A controversial planning application for a new house on the banks of Loch Long looks set for refusal.
The proposal by Robert MacIntyre for land near Ruanda on the B833 Shore Road in Peaton led to 27 objections, including one from Cove and Kilcreggan Community Council.
And Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing committee has been recommended to refuse it next week.
The community council said the plan would harm woodland and bio-diversity on the site, the foreshore should be protected and the proposed access was outside the settlement boundary.
And other objectors raised similar concerns, adding that the plan would create a precedent for development on the shore side of the B833.
A report for next Wednesday’s meeting in Lochgilphead by planning official Emma Jane says the application is not consistent with the council’s Local Development Plan, but there is no requirement for a local hearing.
It adds: “The application site is greenfield, considered to be natural foreshore and can be described as a mature aged broadleaved woodland with areas of wet woodland within it.
“The development does not integrate into the landscape or existing built form, and the siting of a development does not take into account the character of the area in terms of its settlement pattern, layout and density.
“In this respect the proposals do not relate to the established settlement pattern at Coulport/Letter, where built development is located exclusively on the landward side of the road.”
The decision will be made by elected councillors next Wednesday.
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