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Search the Public Notice PortalEast Dunbartonshire Council’s planning committee voted against proposals to build a house at Laxton Drive in Lenzie.
Planning officers had recommended that although the development would result in the loss of an area of usable open space and was therefore contrary to policy, a significant portion of the site would become a car park while the application also proposed a number of enhancements to Netherton Avenue, which on balance meant it was an acceptable form of development in principle.
However the proposals had also generated a significant number of objections. The council received a total of 45 letters of representation from 29 addresses, which it counted as 28 individual objections and one general comment.
Objectors expressed various concerns such as the loss of open space which was not designated for housing, environmental impact including the possible effect on trees which were covered by protection orders and loss of habitat, and opposed possible removal of public footpaths.
Among other points the objectors also warned about the effect on road safety and parking, and said that allowing the development would set a precedent for the surrounding land.
As the council’s planning committee considered the case, independent councillor Willie Paterson (Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South) moved to refuse the application on the basis that the development would result in lost open space and was therefore contradictory to planning policy, and was seconded by Provost Gillian Renwick, who represents the same ward for the SNP.
Planning convener Councillor Calum McNally, Labour’s councillor for the ward, had already moved to grant the application based on the recommendations in the report, seconded by Councillor Stewart MacDonald (Labour, Kirkintilloch North & East & Twechar).
During debate Provost Renwick spelled out her concerns regarding the application, calling it a “step too far” for that particular area.
“They need the extra parking, especially with the change in the law coming up,” she said, before adding that no survey had been done on the potential impact on wildlife despite the presence of deer and birds in the area.
The committee voted 11-4 in favour of the amendment so the application was refused.
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