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The Local Review Body then considered the third request for a review to evaluate the decision taken by an appointed officer under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation to refuse the application for the erection of a 1.5 storey extension to the front of the property at 108A North Deeside Road, Planning Reference 190441/DPP.

The Chairperson advised that the LRB would again be addressed by Mr Gavin Evans and reminded Members that although Mr Evans was employed by the planning authority he 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.  She emphasised that the officer would not be asked to express any view on the proposed application.

In relation to the application, the LRB had before it (1) a delegated report by Roy Brown, Planning Trainee; (2) the application dated 15 March 2019; (3) the decision notice dated 4 June 2019 (4) links to the plans showing the proposal and planning policies referred to in the delegated report; (5) the Notice of Review submitted by the applicant along with an accompanying statement with further information relating to the application; and (6) consultee responses from the Community Council and the Roads Development Management Team and also two letters of representation from neighbouring properties.

The LRB was then addressed by Mr Evans who advised that the review had been submitted with all necessary information within the time limit of three months following the decision of the appointed officer.

Mr Evans outlined the application site advising that the property was located in the residential suburb of Peterculter, to the west of Aberdeen. It sat on the northern side of North Deeside Road, opposite its junction with Station Road East and immediately adjacent to Eastleigh Nursing Home. Number 108A sat back from other properties on North Deeside Road, at the very north-western corner of the plot that was shared with 108. The 1.5 storey detached granite dwelling was of a traditional style but had been extended via the addition of two flat-roofed garages to the southern gable. A roof terrace area had been formed above one of those garages, accessible via a door from a first floor bedroom.

Mr Evans indicated that the application site was located within a designated ‘residential area’ in the Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

In terms of Planning history for the property, Mr Evans revealed that an application had been submitted in June 2018 and subsequently withdrawn prior to determination. Planning permission had been refused in January 2019 for the same extension, with the difference being that this application had shown the two existing garages to the south of the dwelling being removed, such that the cumulative floorspace would be less than considered in the previous application.

Mr Evans explained that planning permission was now sought for a large 1.5 storey extension, projecting from the front/east elevation of the house. This pitched roof extension would project more than 8  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4