The North Denniston side of the proposal
A DEVELOPER is trying to get an Inverclyde Council decision rejecting plans for housing on fields at Kilmacolm overturned.
Gladman have lodged an appeal with the Scottish Government over the refusal which involves land at Knapps and North Denniston either side of Bridge Of Weir Road.
Their original application sought permission in principle for residential development. A masterplan showed an expected capacity of 100 flats and houses.
The council refused saying it would be an "unjustified urban development" in the green belt and that it would not protect the quality, character, landscape setting and identity of the village.
In their appeal statement Gladman say: "The application site is sustainable, effective, and suitable for residential development at the scale proposed.
"The council does not have a five-year supply of effective housing land. This is key to the assessment of this appeal and the application of policy. There are no adverse impacts arising from this proposal which would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits it confers.
"It is submitted that, the council did not give full and proper consideration to the benefits of the proposal. In particular, the council failed to properly consider the implications and requirements of the shortfall in its housing land supply."
A Government expert will consider the appeal.
Some of the land between the village and The Knapps Loch is also part of the plan
