Parking, bad behaviour and design were among the main objections to a proposed 282 bedroom student apartment block which were raised by Falmouth residents at a consultation last week.

Dozens of residents were at the presentation at Maritime Studios on Pendennis Rise last Wednesday to see plans for the new development, which is being planned for the site currently occupied by Ocean Bowl.

The proposal would see accommodation split into two blocks, the 'terrace’ and the ‘tower’, along with a publicly accessible landscaped pocket park and piazza with a coffee bar and shop or restaurant, while students would have access to a range of facilities including study rooms, a laundry, cinema and gym.

Most of the local residents attending the consultation were opposed to the plans, including Pam Cowan of the Save Our Falmouth group which is campaigning against university expansion.

She said: "Why must Falmouth take the brunt?

"We haven't got the infrastructure. Why would you want to build here in a residential area when there's land on the outskirts?"

Mike Jenks of Falmouth Civic Society said the plans represented an overdevelopment and were not in keeping with the area.

He said: "The land behind it provides an important setting for Falmouth and to block it out to such an extent isn't a good thing. It just needs to be that much more sensitive."

He added that town's neighbourhood plan considered the area to be "not inappropriate for student use," but the plan was for lower numbers of students.

One Pendennis Rise resident, who did not wish to be named, said: "It's not the students, they've given no trouble.

"There's nothing here for them... it's just the university being greedy. The students don't want it themselves."

Gary Hicking, who lives on Bay View Crescent, asked how the university was going to police it's policy of preventing students from bringing cars by banning them from parking within two miles.

Hollie Nicholls of Laurence Associates, the planning and architecture firm working on the Ocean Bowl project, said students would sign up to a tenancy agreement stating that forbade them from bringing cars.

However the onus would be on residents to report cars they suspected of belonging to the students, and report it to the building's management.

She said it would be "difficult to police," but that the system would be kept under review and if necessary a "more proactive" system could be looked at.

Students at the presentation also expressed dissatisfaction with the university and its plans. Poppy Purchase said: "They are not listening to anyone, they are just self-righteously moving forward with their own moneymaking plans."

The plans for the accommodation outline a managed scheme, with residents able to contact the management over parking or anti-social behaviour concerns during the day, and an out of hours contact number as well.

Ms Nicholls said: "We would like to thank people for coming along and providing us with their comments. It was helpful to receive so many comments in respect of scale, design, noise/behavioural management and parking that we will take on board from here.

"Whilst those appear to be the key objections to the proposal, we will of course further consider other matters raised at the event."

Laurence Associates are still collecting comments on the plans, which can be sent to hollie@laurenceassociates.co.uk