Councillors agree to market Pitlochry car park site for lease

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Part of a council car park will be marketed for lease despite a lack of public consultation and having twice previously been refused.Councillors on the planning committee voted - against the recommendation of council officers - to grant planning permission for a restaurant to be established on the site in April 2021.Perth and Kinross Council's Property Sub-Committee then voted - in June 2021 and January 2022 - not to lease Pitlochry's Rie-Achan Road Car Park site much to the disappointment of the McCallums who hoped to open a Thai restaurant in two train carriages there.

At the January meeting councillors voted by four votes to three against deferring a decision until a parking survey was done.

Former Conservative council leader Murray Lyle - who voted against leasing the site - pledged to "work with the McCallum family to try and find an acceptable site within Pitlochry or beyond".

Current SNP council leader Grant Laing backed the defeated amendment to defer a decision until a survey was done. PKC commissioned transport consultants SYSTRA - who then appointed a professional data company - to undertake the survey.