Agenda, decisions and minutes

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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 18 April 2019, 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 within the business planner.

Planning Reference – 182101

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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 118 affordable residential units (72 flats set over 3/4/5 storeys and 46 houses) with associated landscaping, parking and infrastructure, at 19 North Anderson Drive Aberdeen, 182101, be approved subject to a legal agreement and the following conditions:-

Conditions

(01) CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (CEMP)

No development (including site stripping, service provision or establishment of site compounds) shall commence on site until a site-specific Construction Environmental Management Plan(s) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority in consultation with SEPA. The CEMP must address the following issues (i) surface water management including construction phase SUDS; and (ii) site waste management including details of re-use on-site and off-site disposal of demolition materials. Thereafter development shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved CEMP.

Reason - In order to minimise the impacts of necessary demolition / construction works on the environment.

(02) SCHEDULE OF GREEN MEASURES

No development (including site stripping, service provision or establishment of site compounds) shall commence on site unless a schedule of green measures has? been submitted to the Planning Authority. The schedule, detailing the measures that have been investigated and will be implemented on site, should be submitted prior to the commencement of development on site for the written approval of the Planning Authority, in consultation with SEPA and implemented in full.

Reason: to ensure adequate protection of the water environment and contribute to and enhance the natural environment in accordance with Scottish Planning Policy.

(03) LOW AND ZERO CARBON BUILDINGS

No development associated with any particular flatted block or residential dwelling shall take place unless a scheme detailing compliance with the Council's Resources for New Development Supplementary Guidance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Thereafter no units shall be occupied unless any recommended measures specified within that scheme for that unit for the reduction of carbon emissions have been implemented in full.

Reason - to ensure that the development complies with requirements for reductions in carbon emissions specified in the City Council's relevant published Supplementary Guidance: Resources for New Development.

(04) EXTERNAL FINISHING MATERIALS

No development, beyond foundation level, shall take place on any hereby approved building unless a scheme detailing all external finishing materials to the roof and walls of such building has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be finished in accordance with the approved scheme.

Reason - In the interests of visual amenity.

(05) LANDSCAPING

All soft and hard landscaping proposals shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme (as shown on Drawings No: 423.03.01D, 423.03.02D and 423.03.03D) and shall be completed during the planting season immediately following the commencement of the development or as otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.  Any planting which, within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Planning Reference – 182093/DPP

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Planning Officer:  Robert Forbes

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

That the application for the formation of a new access and driveway with gate, wall and pillars, through an existing boundary wall, closing up an existing drive opening, with all associated landscaping works at Inchgarth House, Aberdeen, 182093, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(1)  Badger Protection Plan - No development shall take place pursuant to this permission unless a scheme for the protection of badgers has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The submitted plan shall include details of measures required during construction works in order to prevent injury to foraging badgers. The agreed measures shall be implemented in full for the duration of construction work on site.

Reason – In order to avoid potential adverse impact on protected species during construction works.

(2)  Tree protection measures - No development shall take place pursuant to this permission unless a scheme for the protection of all trees to be retained on the site during construction works, including temporary protective fencing, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Planning Authority and any such scheme as may have been approved has been implemented.

Reason - In order to ensure adequate protection for the trees on site during the construction of the development.

(3)  Tree planting / landscape scheme - All soft landscaping / tree planting proposals shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme (drawing 437-12-10e, -11, -12, -13) and shall be completed during the planting season immediately following the commencement of the development or as otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. Any planting which, within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development, in the opinion of the Planning Authority is dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased, shall be replaced by plants of similar size and species to those originally required to be planted.
Reason - To ensure the implementation of a satisfactory scheme of landscaping which will help to integrate the proposed development into the local landscape in the interests of the visual amenity of the area and to ensure that the character of the conservation area and setting of the listed building is preserved / enhanced.

(4)  SUDS / permeable surfacing - No development shall take place pursuant to this permission unless a scheme of all drainage works designed to meet the requirements of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter the driveway shall not remain on site unless the required drainage measures / permeable surfacing has been installed in complete accordance with the said scheme.

Reason - in order to safeguard water qualities in nearby watercourses and to ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

(5)  Drive width / construction / surface details – Notwithstanding the site layout plan hereby approved (drawing 603 rev C), the section of the driveway  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Planning Reference –  182141/LBC

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Planning Officer:  Robert Forbes

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

That the application for the partial demolition and alteration of the existing boundary wall and formation of new gated vehicle access, listed building consent, at Inchgarth House Aberdeen, 182141, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(1)  Detail of Gates / Pillars

No works shall take place pursuant to this consent unless construction details of the proposed metal gates, granite pillars and granite coping stones associated with the access works have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the planning authority. The works shall be undertaken in complete accordance with such details as may be so approved.

Reason – In order to preserve the character and appearance of the listed building.

(2)  Existing Access – The proposed access hereby approved shall not be used unless the existing vehicle access has been stopped off to vehicle traffic in accordance with a scheme which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.

Reason – In order to preserve the character and appearance of the listed building.

The Committee heard from Mr Robert Forbes, Senior Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered questions from members. 

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally.

Planning Reference – 182030

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Planning Officer:  Nicholas Lawrence

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

That the application for the erection of a two storey dwellinghouse within the garden ground and alterations to the boundary wall at 4 Westfield Terrace Aberdeen, 182030, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(1)  No development shall commence until full details and samples of all the external materials to be used in the development, hereby permitted, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, and the works shall be carried out using only those approved materials.

Reason: in the interests of visual amenity of the area and to comply with policies D1 and D4 of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2017;

(2)  Before commencing the construction of the dwellinghouse, hereby permitted, the new vehicular access from Craigie Park Place shall be formed, together with a visibility splay of 2 metres x 17 metres from its centre line in a south-westerly direction and, once formed, the visibility splay shall be kept free of any obstruction for as long as the access remains.

Reason: in the interests of pedestrian and highway safety.

(3)  The dwellinghouse, hereby permitted, shall not be occupied until the car parking areas shown on Drawing No. 100 Rev A have been laid out, constructed and drained unless otherwise approved in writing by the planning authority, and the approved car parking areas shall thereafter be used only for that purpose.

Reason: in the interests of public safety and the free flow of traffic.

(4)  No development shall commence until a scheme for all drainage works designed to meet the requirements of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The dwellinghouse, hereby permitted, shall not be occupied until the works have been carried out and completed strictly in accordance with that approved scheme.

Reason: to ensure that the development is adequately drained and to safeguard water quality in adjacent water courses and to comply with policy NE6 of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2017.

(5)  No development shall commence until a detailed scheme for the landscaping of the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall identify all existing trees to be retained on the land, with details of their protection during construction, any that are to be felled and proposed areas of tree/shrub planting specifying numbers, species, locations and sizes.

Reason: for the protection of existing trees and in the interests of the amenity of the area, to safeguard the health and safety of trees during building operations and the visual amenities of the area generally and to comply with policies D1 and NE5 of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2017.

(6)  All planting, seeding and turfing in the approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out in the first planting season following the completion of the development and, within a period of 5 years from that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Planning Reference – 182053/DPP

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Planning Officer:  Gavin Evans  

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

That the application for a residential development comprising 216 units (across zones A, B, C, D and E) with associated access, landscaping and infrastructure at land to the south of Hazledene Road Aberdeen, 182053, be approved with a legal agreement and subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(1)  that no development shall take place other than in accordance with the hereby approved scheme of tree protection (Struan Dalglish Arboriculture, Tree Protection Plan (TPP) and Drawing, Dated Nov 2018) - in order to ensure adequate protection for all trees to be retained on the site during construction works.

(2)  that any tree work, not specified in the submitted Arboriculturally Impact Assessment (AIA),  which appears to become necessary during the implementation of the development shall not be undertaken without the prior written consent of the Planning Authority; any damage caused to trees growing on the site shall be remedied in accordance with British Standard 3998: 2010 "Recommendations for Tree Work" before the building hereby approved is first occupied - in order to preserve the character and visual amenity of the area.

(3)  that all planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting season following the completion of the development and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a size and species similar to those originally required to be planted, or in accordance with such other scheme as may be submitted to and approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority - in the interests of the amenity of the area.

(4)  none of the buildings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the boundary enclosures relevant to that plot have been laid out in accordance with the approved scheme (Dandara Landscape Plans for Zones A, B, C, D and E - Drawing nos M_APL_230_Rev A; M_APL_231_Rev A; M_APL_232_Rev A) - in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood.

(5)  that the development hereby granted planning permission shall not be fully occupied unless all drainage works detailed on Plan Nos ABR_PID_115_Rev A, ABR_PID_116_Rev B and ABR_PID_117_Rev C 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.

(6)  none of the buildings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the car parking areas relevant to that plot and hereby granted planning permission have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with drawing No. M_APL_243 of the plans hereby approved or such other drawing as may subsequently be submitted and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Planning Reference – 190606/DPP

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Planning Officer:  Jane Forbes

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

That the application for the erection of a two storey gable at 12 Woodlands Walk, Aberdeen, 190606, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(1)  That all external finishing materials to the roof and walls of the development hereby approved, including stonework and roof tiles, shall match those of the existing property - in the interests of visual amenity.

(2)  That the existing 1.8 metre high timber fence shown in Drawing No WWA-1805-AA (Dated 30/5/18) shall remain in place along the length of the western boundary of the site until the completion of development, unless the planning authority gives written consent for a variation.  Reason: in order to ensure adequate protection, during the construction of the development, for the trees identified in Drawing No WWA-1805-AA which are in proximity to the application site.

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

The Convener moved, seconded by Councillor Greig:-

that the application be refused by virtue of the visual impact the proposed development would have on the surrounding area, which meant it did not comply with Policy D1, Quality Placemaking and Design.

Councillor Copland moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Cooke:-

that the application be approved in line with the recommendation contained within the report. 

On a division, there voted for the motion (2) – the Convener and Councillor Greig; for the amendment (6) – the Vice Convener and Councillors Cooke, Copland, Cormie, MacKenzie and Malik.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the amendment and therefore approve the application conditionally.

Planning Reference – 190532

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Planning Officer:  Robert Forbes

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

That the application for the change of use from class 1 (shops) to hot food takeaway (sui generis) and installation of a ventilation duct, at 16 Sclattie Park Aberdeen, 190532, be refused.

The Committee heard from Mr Robert Forbes, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered questions from members.

The Convener moved, seconded by the Vice Convener-

That the application be refused in line with the recommendation contained in the report. 

Councillor Copland, moved as an amendment:-

            That the application be approved conditionally.

Councillor Copland’s amendment failed to attract a seconder and was therefore not put to the vote.

The Committee resolved:-

to refuse the application.

Planning Reference – 190623

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Planning Officer:  Jane Forbes

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

That the application for the subdivision of the existing feu and erection of a 3 storey dwelling at 325 Holburn Street, 190623, be refused. 

The Committee heard from Mr Robert Forbes, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered questions from members. 

The Committee resolved:-

to refuse the application.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Governance, which presented the annual report of the Planning Development Management Committee.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the annual report. 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that information and details on planning applications be included in the next annual effectiveness report; and

(ii)          to otherwise note the report.

-       Councillor Marie Boulton, Convener