Campaigners against a 23-bedroom hotel and health spa in Broughty Ferry are tasting victory after councillors threw out the plan.
The proposal for a site west of the library in Queen Street had attracted opposition from Broughty Ferry Community Council, as well as from a dozen residents.
Two of them told councillors at Monday night’s meeting of Dundee City Council’s development management committee that the proposal by Broomvale Ltd, owner of the adjacent Gulistan restaurant, would be out of character with the surroundings and setting in the Forthill Conservation Area.
As residents of flats built on the site of the former Carbet Castle, they said they feared for the safety of their elderly neighbours, given the likely increased traffic and plans for vehicle access from the hotel on to narrow Camphill Road.
Irene Smith told councillors the development would turn the area into a “noisy, bustling environment.”
The committee agreed unanimously to accept the planners’ recommendation to turn down the application. They also refused a linked application to demolish a house on the site, which is divided into flats.
Given its “age, traditional design and finish,” planners described the building as “an integral part of the historic Camphill Road streetscape,” which “makes a positive contribution to the character of the Forthill Conservation Area.”