Perth and Kinross Council received 94 objections to the plans
Councillors have granted planning permission for 152 houses to be "crammed" into a Blairgowrie field despite opposition from all three ward councillors and 94 letters of objection.
The 6.5 hectare site forms part of a wider 25-hectare development for which planning permission in principle was granted in December 2018 for a mixed-use development. It will form the third phase. Professor Kirkpatrick - who calculated the site had "32 dwellings per hectare"- argued the density of housing was "excessive".
Mr Anton highlighted existing pressures on healthcare services and "plans to sink expansive drainage into the root system of Fir Hillock an ancient scheduled monument jeopardising the 4000-year-old site". Developer Mr Scotland of Persimmon Homes told councillors: "We are very pleased to be presenting our plans this morning for high quality homes at Dunkeld Road which have been carefully considered by your own professional officers, extensively consulted on and are now recommended for approval by the planning officer.
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