Over 70 homes bid at Inchture
Planners have been told they might as well tear up their most important planning document if they consider approving a controversial application to build over 70 new houses in Inchture.
Over 50 people have objected to a developer’s proposal to fit 74 houses in a site on Moncur Road earmarked for just 16 in the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP).
Their arguments are broadly similar to those seen in objections raised to other recent applications where developers have deviated from the housing numbers specified in the LDP - that the developer is seeking to squeeze too many houses in a site identified as suitable for far fewer.
One objector has described the proposal as “outrageously overdense” and believes it also goes against another key planning document, TAYplan, which covers all of Tayside.
“The allocated housing site H24 has an allocation of 16 units in the development plan. The application is for 70,” the objector wrote.
“It goes directly against TAYplan Policy 1 (avoidance of development in the Carse of Gowrie). It is so far from being in accordance with the development plan that if you grant it you will be setting a very unwelcome precedent.
“The noise attenuation zone clearly marked in the development plan has been disregarded by the applicant with significant adverse impacts for air quality and noise.
“The development would generate high volumes of traffic in a residential area in proximity to the primary school. You might as well tear up the development plan if you grant this one.”
Carse of Gowrie councillor Alasdair Bailey has also objected to Hadden Construction’s proposal, saying: “The LDP allocates this land for 16 houses, this application is for 74 houses, an uplift of 363% over LDP. To approve this higher number would be contrary to TAYplan Policy 1 (avoidance of development in Carse of Gowrie).”
The application will now have to be determined by the council’s development management committee at a later date.
If you grant it you will be setting a very unwelcome precedent