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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans for creating a concrete plant company in Lochside have being revived – six months after being rejected by councillors.
Dumfries businessman Mr L Scott has come back to Dumfries and Galloway Council with fresh proposals for a self-batching concrete station in Lochside Industrial Estate.
A group of objectors, including nearby residents and business owners at customers at the industrial estate had previously convinced the council’s planning committee that concrete business was inappropriate for the area.
The size of machinery, including an eight metre high hopper for producing concrete, and the visual impact this would have was a major factor for the refusal of planning permission in February this year.
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However, scaled-down plans have now been submitted in a planning application for the same site. Extra steps are also being taken to reduce the visual impact.
A report, due to be tabled at the council’s planning committee next week, reads: “The proposal comprises the erection of a self-batching concrete station and associated infrastructure and landscaping.
“The self-batching concrete station would measure a total of 13.85m in width and 12.4m in depth, with a maximum height of 4.85m by virtue of the cement silo.”
It was explained that the proposed machinery would be set within trees in different directions and that a 2.7m high timber acoustic fence would be in place.
The report adds: “The 2.7m high timber acoustic fencing would also be largely screened from Irongray Road by proposed new hedging.”
The self-batching concrete station is a compact facility, rather than a large industrial unit, and the application is also for the siting of a cabin, boundary fence, and aggregate stores.
In the first application, 22 objectors raised concerns about noise, pollution, and the negative visual impact that the plant would have on the area.
Now, even with amended plans, the number of written objections submitted to the council has tripled to 66.
Angry residents have the same concerns and insist that the location is unsuitable for a concrete business, arguing that a quarry or brownfield site would be a better option.
Council planning case officer Joshua Scott is satisfied with the plans and has recommended that the concrete plant business is approved.
Councillors sitting on the planning committee will consider the application next Wednesday at Dumfries and Galloway Council’s headquarters in English Street, Dumfries.
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