on low wages no doubt), Llandudno throws away its very soul and puts a massive burden on local resources. All for the sake of a bit of council tax!
The problem with your argument is that most people's preferred development option:
Recreation of original Pier Pavilion design, but with leisure and entertainment facilities inside
...would require far more employees (probably 200-300) than the proposed plan. Can I ask therefore, if you are also opposed to a leisure & entertainment complex being built on the site?
By no means, because by my calculations, the mean benefit to the area from the added tourist attraction outweighs any burdens; in which case Llandudno should welcome with open arms anyone willing to help make that happen. This is singularly not the case with the Waldron carbuncle, which is designed solely for the benefit of a few and to enrich even fewer, whilst damaging the heart of Llandudno's image as a Victorian Seaside resort. Not only does it add nothing to the site, it detracts hugely from its surroundings, so it's like trying to compare apples and oranges, I'm afraid.
For me it all comes down to, 'whom does the development benefit'; if the answer is some version of 'locals and the local area', then I'm happy. If it happens to benefit migrant workers at the same time, more power to everyone. But if a development adds strain to locals and the local area, whilst benefiting mostly folk from out of town, as I believe this Waldron development does; well then, you already have my opinion on that.