The owner of a historic farm steading in Perth and Kinross has been ordered to rebuild it on a like for like basis following its demolition.
The Courier writes:
Cocklaw Developments’ Ken Thomson was refused permission to tear down an old outbuilding at Boreland Farm, near Cleish, in Kinross-shire.
The Fife-based firm’s bid was rejected by councillors in 2007 and then again following an appeal to the Scottish Government.
But a meeting of Perth and Kinross Council’s development management committee heard that Mr Thomson reduced the building to rubble without authorisation, amid health and safety fears.
The developer was accused of ‘driving a coach and horses’ through planning regulations.
Cocklaw Developments must now rebuild the steading exactly as it was, using the original stone. Councillors also agreed to grant consent for eight new homes at the site.
