Development Site and Investment Opportunity

A rare opportunity to purchase this development site, extending to approximately 5.131 hectares in an elevated position in a much sought after area over looking the west bay of Dunoon.

Dunoon and the Cowal Peninsula was recently pinpointed as one of the UK’s Property Hot Spots. The site is ideally suited to builders and property developers who wish to build properties in a great central location yet is set in peaceful surroundings, within walking distance to the town and Dunoon Pier. Dunoon now enjoys the status of being the marine gateway to Scotlands first national park.

A regular bus service operates to surrounding areas from Dunoon Pier. Caledonian MacBrayne operates a regular ferry service from Dunoon Pier sailing to Gourock, with a train connection to Glasgow Central Station. Western Ferries also offer a regular sailings from Hunters Quay to McInroy's Point with a bus connection to Buchanan Street Bus Station.

Relaxing Dunoon is set in the rural heart of the Cowal Peninsula but is within just over 1 hours commuting time to Glasgow and surrounding areas.

The site extending to approximately 5.131 hectares is located to the rear of the Glenmorag Hotel, and includes the area formerly known as the Cowal House Hotel. This site is bounded by the beauty spot known as Morag’s Fairy Glen to the south, and Crochan Road to the west
It slopes upwards from east to west and commands outstanding sea views over the Clyde estuary and stretching down as far as the Ayrshire coast.
     
The upper part of site is shown on Argyll and Bute Council’s Local Plan as being a Potential Development Area for residential use in the medium – low density bracket.

The lower part of the site formerly known as the Cowal House Hotel, already benefits from Planning Consent for seven (7) detached residential properties. It should be noted that the existing access is from Kilbride Road

*The present owner’s would consider release of additional ground and property.*

There is a great selection of primary schools within the area, each being accredited with achieving high academic standards from their pupils. Dunoon Grammar School is the main high school teaching students from all the areas within the Cowal Peninsula providing them with an excellent education with many of their students going on to further and higher education. A new Grammar school was recently completed around July 2008.

Dunoon General Hospital provides an excellent healthcare service and benefits from an accident and emergency department, maternity ward and a physiotherapy department






All information has been obtained in very informal discussion with the Local Planning Office and they would only be willing to give more formal comments on being presented with a more substantive submission, although we are advised that all vehicle access will have to be of an ‘Adopted’ Standard.

We stress that no contact has been made with any other party that would require to be contacted in terms of a planning submission including, but not to be taken as an exhaustive list, Roads, Scottish Water, Scottish Environment Protection Agency or any of the ‘Service’ Providers. We are not aware of the position regarding any current services to either site.







Disclosure

While these particulars have been carefully compiled and are believed to be accurate, no warranty is given in this respect and potential purchasers should satisfy themselves as to any points arising there from. None of the items included in the sale of working or running nature such as the central heating installation or mechanical or electrical (where included in the sale) have been tested by us and no warranty is given in this respect and potential purchasers should satisfy themselves as to any points arising there from. Any photographs used are purely illustrative, and may demonstrate only the surroundings. They are not therefore taken as indicative of the extent of the property, or that the photograph is taken from within the boundaries of the property, or what is included in the sale.