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 20 April 2023, for approval.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the minute as a correct record. 

The Committee had before it the committee business planner, as prepared by the Interim Chief Officer – Governance.

The Committee heard from the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, who provided a brief verbal update in relation to the Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 (PLDP) and its impending adoption at the Council meeting on 14 June 2023. 

The Committee resolved:-

to note the verbal update in relation to the PLDP and also the information contained in the committee business planner.

Planning Reference – 221310

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Planning Officer:  Matthew Easton

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

That the application for detailed planning permission for the erection of 30 affordable residential units with associated infrastructure and open space, at the former Braeside Primary School site, be approved subject to a legal agreement and subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(01)  DURATION OF PERMISSION

The development to which this notice relates must be begun not later than the expiration of 3 years beginning with the date of this notice. If development has not begun at the expiration of the 3-year period, the planning permission lapses.

Reason – in accordance with section 58 (duration of planning permission) of the 1997 act.

PRE-COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

(02)  TREE PROTECTION FENCING

No development (including demolition or site setup) shall take place unless the tree protection measures shown in Tree Survey BPS-2210-TR-C and drawing BPS-2210-TP (dated 11 October 2022) by Astell Associates have been implemented. Thereafter the fencing shall remain in place for the duration of construction of the development, taking account the phasing within the drawing.

Reason – to protect trees and vegetation from damage during construction in accordance with Policy NE5 (Trees and Woodlands).

(03)  LANDSCAPING AND BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT

No development shall take place unless a detailed scheme of hard and soft landscaping covering all areas of public and private space has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The scheme shall include details of –

·       Existing and proposed finished ground levels

·       Existing landscape features, trees and vegetation to be retained or removed

·       Existing and proposed services and utilities including cables, pipelines and substations

·       Proposed woodland, tree and shrub numbers, densities, locations, species, sizes and stage of maturity at planting

·       Proposed measures to enhance biodiversity (see NatureScot’s Developing with Nature guidance)

·       Proposed hard surface finishing materials

·       Location and design of any street furniture

·       Arrangements for the management and maintenance of existing and proposed open space and landscaped areas

·       A completed checklist from Annex C of the Developing with Nature guidance.

Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the planning authority, no unit shall be occupied unless all paths, hard landscaping and any artificial bio-diversity enhancement features have been constructed or provided and are ready for use. All soft landscaping proposals shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme and shall be completed during the planting season immediately following the commencement of the development or such other date as may be agreed in writing with the planning authority. Any planting which, within a period of five years from the completion of the development, in the opinion of the planning authority is dying, is 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 satisfactorily integrate the development into the surrounding area, enhance the biodiversity value of the site and to create a suitable environment for future residents.

(04)  BOUNDARY TREATMENTS  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Planning Reference – 211528

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Planning Officer:  Matthew Easton

The Committee agreed to hold a site visit on Thursday 8 June 2023 before determining the application. 

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic, Place, Planning, which informed Members of the planning enforcement work that had been undertaken by the Planning Service from 1st April 2022 to 31^st March 2023.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee notes the contents of the report.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)              to request that legal officers liaise with Councillor Mrs Stewart in regards to an enforcement query;

(ii)             to request that a follow up report be submitted to this committee in relation to ongoing enforcement issues and how these could be progressed; and

(iii)            to otherwise note the content of the report. 

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which considered whether planning application 230173/PPP, which triggered the statutory criteria to require that a Pre-Determination Hearing be held, should be determined by the Planning Development Management Committee or if it would be advisable for the Pre Determination Hearing and determination to be carried out by Full Council.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)            note the contents of the report; and

(b)            agree that the application be the subject of a statutory pre-determination hearing by a special meeting of the Planning Development Management Committee and that the application is then determined at a subsequent scheduled Planning Development Management Committee meeting.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.

Thursday 22 June 2023 – 10am

The Convener advised that the date of the next meeting would be changed to Thursday 29 June 2023 at 10am due to the adoption of the Local Development Plan. 

-        Councillor Henrickson, Convener