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 5 November 2020, 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 Convener asked whether a Pre Determination Hearing date had been set for the application in regards to Binghill House and it was noted that this would be done following neighbour notifications, but a hearing would be February/March 2021 at the earliest.   

The Committee resolved:-

to note the information contained in the Committee business planner. 

Planning Reference – 201125

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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 detailed planning permission for the formation of an access road and associated works at Tillydrone Nursery, Dill Road Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

1.     Landscaping Schemes

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a scheme of hard and soft landscaping works has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The scheme shall include a community garden with seating.

Details of the scheme shall include:

a)    Existing and proposed finished levels;

b)    A schedule of planting to comprise species, plant sizes and proposed numbers and density;

c)    The location, design and materials of all hard landscaping works including seating and any walls, fences, gates, and play equipment;

d)    A programme for the implementation, completion and subsequent management of the proposed landscaping.

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 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.  Once provided, all hard landscaping works shall thereafter be permanently retained.

Reason: To ensure the implementation and management 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.

2.     Surface Water Drainage Systems

That no development shall take place unless a scheme has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority for surface water drainage. The access road shall not be brought into use unless the surface water drainage system as so agreed has been installed and is fully operational. It shall be permanently retained thereafter in accordance with the approved maintenance scheme.

Reason: In order to ensure that adequate drainage facilities are provided, and retained, in the interests of the amenity of the area.

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

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally, with an extra condition added to read:-

3.     Footway

That no development hereby approved shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, details of a suitable footway of at least 2.0m in width along the northern edge of the access road hereby approved. The access shall not be brought into use unless the footway as so approved is complete and ready for use on site, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the planning authority.

Reason: In the interests of road safety.

Planning Reference – 200584

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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 there be a willingness to approve the application for detailed planning permission for a residential development of 167 dwellings with associated infrastructure, subject to conditions and subject to the conclusion of a legal agreement securing payment of developer obligations and ensuring that the development was delivered exclusively as affordable housing.

Conditions

1.     Glazing and Ventilation Details

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless details of the glazing and ventilation details to be provided on the east facades of the blocks of flats has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, with a view to demonstrating suitable mitigation from railway noise for residents. Once approved, no residential unit requiring such mitigation shall be occupied unless all the approved glazing and ventilation has been installed in the relevant residential unit. The approved glazing and ventilation shall thereafter be retained in perpetuity.

Reason: To ensure that the proposed development provides suitable amenity for future residents of the site.

2.     Access Junctions

No unit within the development hereby approved shall be occupied until one of the access junctions shown in drawing A1-00-01-REV G has been fully constructed and made available for use. No more than 50 units within the development hereby approved shall be occupied until a second means of access has been provided for emergency access purposes. The details of any such emergency access shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority prior to its formation.  Thereafter, no more than 100 units within the development hereby approved shall be occupied until both access junctions shown in drawing A1-00-01-REV G have been fully constructed and made available for use.

Reason: To ensure that the approved access junctions are delivered at an appropriate point to facilitate access to the development.

3.     Connection to remaining land within OP58 Stationfields

No development pursuant to this grant of Planning Permission shall be undertaken unless a scheme for the provision of a vehicular connection from the road network within the application site to the remainder of the OP58 Stationfields site has been submitted to and approved by the planning authority.

The requisite scheme shall include:

(a)  a vehicular connection and pedestrian footpath to an adoptable standard from the road network through the application site to the remaining portion of OP58 lying to the north;

(b)  phasing and other arrangements for provision of the vehicular connection and pedestrian footpath to the relevant legal boundaries of the application site;

(c)   and will include, that no works beyond completion of the 100th unit will be undertaken unless the vehicular connection and pedestrian footpath are taken to the relevant legal boundaries of the application site.

Thereafter, no development shall occur otherwise than in full accordance with the agreed scheme.

Reason: in order to ensure the delivery of key road infrastructure and to ensure that the development of the wider OP58 Stationfields site  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Planning Reference – 200833

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Planning Officer:  Alex Ferguson

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

That there be willingness to approve the application subject to conditions and Legal Agreement to secure onsite affordable housing, restrict the tenure of the development to the private rented sector and to secure developer obligations towards the Car Club, Core Path Network, Secondary Education, Healthcare Facilities and Open Space.  The application was for detailed planning permission for the redevelopment including the change of use and extension of the existing building to a mixed use unit which accommodated 50 residential units, co-working office space and cafe/bar and the erection of commercial unit to accommodate co-working and makers' space and a gym and associated works, at Alba Gate, Stoneywood Park Aberdeen.

Conditions

(1) SINGLE PLANNING UNIT

The development shall form a single planning unit and excepting the affordable housing units, none of the residential units of the development shall be sold separately from the others.

Reason: In the interests of ensuring the provision of adequate amenity for all residents

(2) COMMUNAL FACILITIES

No residential unit shall be occupied unless the café/bar, gymnasium, co-working space and all internal and external communal amenity spaces shown on approved drawings PL(00)001H and PL(04)002I have been completed and are available for use by all residents.

Reason: In the interests of ensuring the provision of adequate amenity for all residents.

(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN

The development shall not be occupied unless a Management Plan detailing how all commercial and communal facilities (including café/bar, gymnasium, co-working space and communal amenity areas) would be provided and maintained for the benefit of the occupants of the residential units has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter implemented.

Reason: in the interests of ensuring the provision of adequate amenity for all residents in perpetuity.

(4) RESTRICTION ON USE

That notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended) or the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 (as amended) no part of the proposed development shall be used for a purpose within Use Class 5 (General Industrial) without an express grant of planning permission from the Planning Authority.

Reason: To enable the Planning Authority to consider the implications of any subsequent change of use on the amenities of the area.

(5) NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MITIGATION

No residential unit shall be occupied, nor the commercial uses operated, unless the mitigation measures recommended in the hereby approved Noise Impact Assessments (Sandy Brown, 30 July 2020, 20243-R01-D and Sandy Brown, 16 November 2020, 20243-R02-A) have been implemented in full (with the exception of the installation of an acoustic fence along the site’s western boundary), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council as planning authority.

Reason: in order to preserve the amenity of existing residential properties and to ensure an adequate level of amenity for new residential properties.

(6) FURTHER NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

No residential unit shall be occupied, nor any commercial  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Planning Reference – 200621

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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 detailed planning permission for the redevelopment of an existing site for the erection of 17 residential flats over four storeys including demolition and all associated works at 15 Maberly Street Aberdeen, be refused.

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

The Convener, seconded by Councillor Greig, moved:-

           that the application be refused.

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

that the application be approved as the development is considered to be appropriate for this mixed use area, whilst meeting the aims of the City Centre Masterplan in terms of promoting City Centre living and the significant demand for affordable one bedroom flats. It will have no impact on the amenity of the area in terms of siting, noise, overlooking, or overshadowing. As such, the development complies with Policy NC1 - City Centre Development – Regional Centre, Policy H2 - Mixed Use Areas, Policy D1 - Quality Placemaking by Design, Policy H3 – Density and Policy T5 – Noise.

Whilst there will be a loss of a traditional granite building, it is considered that there is sufficient reuse of granite within the site for the development to be acceptable in terms of Policy D5 - Our Granite Heritage especially given the context whereby a mix of materials would not be out of keeping given the mix of materials in surrounding buildings such as Broadford Works and the Bastille.

Overall, the development is considered acceptable when assessed against all relevant policies of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2017 and applicable Supplementary Guidance Planning Obligations, Transport and Accessibility, Flooding, Drainage and Water Quality, Green Space Network and Open Space, Resources for New Development. There is no material consideration which warrant refusal in this instance.

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (8) – the Convener, the Vice Convener and Councillors Allan, Cooke, Greig, MacKenzie, Malik and Radley, for the amendment (1) – Councillor Cormie.

The Committee resolved:-

to refuse the application. 

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which presented an updated Loirston Development Framework, the findings of the public consultation and additional landowner engagement exercises and sought approval to adopt the document as Aberdeen Planning Guidance (non-statutory planning guidance).

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)            approves the responses proposed by Officers to those consultation responses that were received on the Loirston Development Framework, as approved for public consultation by the Planning and Development Management Committee on 19 September 2019 (Appendix 2); and

(b)            approves the content of the Loirston Development Framework (2020) (Appendix 1) as Aberdeen Planning Guidance (non-statutory planning guidance).

The Committee heard from Rebecca Kerr, Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the report and answered various questions from members.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.

-        Councillor Marie Boulton, Convener