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The Local Review Body (LRB) of Aberdeen City Council met on this day to review the decision taken by an appointed officer under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation to refuse the application for the erection of a two-storey side extension with integral garage and alterations to boundary wall and rear extension roof at 9 Kildrummy Road, Aberdeen, Planning Reference number 210477/DPP. 

Councillor Boulton as Chair, gave a brief outline of the business to be undertaken, advising that the LRB would be addressed by the Assistant Clerk, Mr Mark Masson with regards to the procedure to be followed and also, thereafter, by Mr Gavin Evans who would be acting as the Planning Adviser to the Body in the following case under consideration this day.

The Chairperson stated that although the Planning Adviser 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.

The Local Review Body was then addressed by Mr Masson, Assistant Clerk in regard to the procedure to be followed, at which time reference was made to the procedure note circulated with the papers calling the meeting and to more general aspects relating to the procedure.

In relation to the application, the LRB had before it (1) a delegated report by the Appointed Officer, Aberdeen City Council; (2) an application dated 2 April 2021; (3) the decision notice dated 16 June 2021; (4) links to the plans showing the proposal and planning policies referred to in the delegated report; and (5) the Notice of Review submitted by the applicant.

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 then described the site advising that it was a residential curtilage, located on a corner plot at the junction of Kildrummy Road and Fintray Road. The site comprised a one-and-a-half storey, semi-detached dwellinghouse with associated front and rear gardens. There was currently a lean-to garage abutting the southern gable of the dwelling (onto Fintray Road). To the rear of the garage was a single storey extension, measuring 5.2m long by 2.2m wide. These two single-storey elements of the property were set slightly back from the boundary wall (circa 1.3m).

Mr Evans made reference to the history of the site and outlined the proposal for Detailed Planning Permission (DPP) which was sought for the erection of a 1.5 storey side extension, with integrated garage and utility/storage space at ground floor level and living accommodation at first floor level by virtue of dormer windows at front and rear. The extension would measure approximately 4.3m wide, taking it right up to the boundary with Fintray Road, and would project c.9.3m (matching the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1