Plans lodged for final phase of Cherrybank housing development

Plans have been lodged for the final phase of a major housing development in the Cherrybank area of Perth.

Bellway Homes is seeking permission to build 70 new properties on land to the west of the former Cherrybank Gardens.

If passed, it will mark the third phase of the overall scheme for the area.

Planning approval was initially given in December 2015 and construction is under way.

So far, 29 properties have been completed and 17 are already occupied.

Anne Condliffe, Perth and Kinross Council’s interim development quality manager, has ruled the latest stage complies with the adopted local development plan and Tayplan. She will advise councillors to approve it when they meet next week.

Her report details progress on the site and its impact on the local landscape.

“As this is the final phase of the residential element much of the open space, planting and the play area are being provided by previous consent,” she said.

“A grassed and planted bank above the SUDs pond adjacent to Glasgow Road will in time help continue the landscape corridor that already screens the Persimmon Homes development at Cherrybank and Cherrybank Gardens.

“A children’s play area is already in place.

“This is designed to a high standard to meet the requirements for the entire site.”

Ms Condliffe also highlights the wider benefits of the plan in helping to meet growing demand for housing for Perth’s expanding population.

She says: “The economic impact of 70 dwellings is considered to be reasonably significant in assisting the Perth housing market delivery.”

Perth and Kinross Council’s planning committee will discuss the application when it meets on Wednesday.