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=6268&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 the previous meeting of 20 September, 2018, for approval.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the minute as a correct record.

The Committee had before it the minute of the Planning Development Management Committee visits of 27 September 2018, for approval.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the minute as a correct record.

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

The Committee resolved:-

to note the information contained in the Committee report planner.

Planning Reference – 181220

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Planning Officer: Gavin Clark

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for the erection of five detached dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping, at the land at Culter House Road Aberdeen, be appoved conditionally with a legal agreement, subject to the following conditions:-

(1)  No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a sample and specifications of the external finish for the approved development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The development shall not be occupied unless the external finish has been applied in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of the appearance of the development and the visual amenities of the area.

(2)  No individual dwellinghouse hereby approved shall be erected unless an Energy Statement applicable to that dwellinghouse has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The Energy Statement shall include the following items:

a.    Full details of the proposed energy efficiency measures and/or renewable technologies to be incorporated into the development; and

b.    Calculations using the SAP or SBEM methods, which demonstrate that the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions rates for the development, arising from the measures proposed, will enable the development to comply with the Council’s Supplementary Planning Guidance on Resources for New Development. 

The development shall not be occupied unless it has been constructed in full accordance with the approved details in the Energy Statement. The carbon reduction measures shall be retained in place and fully operational thereafter. Reason: To ensure this development complies with the on-site carbon reductions required in Scottish Planning Policy and the Council’s Supplementary Planning Guidance - Resources for New Development.

(3)  No works in connection with the development hereby approved (including demolition, ground works and vegetation clearance) shall commence unless a construction environmental management plan (CEMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  The CEMP shall include the following.

a.    Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities;

b.    Identification of “biodiversity protection zones”;

c.    Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements);

d.    The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features

e.    The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works;

f.     Responsible persons and lines of communication;

g.    The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person; and

h.    Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs.

All works carried out during the construction period shall be undertaken strictly in accordance with the approved CEMP. Reason: In the interests of protecting the biodiversity of the environment.

(4)  All soft and hard landscaping proposals shall be carried out in accordance with the approved planting scheme and management programme. Any planting which, within a period of 5 years from the completion of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Planning Reference – 181469

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Planning Officer: Dineke Brasier

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for the change of use of the first floor from Class 4 (Business) to Class 11 (Assembly and Leisure), at 1 Queens Lane South, Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions.

Conditions

(1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 (as amended), the premises shall not be used for any of the following purposes within Use Class 11, without an express grant of planning permission from the Planning Authority:

·        Cinema

·        Concert Hall

·        Bingo Hall

·        Casino

·        Dance Hall or Night Club

Reason:  the uses noted above pose the risk of causing additional and unacceptable harm to residential amenity than other uses in Class 11, thus an express grant of planning permission for those uses would allow the Planning Authority to consider the implications of any subsequent change of use on the amenity of the area.

(2)  That no amplified or non-amplified music shall be used within the fabric of the main building other than that used as background music, which must be inaudible at the façade of the nearest residential properties;

Reason:  to preserve the existing amenity of surrounding properties.

(3)  That prior to the use hereby approved commencing, the cycle stands as shown on approved drawing 1392/P/00/XX/004/A, shall have been provided and made available for use.

Reason:  to promote sustainable transport methods.

The Committee heard from Dineke Brasier, Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered various questions from members.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally.

Planning Reference – 181248

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Planning Officer:  Roy Brown

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for the erection of a timber screen fencing to the front, side and rear (behind a granite wall) and addition of security features within site, at 2 Park Brae Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following condition:-

Conditions

That no works relating to the approved northwest boundary fence shall take place unless the existing unauthorised metal security fixture on the northwest boundary has been removed in its entirety. 

Reason:  to prevent the unauthorised metal security fixture being incorporated into this approved development and in the interests of visual and residential amenity.

The Committee heard from Gavin Clark, Senior Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered various questions from members.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally.

Planning Reference – 181545

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Planning Officer:  Lucy Greene

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for the installation of modular building with associated works, at Boyne Villa Aberdeen, be approved conditionally.

Councillor Nicoll spoke as local member in regards to the application and requested that members consider a site visit before determining the item, as he had concerns in relation to the local amenity and the impact of noise, light and dust produced from the site.

The Committee resolved:-

to defer consideration of the item in order for a site visit to be carried out on Thursday 8 November. 

The Convener notified members that this item had been withdrawn from the agenda.

-       Councillor Marie Boulton, Convener