Plans for three blocks of flats in Broughty Ferry have been recommended for refusal.
Broughty Ferry Community Council said the proposed scheme, just off Brook Street, was ”inappropriate” for the area.
City councillors have been advised to reject the application for 18 flats on the site of existing garages and lock-ups at Churchill Place, on the fringe of the central Broughty Ferry conservation area.
Neighbours had complained that, if allowed, the proposed buildings would cause them to be overlooked, cause drainage issues and increase traffic in the area, leading to parking problems.
The proposed scheme would have seen three, three-storey bocks built in the narrow sliver of land just to the south of the Mackinnon Centre.
At their closest, the plans showed that the blocks would have lain just seven metres from other housing far less than the 18-metre minimum distance allowed from windows of other buildings.
In a report, director of city development Mike Galloway said the proposal was an ”unsympathetic” attempt to build something modern in a historic environment.
”The positioning of the proposed buildings exacerbates the height difference between the existing and proposed buildings, creating an overbearing affect while also impacting on the level of privacy afforded to neighbouring properties,” he said.
”The proposed development is of an excessive scale, design, massing and finish that will overdevelop the application site.”
In recommending refusal of the application, Mr Galloway says there is no reason why any homes built on the site need to be flats, and indicates a proposal for four detached homes might well have been accepted by planners.
Rules state there should be a presumption against flats in central Broughty Ferry unless specific circumstances make it necessary, but Mr Galloway added the proposed buildings could have been wholly suitable in another area of the city.
He also finds the proposed blocks do not relate to the traditional buildings surrounding them, and do not promote ”social interaction” or ”walkable neighbourhoods” between the flats and existing streets.
Councillors will consider the application for planning permission at their meeting today.