Plans for a development of 12 new houses in Kilcreggan have been lodged with Argyll and Bute Council.

The plans by Frank Phipps for the site north west of West Shore Cottage on the village’s Fort Road have been published for comment on the planning portal at the local authority’s website.

The proposals, which are expected to be decided on by mid-May, also seek the realignment of the junction of Fort Road with the B833 Rosneath Road.

The plans were originally submitted to the council in early March, but were withdrawn less than a week later. They have now been resubmitted.

A planning statement by David E. Lindsay Architects says: “There have been several historical applications for the site that focused on larger detached dwellings for people moving into the area.

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“But [they] lacked a housing mix that would also provide smaller houses for young families, first time buyers and people from the village that were keen to stay within the peninsula.

“The current proposals of semi-detached houses seek to address this imbalance following feedback from the community and local estate agents who confirmed that the community is crying out for smaller houses.”

The statement also addressed plans for a new waste water treatment facility, which are part of the same planning application. SEPA will be asked to approve these plans.

The architects said: “As part of the design process, we had previously explored the possibility of forming a new sewer, which would connect the site back to the existing Scottish Water waste water holding tank within the village.

“However, upon receiving the projected costings for these works it was agreed that funds would be better apportioned towards the road junction works in this case as these works were deemed fundamental to the project.

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“We trust the above demonstrates our client’s focus not only to enhance the estate for use by the local community by improving links to the village, but by creating a more varied housing mix, also looking to reinvigorate the local community and school.

“[This is] by promoting homes for young families, first time buyers and the local community rather than focusing solely on large detached executive homes.”

The council’s planning department is expected to reach a decision on the application by May 10.

Two responses from statutory consultees have been published on the council’s website; Scottish Water says it has no objection to the application, while the council’s own roads department also raises no objections, “provided that essential junction improvement, road widening and commensurate improvements are carried out” as part of the conditions attached in the event of permission being granted.

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No comments from members of the public had been published online as this article was published.

Plans submitted by Mr Phipps for a much larger development of 20 houses on the Fort Road site were unveiled in August 2012.

A formal application, again by Mr Phipps, to build nine houses north of West Shore Cottage was approved by Argyll and Bute’s planning, protective services and licensing committee in 2017, despite 31 objections being received from members of the public.

The statutory deadline for public comments on the new proposals is Thursday, April 9, though it is Argyll and Bute’s practice to continue to accept comments from the public on planning applications until the day a decision is made.

The application can be found by searching the council’s website for the planning reference code 20/00494/PP.

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