Objection aired against holiday park Doubt over Moneydie camp site
An ambitious plan for an eco holiday park in Perthshire has been met with objections from a local couple.
The plan has been put forward by developers to Perth and Kinross Council for an eco-camp at Moneydie near Kinvaid Farm.
The planning application covers 7.3 hectares, and includes provision for up to 60 tent pitches, 25 camping pods and eight holiday lodges.
The campsite will also have a children’s playpark, a reception building, a store and garage, and a social club.
Developers are keen to make the site sustainable, and therefore plan to collect rainwater and reuse any felled trees, rubble and soil generated from the building work.
Nearby resident Dr Colin Wood has lodged an objection on behalf of himself and his wife, branding the project “obviously invalid” and calling for it to be “returned to the developer”.
His objection covers a number of factors, including the perceived economic impact of the site and its validity.
He states: “This application cannot be classified as a local application but is in fact a ‘major application’ since the site area exceeds 2.0 hectares.
“Therefore, the application should never have been registered by the council and should be deemed invalid and returned to the applicant.”
The developers hope to encourage holidaymakers to the site to use public transport where possible.
However, they have also included provision for 102 car parking spaces and 26 bike spaces in their plans. Dr Wood’s objection highlighted what he sees shortcomings of this vision.
His letter continues: “The policy states that all development proposals that involve significant travel generation should be well served by, and easily accessible to all modes of transport. In particular, the sustainable modes of walking, cycling and public transprort.
“This proposal is in a location that has no public transport at all as confirmed and acknowledged by the applicants own transport statement. Access to the development as well as for any staff would be almost exclusively by private car.”
His objection concluded: “As it stands the economic viability of this current planning application has not been proven and as evidenced above, other similar proposals have been rejected by the council or struggled to materialise due to a combination of occupancy restrictions being placed on the holiday accommodation or lack of open market housing as enabling development to cross subside the development.”