37 homes planned for West Kinfauns

Nov 13 2009 by Katy Gordon, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

DETAILED plans have been submitted to Perth and Kinross Council for a 37-home development at West Kinfauns.

Outline planning was granted to applicants Ogilvie Homes and Highland Distillers in 2005 by the Scottish Government appeals reporter after being refused by PKC. One of the conditions imposed is that only the northern side of the site would be suitable for development.

The plans are for a mixture of two, three and four bedroom homes, typically one and a half storeys and a mixture of detached and terraced houses, with a central courtyard space.

The plans show a large number of trees and plants that will be dotted around the site, as well as a boundary fence around the perimeter of the development.

Entrance to the housing development would be created to go onto the Kinfauns Holdings road at the northeast of the site.

In a design statement accompanying the application, the developers state: “The client brief for development of the site is to develop a high quality sympathetic residential development which responds positively to its rural setting, maintains a sense of place, and enhances the local identity.”

l SEAMAB School at Rumbling Bridge has applied for permission to site a Portakabin to act as a temporary classroom for the next two years.

The independent residential school teaches 15 children, but needs to extend existing classroom to create more space for learning and will house pupils in the temporary building until that work is completed.

A representative from the school told the PA: “We aren’t taking on more pupils or creating another classroom, the room we have just now is too small so we intend to do some building work and we’ll need a class until it’s ready.

“We are still finalising plans for the building work, but all being well, we would hope to be finished in about a year.”

The spokesperson also said the school was looking for funding to help pay for the extension to the building.

“Some of the big funders like Lloyds TSB are not funding right now, which could delay our plans.”

l A COMRIE woman has applied to convert a former mess hall at Cultybraggan army camp into a space for growing mushrooms.

Shirley Severin submitted plans to the council for change of use of unit 15 at the camp, which was bought by the local community.

The proposals show a number of rooms created in the disused mess hall in the new Cultybraggan Enterprise Camp, including storage, incubation rooms, growing rooms and resting rooms for the fungi.