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PLANNING BOARD - 7
NOVEMBER 2007
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Planning Board |
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Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 3.00 pm |
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Present: |
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Chair: Councillor
Wilson presided. |
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In attendance: Mr H McNeilly (for Head of Legal and
Administration), Head of Planning and Transportation and Mr D Greenslade (for
Head of Environmental Services). |
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Apologies: Councillors
Grieve and Loughran. |
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The following paragraphs are submitted for
information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the
Board. |
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726 |
CONTINUED PLANNING APPLICATIONS |
726 |
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(a) |
Erection of 8 flats: |
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The
report recommended that planning permission be granted subject to a number of
conditions. |
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(Councillor
Brooks entered the meeting during consideration of this item of business). |
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After
discussion, Councillor Rebecchi moved that planning permission be refused as
(1) the proposal is contrary to the Council’s Road Development Guidelines in
that it fails to provide the required off-street car parking provision of
165% equating to 14 spaces and (2) the proposal would compromise road safety
at a busy junction in the vicinity of a primary school. As an amendment, Councillor Moran moved
that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the
report. On a vote, one Member voted
for the amendment and six for the motion which was declared carried. |
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Decided: that planning permission be refused for the following reasons:- |
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(1) as the proposal is contrary to the
Council’s Road Development Guidelines in that it fails to provide the
required off-street car parking provision of 165% equating to 14 spaces; and |
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(2) as the proposal would compromise
road safety at a busy junction in the vicinity of a primary school. |
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(b) |
Construction of 3 flats: |
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The
report recommended that planning permission be refused for a number of
reasons. After discussion, Councillor
Dorrian moved that planning permission be granted subject to appropriate
conditions to be developed by Planning Services. As an amendment, Councillor Fyfe moved that
planning permission be refused for the reasons detailed in the report. On a vote, three Members voted for the
motion and five for the amendment which was declared carried. |
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Decided: that planning permission be refused for the following reasons:- |
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(1) as the proposed development is a
departure from policy HR11 of the Local Plan in that the proposed
development, due to its configuration, is uncharacteristic of the pattern of
development in the Greenock West End Outstanding Conservation Area; and |
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(2) as the proposal is contrary to the
advice contained in Planning Practice Advice Note No.3 in that a purposely
designed flatted block is not representative of the townscape in the
immediate environs. |
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727 |
PLANNING APPLICATIONS |
727 |
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There
were submitted reports by the Head of Planning and Transportation on the
following applications, together with letters of objection and support where
submitted, which were dealt with as follows:- |
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(a) |
Construction of play area: |
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Decided: that
planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:- |
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(1) that
the play area hereby permitted shall be completed and ready for use within 6
months of the date of this planning permission, to accord with the terms of
condition 8 of planning permission IC/06/008; |
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(2) that prior to the play area hereby
permitted being brought into use, the site frontage railing, annotated A to B
and the 2 metre high close boarded timber screen fence, annotated C to D,
both on drawing PPS/Q/6008/01/E, shall be erected, in the interests of child
safety; |
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(3) that
the grass areas, including the landscaped mounds shown on the plans hereby
permitted, shall consist of laid turf rather than grass seeding, to ensure
the immediate provision of an adequate surface treatment; |
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(4) that
prior to their planting full details of the shrubs, including height, species
and density, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Head of
Planning and Transportation, to ensure the appropriateness of the planting; |
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(5) that prior to the start of
development of the play area, details shall be submitted in respect of the
management and maintenance regime for the play area. Upon approval in writing
by the Head of Planning and Transportation and completion of installation of
the play area, the regime shall come into effect; and |
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(6) that any of the shrubs, trees or
areas of grass hereby approved that die, are removed, become damaged or
diseased within 5 years of planting shall be replaced within the following
year with others of a similar size and species, conditions (5) and (6) being
imposed to ensure the long term amenity of the play area. |
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(b) |
Extension to dwellinghouse
and construction of decking: |
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Decided: that planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:- |
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(1) that
the development to which this permission relates must be begun within 5 years
of the date of this permission, to comply with Section 58 of the Town and
Country Planning ( |
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(2) that prior to its erection, full details
of the timber screen on the decking shall be submitted to and approved in
writing by the Head of Planning and Transportation, the approved screen shall
be erected before the conservatory and the associated decking are brought
into use; and |
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(3) that the screen fence between the
application site and 17 Cullen Crescent shall be increased in height to 2.4
metres along its full length prior to the conservatory hereby permitted being
brought into use, conditions (2) and (3) being imposed to protect the privacy
of the adjacent residents. |
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727 (c) |
Erection of retaining wall: |
727 |
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Decided: that planning permission be granted. |
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(d) |
Intensification of use of
rear yard as a beer garden with provision of decked area and shelter: |
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The |
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Decided: that planning permission be refused as the proposed
intensification of the use as a beer garden and the provision of a covered
deck area would be incompatible in terms of its detrimental effect upon the
quality of residential amenity for neighbouring properties and, as such, is
contrary to Policy R10 (g) of the Inverclyde Local Plan. |
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(e) |
Erection of rear garden deck and erection of side fence: |
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The report recommended that
planning permission be refused as the proposal would introduce 2m high
fencing forward of the front building line of the house, harmful to the
established character and visual amenity in Rose Crescent and contrary to
Policy H1 of the Local Plan which seeks to safeguard and, where practicable,
enhance the character and amenity of residential areas. |
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Decided: that planning permission be granted subject to the condition that the
boundary fence forward of the building line between the points marked A and B
on the approved plans be a maximum of 1m in height, in the interest of the
established character and visual amenity in Rose Crescent. |
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(f) |
Erection of House (Amendment to Reserved Matters Approval IC/06/331): |
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Decided: that planning permission be granted subject
to the following conditions:- |
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(1) that the development to which this planning
permission relates must be begun not later than 7 November 2009, to comply
with Section 59 of the Town & Country Planning ( |
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(2) that the approved scheme of landscaping shall
be implemented in the first planting season following completion of the house
and any specimens that in the subsequent 5 years die, become diseased or are
damaged shall be replaced in the next planting season with a similar specimen
unless the Head of Planning & Transportation gives his prior written
approval to any alternatives that may be sought; |
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(3) that development of the site shall not begin until
the exclusion zones identified in drawing MTLA/126/SK/3 of the approved
Supporting notes have protection by suitable fencing, details of this fencing
shall be submitted for the consideration of the Head of Planning &
Transportation and no work shall begin until his written approval is given; |
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(4) that any trees or hedges identified for retention
in Drawing 01-1394 which in the opinion of the Head of Planning &
Transportation are dying, severely damaged or diseased within 5 years of completion of the
development, shall be replaced with trees or hedging of a similar
specification, conditions (2) - (4) being imposed to ensure the continued
provision of a quality landscape setting for the house; |
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(5) that samples of materials to be used in the
development shall be submitted for the consideration of the Head of Planning
& Transportation and no work shall begin until the written approval of
the Head of Planning & Transportation has been given, to ensure that the
external detailing of the house maintains the visual quality of the area; |
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(6) that the driveway shall have a porous surface,
details of same being submitted for the prior written approval of the Head of
Planning & Transportation, to ensure the protection of existing and
proposed planting; and |
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(7) that prior to the house being
occupied the timber deck shall be equipped with a 1.8m high privacy screen
along its west side, details of same being submitted for the prior written
approval of the Head of Planning & Transportation, to protect the
privacy of “Millbank’s” garden and to accord with the Council’s PPAN No15. |
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728 |
PLANNING APPEAL - GOLDEN CITY TAKEAWAY, |
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There
was submitted a report by the Head of Planning and Transportation advising
that following the decision of the Planning and Traffic Management Committee
at the meeting held on 7 February 2007 to refuse planning permission for the
siting of a hand car wash service (in retrospect) at the Golden City
Takeaway, Kilmacolm Road, Port Glasgow (IC/06/228) and the subsequent appeal
by the applicant to the Scottish Ministers against that refusal, the Reporter
appointed by the Scottish Ministers had issued his decision which was to
dismiss the appeal. |
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Noted |
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