Gala application divides committee

Alexa Brown • Published 21 Jul 2009 15:02 0 Comments

PLANS to develop two homes in the countryside at Langlee Mains collapsed this week, as planning officials worried that roads leading to the site were unsuitable.

Applicant Steven Gunter hoped to build two houses on the site south of Bellisfield.

But, despite offering to cough up £40,000 for improvements to the road leading into the site, the plans were turned down at the 11th hour by Eildon Area Committee last night (Monday).

Planning and Building Standards had recommended that the application be refused on the basis that, even with the proposed improvements, the road network had 'insufficient capacity' to deal with the extra traffic.

The vote to decide the fate of the application was tied at four votes each, but Chair Fiona Lackenby, who opposed the development, used her deciding vote to turn down the plans.

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