Approval for 11 flats once house is razed

Breached hisbail

A Larkhall man has been sent to prison for six months after breaching a court order to keep away from his expartner.

Sandy Strang, 33, of Keir Hardie Road, was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.

He admitted breaching a bail order by entering West Clyde Street, Larkhall, on September 13, entering a house there uninvited and demanding to know where his ex Kelly Hamilton was.

Strang also admitted taking a car from the address without permission and driving it without a licence and without insurance.

He further admitted committing the offences only three days after getting bail in another case.

As well as being jailed, Strang was banned from driving for eight months.

A vacant building in Hamilton is set to be demolished and replaced by a block of flats.

South Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee approved the application for a three-storey block of 11 flats at 41 Carlisle Road.

The existing bungalow, which has lain empty for a number of years, will be knocked down to make room for the two- and threebedroomed flats.

A Tree Preservation Order is in force at the site so an arboricultural impact assessment and tree protection plan have been submitted to the council.

Previously, an application for an 11-flat development using a different design was approved in June 2017.

In a report to the planning committee, executive director for community and enterprise resources, said: “The applicant seeks detailed planning permission for the demolition of a bungalow and the erection of 11 flats together with associated car parking and landscaped areas.

“The existing bungalow, which is to be demolished, has been vacant for some time.

“The building has been designed to take account of the levels on site and will be constructed over three floors. Part of the building will appear as two-storey when viewed from Carlisle Road and three-storey from within the site itself.

“In this case, the principle of a flatted block of 11 dwellings on this site has been accepted in relation to the previous consent.

“The height of the building itself is compatible with the adjoining properties in terms of the main frontage of the building which fronts on to Carlisle Road.

“It is considered that the proposed development can be accommodated within the site without creating an adverse physical or over dominating effect on the existing neighbouring properties to the west.

“There are no other material considerations which would justify the refusal of planning permission.”

One resident objected to the plans on the grounds that the proposed building was not in keeping with others on Carlisle Road, the number of flats would represent an over-development of the site and that there would be a “considerable” increase in traffic.

However, the council have said that, as the principle of an 11-flat block on the site has already been set, this would not represent over development.

The roads department have also not raised any objection the proposal.

The nine two-bed flats and two three-bed flats will all contain open plan living/kitchen areas with balconies on to the front and east and parking at the rear of the development. to