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With reference to article 1 of the minute of the meeting of the Local Review Body of 3 February 2016, the Local Review Body of Aberdeen City Council reconvened on this day to review the decision taken by an appointed officer under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation to refuse the request for planning permissions for the proposed erection of  a 1.5 storey extension to side and rear of existingdwellinghouse, formation of new vehicular access and retrospective change of use of agricultural land to private garden ground at Foggie Cottage, Baillieswells Road, Bieldside (P151542).

Councillor Milne, as Chairperson, gave a brief outline of the business to be undertaken.  He indicated that the Local Review Body would be addressed by the Assistant Clerk, Mrs Swanson, as regards the procedure to be followed and also, thereafter, by
Ms Lucy Greene, who would be acting as the Planning Adviser to the Body in the case under consideration this day.

The Chairperson stated that although the Planning Adviser was employed by the planning authority she had not been involved in any way with the consideration or determination of the application under review and was present to provide factual information and guidance to the Body only.  He emphasised that the officer would not be asked to express any view on the proposed application.

The Local Review Body was then addressed by Mrs Swanson, the Assistant Clerk as regards the procedure to be followed, at which time reference was made to the procedure note circulated with the papers calling the meeting and to certain more general aspects relating to the procedure.

In relation to the application, the Local Review Body had before it (1) a delegated report by Mr Alex Ferguson, Planning Officer, dated 23 November 2015; (2) the decision notice dated 27 November 2015; (3) plans showing the proposal; (4) planning policies referred to in the delegated report; (5) the Notice of Review submitted by the applicant’s agent along with an accompanying statement; and (6) representations received in respect of the proposal.

In relation to the site and existing building, the delegated report stated that at present the site had a single storey detached dwellinghouse on the western side of Baillieswells Road, approximately 800m northwest of the suburban northern side of Bieldside. Foggie Cottage sat to the west of Baillieswells Road and immediately to the south of a small access road that serves two other residential properties situated approximately 130m to the west. Agricultural farmland surrounds Foggie Cottage’s southern and western boundaries.

The application site encompassed the full 700sqm curtilage of Foggie Cottage as well as a surrounding buffer of land to the south and west which has at some stage in recent years been incorporated into the residential curtilage of Foggie Cottage, without receiving consent for change of use. The additional area of land which had been incorporated into the garden ground of the property equates to circa 820sqm, giving the application site a footprint of approximately 1520sqm.

The single storey cottage  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1