Hamilton Court Planning Application

Earlier this month local residents of Hamilton Court contacted us to discuss a planning application which had been submitted to build a new shop on the corner of Elgin Avenue and Lanark Road.

The application - which is the third submitted in the last few years - requests permission for a one-storey dwelling which would act as an extension for the existing parade underneath Hamilton Court (to offer an existing twenty square metres of space).

Local residents are strongly opposed to this application. We agree - any extension to Hamilton Court could:

• not be in keeping with the character and shape of the current property - the 'stick out like a sore thumb' syndrome;
• obsucre the sightlines for vehicles seeking to turn into or out of Lanark Road, and;
• reduce the security of Hamilton Court allowing people to get on the roof of the extnesion and into first floor windows.

As local Councillors, we have joined with over 50 local residents who have lodged objections. We have also requested that the application goes to open committee so that the arguments can be heard in public.

We will let you know of progress and the date for the committee hearing, once it is set.

Alastair