Residents have voiced concerns over plans for new houses opposite Loch View in Ardpeaton.
The proposal for five homes was revealed here earlier this week but seem surrounded by confusion – it was wrongly listed as being in Rosneath and Clynder Community Council’s area on an official list of planning applications.
On Tuesday night Derick Gray, chairman of the Loch View Owners Association, spoke on behalf of residents at Cove and Kilcreggan Community Council about the plans submitted by a Mr and Mrs Fisher of Penicuik.
“It is quite a large area for five dwellings,” he said.
“My concern is that if they have the application approved, how do we know that it will stay at five?
“Our big concern is access because Barbour Road is single track. They are going to be bringing construction traffic up there, and then for five houses there would be ten cars.”
He said access was a real worry because part of the road was cracking away: “A truck delivering scaffolding last year got stuck and the driver had to spend the night in Loch View.”
Community council secretary Murdo MacDonald agreed: “All of us know that the Barbour Road is not a very good road – it requires upgrading.
“The last bit where you drop down to the Peaton Hill is an appalling bit of road.”
Other residents asked where the new homes would receive water and power from, and community councillor Christine Murdoch said this was a serious problem: “I have been left with huge drainage issues because of a new-build behind me.”
Chairman Nick Davies said the community council had ‘zero influence’ over planning applications, adding: “The community council is fairly neutral about these things. We are the community council for residents and also for the landowner.”
But Argyll and Bute Cllr Robert MacIntyre pointed out that community councils were statutory consultees, and Mr Davies did agree that the access concerns were ‘very valid’.
No decision was made about whether the community council would comment on the plans; residents said they would hold a meeting about the issue.
All the planning documents can be viewed on the council’s website – reference number 16/00327/PP – and a PDF of the plans can be downloaded here: Loch View plans
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