A proposal to turn shop storage space into six flats in Ayr High Street has ‘disaster written all over it’, according to an objector.A planning application for the proposals above the former Clinton Cards in the High Street, will be considered by South Ayrshire Council’s Regulatory Panel on Thursday.The building is C Listed and falls within Ayr Central Outstanding Conservation Area.A report to the panel states: “The proposal is considered to represent the suitable re-use of a vacant building located within the Ayr Town Centre, while ensuring that the character, appearance and setting of the listed building/ conservation is preserved.”Councillors will be asked to take a decision, after planners received nine objections, including one from Fort, Seafield and Wallacetown Community Council.The majority of the objections are related to bin storage and the suitability of the building for the flats.One objector said: “Whilst I appreciate the decline of the High Street this is not the solution.
Cramming six one-bedroom flats with no outdoor amenities into this space is a horrific proposal.”They claimed that the lack of space for cars or deliveries would ‘result in abandoned vehicles in Kirkport’ and that the proposals for bin storage would ‘inevitably block access’.They continued: “There is already huge issues with bins, debris and vermin in this are without the cumulative impact of adding yet more.“This has disaster written all over it.”Concerns around waste management and the impact on the C-listed building were echoed by other objectors.These include noise from proposed air source heat pumps and the visual impact in a sensitive area.However, planners said that none of the points raised by objectors merited refusal of the
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