Plans to reopen Camperdown Golf Course have been adjusted amid concerns over the impact on one of Dundee’s most historic buildings.
The development would see the previously popular full course redesigned as a nine-holer alongside additional facilities.
But Historic Environment Scotland (HES) raised concerns that plans to add a driving range could be detrimental to Camperdown House, which is almost 200 years old.
Those behind the plans had wanted to position it in Camperdown Country Park immediately south west of the Category A listed home.
Concerns over 20-bay driving range
But they have now agreed to relocate the range and café further away, about 200 metres across the road, near the dairy cottage.
The map below, which includes Camperdown House to the right, shows the area in which the range would be built, with the newly proposed location to the north of the Green Circular road.
Camperdown House is described by the council as “one of the most historically significant mansion houses built in Scotland in the early 1800s”.
A spokesperson for HES said: “HES has no concerns with the provision of a nine-hole golf course in Camperdown Park.
“However, we considered the proposed position of a new 20-bay driving range building with café and pro-shop…would have a significantly harmful impact on the setting of the house and its designated landscape.
“We have suggested alternative, less impactful locations for this phase of the development and that any proposals consider the long-term future of the category A listed Greek Revival house.”
Amity Hospitality is seeking to transform the site after the municipal facility was controversially shut in April 2020.
The plan would also include an 18-hole putting range and a café/bar.
Amity director Chris Charalambous said: “We are still in discussion with the local authority, HES and other officials to identify the best location for the golf related facilities.
“Some ideas have been discussed and although the progress is very slow we are still very keen to bring our plans into fruition.”
