Garage with annex at Tigh Deas 20 Camuslongart Dornie Kyle, Camuslongart

“SITE DESCRIPTION 2.1 The site lies on the Eastern side of a single-track public road in Camuslongart, near Dornie, with Loch Long to the East. Tigh Deas is a small, detached bungalow, with a small garden to the front facing towards the road, and larger grounds to the rear, and sits significantly below the public road. It shares a vehicular access with Arras Beag, adjacent to the site.”

“The proposal seeks the demolition of the existing dwelling, which has been vacant for some time and is in poor structural condition, requiring substantial renovation to make it habitable. In its place, an outbuilding is proposed comprising a garage/workshop at ground-floor level with a self-contained residential annexe above. The proposed building would serve as an ancillary structure to the applicant’s main house, Arras Beag, situated immediately to the southeast .”

“PLANNING HISTORY 3.1 None found 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 4.1 Advertised: Unknown Neighbour Date Advertised: 1 st August 2025 Representation deadline: 17 th August 2025 4.2 Timeous representations: 6 (5 objections from 2 households and 1 supporting comment) 4.3 Late representations: none 4.4 Material considerations raised are summarised as follows: a) design “completely out of character (...) in this location”, more like industrial building.”

“Officer’s comment: noted and assessed further in the report, para 8.17-8.20 c) unauthorised groundworks and installation of retaining wall Officer’s comment: amended plans have been submitted with the engineering works forming part of the proposal d) concerns regarding safe removal of asbestos roof tiles Officer’s comment: safe handling and disposal of asbestos is a matter for the developer.”

“The siting and design of the proposed development are considered acceptable. The larch cladding and slate roof are in keeping with the character of the area, and the development is well screened by existing mature trees, which minimises the scale and limits its visual impact.”

“It is accepted that the increased height of the building will cause some additional overshadowing and loss of sunlight to the neighbouring property. However, this impact is expected to be limited and, taking account of the mitigation set out below, is not considered to result in a detrimental impact on neighbouring amenity for the purposes of Policy 16(b).”

“Amendment – [name withheld], seconded by [name withheld] to REFUSE the application for the reasons stated in the report.”

“There were 7 votes for the motion and 5 votes for the amendment, therefore the motion was carried; votes being cast as follows:-”

“The Committee AGREED to GRANT Planning Permission for the reasons given above with delegated powers granted to officers to draft the conditions in respect of this application.”