Taymouth Castle bosses are seeking approval to move a number of house plots amid fears of flooding on their £790 million Perthshire estate. Discovery Land Company already has permission for 26 homes on either side of the castle. In time it wants to build almost 150 members-only properties on its land near Kenmore, with prices starting at £4m.
However, the US real estate firm is now seeking to reduce the number of homes in the zone beside the castle to 20 – and to move some of them further from the River Tay and onto the landward side of new flood defences. Architect’s drawings of how the new houses might look have been lodged with Perth and Kinross Council planners. A map also shows where the remaining homes are planned.
They will be spread across six zones around the golf course and castle grounds. A accompanying the latest says the proposed changes will lessen the impact on the landscape. It adds: “The approved location for a number of the approved dwellings lies on the riverside of the flood defence, which would increase flood risk to the properties should they be built.
“As such, the revised proposals place the dwellings on the castle side of the bund to ensure resilience to flood risk and climate change, whilst also creating a unique landscape feature.” The drawings show a mix of flat-roofed homes with walls made from timber and local stone. The colours for roofing, render, windows and timber stain will be chosen from a limited range approved by the estate.
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