Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Row over homes plan
Planners endorse 150 new houses despite objections
A report on proposals for homes in the Linlathen area, north of the Ferry, conceded they do not align with the city’s local development plan.
However, local representatives have been asked to approve the plans because of a need for housing from next year.
Kirkwood Homes hopes to build 150 three, four and five-bedroom properties in what is a second attempt at bringing its plans to fruition.
A previous application was refused at the end of 2016 and a later appeal to the Scottish Government was rejected.
Many residents have opposed the development over concerns about the future of the local area.
Those in opposition fear local schools, GP surgeries and roads would suffer as a result of the sizeable boost in population 150 homes would bring.
Dundee Civic Trust and Broughty Ferry Community Council have voiced their resistance to the plans although no objections have been received from Scottish Water, environment body Sepa, Historic Environment Scotland or Transport Scotland.
Council officers wrote in their report that Kirkwood’s proposal to complete the first houses in 2019 carried “sufficient weight” to allow a departure from the current development plan.
Colin Crombie, managing director of Kirkwood Homes, said: “The feedback received from those who attended our public consultation events was extremely positive, with many of them young families from the area looking to make the step up into a new family home. Their feedback, along with the 550 registers of interest we have had to date, gives us great confidence in the proposals and highlight the real appetite for quality, family housing in and around Broughty Ferry.”
DUNDEE city planners have recommended that councillors approve a controversial Broughty Ferry housing development, despite the plans receiving 55 objections from locals.