Discovery Land Company (DLC) is developing the estate on Loch Tay, in Highland Perthshire, into an exclusive residential resort for the mega-rich, modelled on luxury compounds run by the firm in North America and across the globe. Elsewhere, access to DLC-owned land is restricted to staff and members – who pay initiation fees of up to $300,000 and follow-up annual fees of as much as $37,500 on top of house prices well into the multi-million-pound bracket – but the company has insisted it will respect the “letter and spirit” of Scotland’s open access laws. However, recent concerns have centred on whether the “masterplan” for the site, which was published by the developers in 2023 after pressure from senior SNP figures John Swinney and Pete Wishart, is accurate.
The Taymouth 'masterplan' (left) showing core paths north of the river, and the more recent access plan where they appear to be missing (Image: PKC planning portal/DLC) The 2023 image, which is available on the welcometotaymouth website , shows core paths along both the north and south of the Tay running east from Kenmore to the castle, where a bridge crosses to the north path. However, DLC’s access strategy plan for the estate, published this summer on the Perth and Kinross Council (PKC) planning portal , omits the core paths north of the river. The access plan led Ramblers Scotland to intervene and call for DLC to go “back to the drawing board” .
The initial planning statement artwork (left) showin.