Agenda, decisions and minutes

The agenda and reports associated with this minute can be found at:-

https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=348&MId=4369&Ver=4

Please note that if any changes are made to this minute at the point of approval, these will be outlined in the subsequent minute and this document will not be retrospectively altered.

The Committee had before it the minute of its previous meeting of 24 August 2017 for approval. 

Daniel Lewis, Development Manager advised that in regards to page 6 of the minute, Pinewood Zone F update, a site visit would take place on Thursday 28 September for the proposed application.  It was noted that there had been a period of time between the application being at Committee in July and the site visit, and as such the Councillors at this PDMC meeting would be entitled to attend the site visit and participate and not the substitutes from July’s meeting as previously advised.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the minute as a correct record and to note the proposed site visit.

The Committee had before it a tracker of future Committee business.

The Committee resolved:

to note the information contained in the Committee report tracker.

Planning Reference  - 161687

The documents associated with this application are attached.

Planning Officer:  Gavin Clark

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development, which recommended:-

That the application for the continuation of hard rock quarrying operations and extension to the existing quarry including deepening to 48mAOD level and the processing of overburden material, at North Last Quarry, be approved subject to conditions.

Gavin Clark, Senior Planner, advised that amended conditions would be attached to the proposed application and they were listed as follows.

Conditions

1. Temporary Permission

Planning permission is hereby granted for a temporary period only and shall cease to have effect 30th April 2047 (the 'cessation date'). Prior to the cessation date, the application site shall be cleared of all works and development approved under the terms of this permission (including any subsequent ancillary works, infrastructure, fixtures, fittings and any temporary developments permitted under Class 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992) and reinstated in accordance with the agreed restoration and aftercare scheme submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority under the terms of condition 2 of this permission.

Reason: To enable the impact of the temporary development on the amenity of the surrounding area to be reviewed and to ensure the appropriate restoration and aftercare of the site.

2. Restoration and Aftercare Plan

At least one (1) year prior to mineral workings ceasing on the site and prior to any phased restoration works, a restoration and aftercare plan shall be submitted for the written approval of the planning authority, in consultation with SEPA, and all work shall be carried out in accordance with the said scheme. The plan must include information on any proposals for phased working and progressive restoration, as well as the effect that any restoration will have on the water environment, including groundwater quality and quantity. The said plan must also include an assessment of the effect that any backfilling below the water table will have on groundwater.

Reason: To retain control over this temporary form of development and ensure that the site is appropriately restored in the interests of the protection of the environment.

3. Updated Environmental Management Plan

That prior to the commencement of development, the proposals for the extended quarry area are to be added to the existing Environmental Management Plan, or an individual Site Specific Management Plan shall be provided for the extended quarry area, and all works should be undertaken in accordance with the approved plan.

Reason: In order to minimise the impacts of the mineral extraction works on the environment and ensure up-to-date operating and environmental standards on site. Provided the proposals for the extended quarry area will be in accordance with those previously agreed for the existing quarry we do not require further consultation on this.

4. Storage Capacity of Floodplain

No storage of material, or other works that would have a detrimental effect on the storage capacity of the functional flood plain, on ground along the northern and north-western site boundary with a level of 77m AOD or  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Planning Reference:-  161282

All documents associated with this application can be found at the following link. 

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Planning Officer:  Gavin Evans

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development, which recommended:-

That there be a willingness to approve the application at the former Cornhill

Hospital site, Berryden Road, for a material change to previous consent to

accommodate four additional flats, with conditions, subject to the conclusion

of a legal agreement securing:-

·         Affordable housing - £10,139.32

·         Community facilities - £1,992.00

·         Car Club - £380.00

·         Roads - £556.00

·         Primary Education - £13,210.24

·         Sport and Recreation - £1,216.00

·         Library - £200.00

Total - £27,693.56

Conditions

1.  That none of the buildings hereby approved shall be occupied unless a scheme detailing compliance with the Council's 'Low and Zero Carbon Buildings' supplementary guidance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority for that building, and any recommended measures specified within that scheme for the reduction of carbon emissions have been implemented in full - to ensure that this development complies with requirements for reductions in carbon emissions pecified in the City Council's relevant published Supplementary Guidance document, 'Low and Zero Carbon Buildings'.

2. That no building within the development hereby approved shall be occupied unless the car,  motorcycle (including a secure fixed point) and bicycle parking areas serving those buildings have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with a drawing  which has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. Such areas shall not thereafter be used for any other purpose other than the purpose of the parking of vehicles ancillary to the development hereby granted approval - in the interests of public safety and the free flow of traffic.

3. That none of the units hereby approved shall be occupied unless refuse and recycling storage has been provided in accordance with a detailed scheme which has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority – in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood and in the interests of public health.

4. That unless otherwise agreed in writing, no part of the development hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless all drainage works detailed on Fairhurst drawing number 96600/2050-revC (as approved in relation to the overarching consent ref. 130381) or such other plan as may subsequently be approved in writing by the planning authority for the purpose have been installed in complete accordance with the said plan - in order to safeguard water qualities in adjacent watercourses and to ensure that the proposed development can be adequately drained.

ADVISORY NOTE FOR APPLICANT

A.   Construction Hours. It is recommended that no construction or demolition work should take place: (a) outwith the hours of 7.00 am to 7.00 pm Mondays to Fridays; (b) outwith the hours of 9.00 am to 4.00 pm Saturdays; or (c) at any time on Sundays, except (on all days) for works inaudible outwith the application site boundary. - in the interests of residential amenity. Please note that separate statutory noise controls exist under environmental health legislation.

B.   Separate licencing regime for works affecting  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Planning Reference:  170525

All documents associated with this application can be viewed at the following link:-

https://publicaccess.aberdeencity.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage

Planning Officer:  Gavin Evans

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development, which recommended:-

That there be a willingness to approve the application conditionally for the erection of a care home and four dwellings at Hazledene Road/Countesswells Road Zone A, subject to the conclusion of a legal agreement securing the following developer obligations:-

• Core Path Network - £18,079
• Open Space - £8,894
• Healthcare - £49,746 to contribute towards a new health centre at Countesswells.

Councillor Cooke suggested that a site visit take place before determining the application. 

The Committee resolved:-

to agree that a site visit take place on Thursday 28 September 2017 at 9.30am before the application be determined.

-     COUNCILLOR MARIE BOULTON, Convener