New proposal put forward for village development

An application has been submitted to Angus Council seeking permission to replace two cottages on Gardyne Street in Friockheim with single-storey houses.

It comes after developers lost an appeal against the council’s refusal to grant permission to knock down the cottages and develop the site.

Under these plans, the cottages would have been replaced with two, two-storey terraced homes and one single-storey house.

However, councillors upheld the refusal, citing noise fears and the potential over-development of the site.

The new application is for three new flats. The two-storey development will feature a three-bed ground floor flat and two one-bed flats above.

In an accompanying design submission, Ian Rodger Architects said: “Because the revised proposal is now for flats, rather than houses — and all positioned on the existing building line – the backland development policy guidance no longer applies.

“This effectively resolves the primary reason for refusal. The new layout overlaps the footprint of the existing building, so it does not increase exposure to noise from the adjoining beer garden.

“All of the bedrooms in the two upper flats are located to the front, roadside, of the development, thus avoiding any disruption from the beer garden.

“The ground floor flat has two bedrooms at the rear, but the existing stone boundary wall is an effective visual and acoustic screen. There is no difference between this proposed three-bed flat and the two existing two single storey cottages in this regard.”