Today is D-day for new homes bid at Renfrew Golf Club
A developer will find out today if it has been given the green light to build 10 homes on land at Renfrew Golf Club.
Ambassador Homes has submitted plans to demolish two houses at the site and build a small development within the grounds with the associated infrastructure and landscaping.
Renfrewshire Council planning chiefs say the blueprint has received more than 100 letters of support and no objections.
The letters have said the proposed development is intended to raise funds, which would help in saving jobs and delivering enhanced facilities for the club membership.
It is also understood that the development would play a part in securing the golf club’s future.
The residential development would be located on a triangular site east of the existing car park and southeast of the clubhouse.
The area is currently used as storage and includes semi-detached properties, which are both empty and derelict.
The houses would be two-storeys in height, while plans are in place to upgrade the car park.
To accommodate the development around 45 trees would need to be removed. However, none of these are protected by a tree preservation order.
Fraser Carlin, the council’s head of planning and housing, has backed the plans by recommending permission be granted.
Comments in the report said: “Overall the proposal is considered to be an attractive development of ten dwellinghouses which will benefit from a good landscape setting, future links and through connectivity to neighbouring sites, and is in close proximity of a good quality public transport corridor.”
However, Mr Carlin did attach a number of conditions to the application. One of which included carrying out an ecological survey before felling any trees.
The reason for this is to safeguard any bats and other protected species which may be affected by the proposed development.
Councillors will be asked to run the rule over Ambassador Homes’ planning application at this afternoon’s Communities, Housing and Planning Policy Board.