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Fiona Corps, a Liberal Democrat councillor on the committee, said it made a “mockery of the village history”. Sean Dillon, her party colleague, said: “The mural depicts a stereotypical witch with warts and all, which inaccurately depicts women who were tried and executed for supposedly practising ‘witchcraft’.”
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Planners said it would have “a significant detrimental impact on the character and appearance” of the conservation area and the building’s setting.
Chris Smith, a planning officer, told the councillors: “The wynd (alley) itself is widely used. Within the context of the narrow wynd, the mural is considered to be overbearing and inappropriate.
“The typical palette of colours along the harbour is fairly muted and neutral, and we’d be introducing a broad range of gaudy colours to a fairly neutral environment.”
Historic Environment Scotland also advised that the application of paint to unpainted historic walls could cause “considerable damage in the long term by preventing the evaporation of moisture from the underlying fabric.”
Mr McNamara told BBC Scotland: “The owner of the property wanted the witch mural as Pittenweem has a witch history, but a few locals did moan a bit about it being mean and ugly and they’d rather not expose their village witch history so much.
“I get that. It’s understandable. But the owners wanted it, and I enjoyed doing something edgy and scary.”
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