Decision details

With reference to Article 13 of the minute of meeting of the Planning Development Management Committee of 24 April 2014, wherein it had been agreed to visit the site, the Committee had before it a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development which recommended:-

That the Committee refuse the application in respect of planning permission for the erection of a new single detached dwellinghouse in a new plot, to be formed via the sub-division of the existing curtilage, on the following grounds:-

(1)       That the proposal is considered to be contrary to the guidance set out in the Council’s adopted ‘Sub-division and Redevelopment of Residential Curtilages’ Supplementary Guidance, so far as it relates to the appropriate siting of dwellings with due regard to any established pattern of development.  By virtue of its siting uncharacteristically close to its own plot boundaries and adjacent dwellings, the proposal fails to demonstrate due regard for its context or make a positive contribution to its setting, and is therefore contrary to policy D1 (Architecture and Placemaking) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan and the relevant paragraph 82 of Scottish Planning Policy.  The proposal would also, as a result of its failure to demonstrate accordance with the aforementioned supplementary guidance and its impact on the character of the surrounding area, be contrary to policy H1 (Residential Areas) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan; and

(2)       That the proposal would result in the removal of a significant number of protected trees which, though generally not of particular quality individually, collectively contribute to landscape character and local amenity.  The proposal is therefore considered to be contrary to the aims of policy NE5 (Trees and Woodlands) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

The Committee heard from planning and roads officials in relation to the application, following which members asked various questions of the officers in attendance.  The Committee also viewed the site from the adjacent property, 265A North Deeside Road.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendation.