Appendix 2 - Objection (Gray)
Perth and Kinross Council · 29 May 2023
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1 Nicola Storrar From: Debra Gilkison Sent: 12 May 2023 13:33 To: Nicola Storrar Subject: FW: Robin Gray : Willow Tree Cottage : Objection to Rowan tree cottage application for short term let license From: Robin Gray Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 1:30 PM To: Debra Gilkison Subject: Robin Gray : Willow Tree Cottage : Objection to Rowan tree cottage application for short term let license CAUTION: This email originated from an external organisaon. Do not follow guidance, click links, or open aachments unless you have verified the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Debra, Please find below my wrien representaon as I will be unable to aend the hearing ref the above license applicaon for Rowan Tree Coage. I would advise that the commiee should not misinterpret my non-aendance as a lack of interest or in any way a reducon in my level of objecon to this applicaon. I would like to the following points to be considered as part of my wrien representaon:- Rowan Tree Coage was never designed, built, or intended to be suitable for a holiday rental. The houses at West Ringwood are located in a quiet, rural locaon with no amenies for visitors. Our house ( Willow Tree Coage ) is parally aached to Rowan Tree Coage and as such the close proximity is of concern especially with strangers present. To migate the above and because of the close proximity of the visitors, we have had to spend £5,500 in privacy screening and security fencing. The West Ringwood area has only 4 houses, 2 are residents, the other 2 are currently rented. Thus if the applicaon for Rowan tree is approved, we will have 50% of the houses as rental only properes. Rowan coage can accommodate 6 adults and has now 4 parking spaces. On my other side I have Oak Tree Coage which was built with planning permission for a holiday rental ( I assume they have also applied for a licence). Oak Tree coage property can accommodate 8 adults and has an outdoor hot tub which is proving to be noisy and troublesome. The combinaon of both rental properes does oen mean that we have to tolerate 14 visitors plus up to 8 cars. Which given that the residents number only 3 people with 2 cars has created a situaon that is unfair, unreasonable, and oen intolerable. Tourists / visitors are no benefit to the residents of West Ringwood, the only benefactors are the rental owners who do not live locally nor do they contribute to the local economy . The increased amount of traffic on the private driveway has destroyed the road surface and we have now had to pay £450+ VAT for the drive repair ( the repair is divided by the owners and does not reflect the visitor traffic and damage). The visitors arrive and depart at all hours with their pre-arranged Tesco/ Amazon/ Morrison etc deliveries all adding to the intrusion, noise and disrupon. The rental owners have placed permanent wheelie bins at the top of the drive (on land that does not belong to them) - required for the amount rubbish etc from the rental properes. This is unsightly and unwelcome. The residents place and remove their wheelie bins just before collecon and then remove when emped.
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2 Even with the quickest of research it is clear that the Dunkled and Birnam area is overrun with rental accommodaon with very few properes le ( or affordable ) for use by the locals. Booking.com has 125 properes to rent / Airbnb has 248 homes to rent within the Dunkeld areas . We need to understand that the populaon of Dunkled and Birnam is now only 1330 (Source : Naon Trust for Scotland) and allowing and adding to the rental stock is not only not required, but also completely unjusfied. When will local authories realise that needs of the local residents must be met and that excessive tourism is simply devaluing the area, adding polluon and has lile or no benefit to the local community. I hope that you will kindly consider the points above and reject the applicaon for a short-term rental at Rowan Tree coage. Kind regards Robin Robin Gray Willow Tree Coage West Ringwood PH8 0DW