Council bosses are investigating an alleged breach of planning rules by Taymouth Castle developers. Protest group Protect Loch Tay claims crews are digging deeper than they are allowed at a nearby “borrow pit”. Taymouth Castle chiefs have permission to extract sand and gravel to a depth of 4m from the site at Inchadney.
But opponents say they have photos which show the works have gone beyond those limits. It comes just weeks after an application to extend the borrow pit was withdrawn. Perth and Kinross Council has confirmed its Planning Enforcement Team is investigating.
A spokesperson for Taymouth Estate told The Courier if any breach has occurred it will have been “isolated and unintentional”. The probe has been launched as work continues on the multimillion-pound transformation of and estate near Kenmore. Discovery Land Company plans to build almost 150 luxury homes, costing £4m and upwards, around a private clubhouse and golf course.
The Inchadney borrow pit was created to supply materials for groundworks on the Taymouth estate. It was approved after the developers said it would reduce lorry movements to and from quarries elsewhere. The planning permission states that extraction should be kept to approximately 4m deep.
Planning officers are now looking to see whether the developers have gone too far. A Perth and Kinross Council spokesperson said: “We have been informed of this alleged breach of planning control. “The Planning Enforcement Team are currently in.
