Councillors this week went against officers’ advice and voted to defer a decision on a major development in Stanley after major concerns about road safety were raised by local residents.
The bulk of objections against the 187-home development just off Perth Road related to access but, unusually, the application for the junction was submitted separately from the development.A council officer told a planning committee that, because there were less than six objections to the application for the junction, they could approve it without the committee despite the fact objections to the actual development were primarily relating to the junction.Cllr Callum Purves said: “It’s disingenuous to say there are not objections. Tragic Adam Pattinson laid
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