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Planning inquiry to settle plans for new Inverness retail park

An artists impression of the proposed Dell of Inshes retail park
An artists impression of the proposed Dell of Inshes retail park

Plans to build a new retail park in Inverness will be settled at a planning inquiry later this year.

Highland Council turned down plans to build 50,000sq ft of shops at Dell of Inshes earlier this year.

But the developer subsequently appealed to Scottish ministers to overturn the refusal.

The application will now be settled at a public planning inquiry in the city on Tuesday, December 6.

The plans, which were first lodged in 2013, involve building new shopping space on ground between the existing Tesco and the A9.

The park would involve one large shop and eight smaller units, as well as land to the east of the existing Inshes Retail Park.

Officials refused the application earlier this year on the grounds that it would contravene the local development plan and design brief for the Inshes area, and that it would fail to provide adequate road improvements and lead to “unacceptable” congestion.

In her report setting out the reasons for refusal, planning officer Nicola Drummond said that significant changes to the Culloden Road bridge over the A9 would need to carried out before any work could go ahead.

Applicant Corran Properties is also behind the ongoing refurbishment of Inshes Retail Park, including a drive-through McDonalds.

The Dell of Inshes proposal is for planning in principle, rather than a full planning application.

It means that a full application would need to be made if the site was to be built on.

However, the proposal stirred up concerns, with several objections about the loss of green space and the capacity of local roads to cope with extra traffic.

In reaching their decision council planners said “resolving the established traffic issues associated with this development is fundamental and outweighs in significance all other matters in determining the application.”

The planning inquiry in front of Scottish Government reporter Robert Maslin will be held at the Kingsmills Hotel.