Agenda item

With reference to Article 3 of the minute of meeting of the Planning Development Management Committee of 16 January 2014, which had been referred to it for consideration by five members of the Committee, the Council had before it (1) a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development on the application seeking planning permission for a proposed single dwelling house, including demolition of the existing garage and the formation of a new driveway to the existing house; and (2) the decision of the Committee - that the application be refused on the grounds that the proposed development represented overdevelopment of the site; was not in keeping with the properties in the surrounding area; the quality of the materials proposed would be out of character with surrounding buildings; would result in a loss of on-street car parking; and would set an undesirable precedent for future development of a similar nature.

The report recommended:-

that the Planning Development Management Committee approve the application subject to the following conditions:-

(1)  That the development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the car parking areas hereby granted planning permission have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with drawing No. 1004 (Revision A) of the plans hereby approved or such other drawing as may subsequently be submitted 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 cars ancillary to the development and use thereby granted approval; (2) That notwithstanding the provisions of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order, no enlargement, improvement or other alteration to the dwellinghouse shall be undertaken without an express grant of planning permission from the planning authority; (3)  That the building hereby approved shall not 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, and any recommended measures specified within that scheme for the reduction of carbon emissions have been implemented in full; and (4) That no development shall take place unless a scheme detailing all external finishing materials to the roof and walls of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority and thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the details so agreed.

Councillor Milne moved, seconded by Councillor Cormie:-

That the Council approve the application in accordance with the recommendation contained within the report subject to the removal of the terrace and planter and replacement with a flat roof as proposed by the applicant.

Councillor Corall moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Greig:-

That the Council reaffirm the decision of the Planning Development Management Committee.

On a division, there voted:-

For the motion  (25)  -  Lord Provost; and Councillors Allan, Blackman, Carle, Cooney, Cormie, Crockett, Donnelly, Lesley Dunbar, Forsyth, Graham, Grant, Ironside, Lawrence, McCaig, Malik, Milne, Jean Morrison, Nathan Morrison, Noble, Jennifer Stewart, Sandy Stuart, Taylor, Townson and Young.

For the amendment  (15)  -  Councillors Boulton, Cameron, Corall, Delaney, Jackie Dunbar, Greig, Jaffrey, Kiddie, Laing, MacGregor, Malone, May, Samarai, Thomson and Yuill.

Declined to vote  (1)  -  Councillor Dickson.

Absent from the division  (2)  -  Depute Provost; and Councillor Finlayson.

The Council resolved:-

to adopt the motion.