A resident has criticised the proposed boundary for the West Ferry local conservation area in Dundee.
The city council wants to create a conservation zone to ensure the character of the area is unaffected by any developments or alterations to existing buildings.
As such it is carrying out a public consultation on the scheme, with a closing date of December 10.
Ian Milne, of West Ferry, said the proposed boundary excludes several B and C-listed buildings while including bungalows of little historic importance.
He wants the council to drop the scheme, which he has called a “little folly.”
Mr Milne said, “I am utterly astounded at the criteria Dundee planners have applied for inclusion, or rather exclusion, in the boundaries of the West Ferry conservation area.
“What is even more bizarre is the incorporation of an area of beach not all of it, just an area of shoreline and also the disturbing omission of what was once the orchard to one of the only two category A-listed buildings, Red Court.”
West Ferry was one of the richest suburbs in Europe when jute barons began building mansions and villas in the Victorian era, and they are some of the city’s best architectural heritage.
Mr Milne said, “The opportunity of protecting and preserving this area passed decades ago as each progressive planning department allowed for the gross over-development of garden ground and the demolition or over subdivision of most of these once great houses.”
He added, “Furthermore, can someone tell me how much this little folly will cost taxpayers in these times of local economic starvation?”
A council spokesman said, “All views are welcome as part of the consultation process.”
Copies of the proposed scheme are available at Broughty Ferry Library, the Central Library and Floor 2 at Tayside House.
It can also be viewed on the city council website.