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DECLARATION OF INTEREST

            At this juncture, Councillor Lawrence declared an interest as a local member for the Ward.  He explained that in terms of the Code of Conduct he wished to make representations on behalf of his constituents, following which he would take no further part in the proceedings.  Councillor Lawrence spoke prior to the Committee members formalising their position on the application.

With reference to article 3 of the minute of the meeting of the Planning Development Management Committee of 19^th June 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 express a willingness to approve the application for a partial amendment to planning application reference 130029 in respect of the land to the north of Hopetoun Grange, to allow for an additional 20 units and a change of house types, but to withhold the issue of the consent document until an amended legal agreement between the applicant and the Council has been secured identifying developer contributions towards primary education, community facilities, sports and recreation, core path networks and the strategic transport fund, subject to the following conditions:-

(1) that the hereby approved development shall not be occupied unless the lane to the west of the site, between the A96 and the southern boundary of plots 22/23, as shown hatched on drawing number DL002-85 Rev c and dated 12 March 2013, is upgraded to an adoptable standard for pedestrians and cyclists.  Notwithstanding that the phasing of construction on site may impact on when safe access and use of the path by pedestrians may be available, details of the proposed upgrading work to the path must nevertheless be submitted to and approved by the planning authority, and the upgrading work must be completed prior to any residential unit being occupied - in order to ensure that the proposed development offers access to more sustainable forms of travel to and from the development; (2) that no part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied unless a schedule of work relating to upgrading of bus shelters, seating, lighting, timetable information and boarding kerbs for bus stops on the A96 and on Sclattie Park has been submitted to and approved by the planning authority, and subsequently the upgrading work has been implemented prior to the occupancy of any residential unit implemented - in order to encourage more sustainable forms of travel to and from the development; (3) that no development pursuant to this planning permission shall take place, nor shall any part of the development hereby approved be occupied, unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, a detailed scheme of site and plot boundary enclosures for the entire development hereby granted planning permission, which scheme shall include no boundary enclosure above a maximum height of 1 metre being permitted to the front of any residential unit within the development hereby approved.  None of the buildings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the said scheme has been implemented in its entirety, as it relates to that building - in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood and in the interests of road and public safety; (4)  that no construction work pursuant to the planning permission hereby approved shall be undertaken by cranage or scaffolding  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.