Green Space Preserved

At the meeting of the City Council Planning and Development Management today (12/1) members were considering the "planning in principal" application by Kingswellies Nursery to build on the green space in Craigton Road, immediately west of Northcote Lodge.

The Community Council had objected on the basis that the plans were a further erosion of the designated Green Space and the Pitfodels conservation zone.

The recommendation to the Committee from their planning officers, was to refuse the application as the criteria to allow development of the Green Space had not been met.  An amendment to allow building was tabled and seconded.

Following a debate a vote was taken, with five members of the Committee in favour of refusal and five members in favour of approval.  The casting vote of the chair was to refuse the application.  As a result the green space has been preserved.

The Community Council stress that it's objection to the application was not the establishment of new nursery provision but was about the incursion of the planned building into the green space and conservation area.  We wish Kingswellies well in securing a more appropriate site to provided much needed nursery place in the city.