Garages to make way for new home
Planners quash objections from residents
Planning permission has been granted for a single house to be built on the site of garage lock ups in Perth.
Members of Perth and Kinross Council’s development management committee agreed to allow the development between Cavendish Avenue and Needless Road after two previous attempts by the applicant did not progress.
The building consent process has been long running and controversial, and residents have voraciously fought it.
They opposed plans for the private garages to be knocked down and called for a public footpath used by children and parents visiting the nearby school to be retained.
On May 24 committee members passed the revised application for a single dwelling with several conditions attached, after hearing a delegation representing 25 local objectors.
The garages on the site had been owned by the council, but had been allowed to deteriorate and were later sold off at auction.
The private buyer had not been aware of community interest in the buildings.
Residents claimed the loss of Proposals for the site had been considered since 2015. Councillors of the time Alexander Stewart and Alastair Munro are pictured with Cllr Willie Wilson the 12 garages was wrong as they could have been refurbished and their demolition would lead to increased on-street parking.
The applicant asked to reroute the footpath so it would go between the new two-story property and no 63 Needless Road.
Speaking for the applicant David Murdoch told members the cul-de-sac could as it was now be potentially used by 14 vehicles, but if the house was built, this new arrangement would see the number of vehicles active there go down to four.
Cllr Willie Wilson, a member of the planning committee, withdrew from the proceedings as for some time he had helped to support the residents with their concerns about the redevelopment of the gap site.
Conditions placed on the consent included ensuring that the footpath was kept at 2m wide, with a sensible gradient and a bound surface suitable for pushchairs and a safety barrier placed at the Needless Road end of it.