Householders in Burnside of Duntrune to the north of Dundee voiced anger on Thursday night at plans for a large-scale golf development in the area.
Representatives from Stewart Milne Homes and Ballumbie Castle Golf Club attended a community council meeting in Wellbank Village Hall to show revised proposals for the golf course.
The main concerns raised by residents include the increased volume of traffic and the impact on schools, should the project to build 150 homes on the site go ahead.
If approved a new nine-hole course will be built beside the Ballumbie course, which will be upgraded in the hope of attracting large events such as Tartan Tour Scottish golf.
Landowner Stuart Harrod said the drawings displayed were still “flexible” and welcomed views from the floor on how to adapt them to best suit all parties.
“We are carrying out a traffic impact study and there will be a tipping point where the project will or won’t be able to go ahead,” he said.
“If we can only build 100 houses then the project won’t be able to go ahead and the same will be the case if we have to get involved with major spending on roads and lighting. We first need to get an answer to the study and then we can see if it works with the figures we have got.
“I’m very passionate about the golf course and about the heritage of the area,” Mr Harrod added. “It is something I have been involved with for more than half my life.”
The venture will not be viewed as a stand-alone development and other projects in the area such as plans for the regeneration of Whitfield must be taken into account.
The golf course car parking area is set to increase and it is hoped the new-look course will attract between 1000 and 1500 more visiting rounds each year.
Homeowner Rosie Brodie said no part of the development was acceptable to her, adding, “I am really very upset about the whole thing. I have been in the area since 1975 and that is a long time.
“They seem to think they can just come into the village and take over everything.”
Rod Gordon said, “The majority of opinion is against them. I just think it is spoiling the rural character of the place.
“It seems to be they are just doing whatever they like. Big business is walking over a few residents.”
Stuart Rothvan added, “There has been nothing to tell us how much profit they are going to make. When building something as big as 150 houses, surely there is room for them to give something back to the community they are disrupting?”
To construct the original Ballumbie golf course the developers were required to make a financial contribution, which paid for an extension to Murroes Primary School and the rebuilding of Ballumbie House.
Marianne McGowan of Stewart Milne Homes said the developers might be liable to provide funds for improvements in the area.
“The final plan will go forward in September and that will be it,” she said. “In terms of education we have employed an education consultant to look at the issues we will be dealing with and the requirement with school catchments.
“The master plan may have to be changed depending on the comment we get back. If there is a shortfall we may have to make a development contribution.”