A decision to refuse planning permission for a house in Blantyre on road safety grounds was not affected by concerns that "Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton" could be "bombing" down the streets.
Plans to subdivide a garden and build a new house at 45 Hunthill Road were voted down by councillors at a meeting of South Lanarkshire Council's Planning Local Review Body (PLRB) on Monday because the proposed shared driveway wasn't wide enough.
Roads team leader Fraser Jack said they had been concerned that traffic waiting to turn right into the property was one factor that could "increase the likelihood of vehicle conflicts".
Councillors Graham Scott (East Kilbride East) and Davie McLachlan (Hamilton North and East) compared road users to the Formula One drivers after Mr Jack said they had been observed "straddling the centre line" or using a "racing line" on Hunthill Road.
Councillor Scott added: "I envisaged a Blantyre Grand Prix with the racing line quote and Max Verstappen bombing round Blantyre."
Mr Jack accepted that the behaviour was outwith the control of the applicant but added that the roads department "has a duty to consider all road users".
In May, the PLRB deferred applicants Mr and Mrs Duffy's appeal of the original decision to refuse planning permission on road safety grounds.
Planning guidance recommends that a shared driveway for two or more properties should be at least 5m wide to allow cars to pass each other but a 2.7m "pinch point" would not allow cars to pass if they were trying to gain entry or leave the property at the same time.
Explaining why he felt the application should be approved, Mr Duffy said: "The development should be straightforward enough given the size of the plot. Any issues regarding the shared driveway have been explained in the revised plans.
"All cars leaving the driveway have a 360 degree vision of the main road and a 250 yard view of traffic coming from the left and right without entering the pedestrian walkway.
"We would like it to be noted that our neighbour who raised the objections has a shared drive with six foot walls either side of the driveway."
A number of councillors agreed that there was nothing wrong with the application apart from the width of driveway, including Councillor Alex Allison (Clydesdale East) who proposed a compromise which would have seen a condition imposed on any permission that the access road be widened by removing a wall on one side.
However, this would not have been an enforceable condition as there is a dispute over the ownership of the wall.
As a result, councillors voted by five to three in favour of upholding the original decision to refuse permission.
