Plans lodged for controversial homes in Bellwood Park

Jan 21 2011 by Alison Anderson, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

DEVELOPERS yesterday lodged plans to build new houses on open ground on Perth’s Kinnoull Hill – as forecast in last Friday’s PA.

The sloping 5.72-hectare area of agricultural land between Fernhill Road and Bellwood Park will accommodate four new luxury detached houses if Edinburgh-based applicants Edinmore successfully gain planning consent.

A similar bid to build on the attractively wooded land was rejected by the planning authority last March.

The new application formally lodged this week follows a 12-week consultation period involving residents.

It details the erection of four, six-bedroomed residential units, provision of managed open space and ancillary works, with access from either Bellwood Park or Fernhill Drive.

An applicant’s design statement adds: “This provides an opportunity for a low density housing development which has been sensitively designed, sited and screened to complement and enhance the local environment.”