Agenda item

Planning Reference – 150920

The documents associated with this application can be found at  -

http://planning.aberdeencity.gov.uk/PlanningDetail.asp?ref=150920

Planning Officer – Dineke Brasier

The Committee had before it a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development, which recommended:-

That the Committee approve the application for planning permission for the demolition of an existing house and redevelopment on the site to create two detached dwelling houses, subject to the following conditions:-

(1)  That notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 and Schedule 1, Part 1, Class 1A and Class 1B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended) no extensions which materially affect the external appearance of the dwelling houses hereby approved shall be constructed without a further grant of planning permission from the planning authority - to preserve the residential amenity of 33 Hillside Road.  (2)  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 - in the interests of visual amenity.  (3)  That no development pursuant to this planning permission shall take place, nor shall any part of the development hereby approved be occupied, unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, a detailed scheme of site and plot boundary enclosures for the entire development hereby granted planning permission.  None of the buildings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the said scheme has been implemented in its entirety - in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood and in the interest of residential amenity.  (4)  That no development pursuant to the planning permission hereby approved shall be carried out unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority a further detailed scheme of landscaping for the site, which scheme shall include indications of all existing trees and landscaped areas on the land, and details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development, and the proposed areas of tree/shrub planting including details of numbers, densities, locations, species, sizes and stage of maturity at planting - in the interests of the amenity of the area.  (5)  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.  (6)  That no development shall take place 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 no part of the development shall be occupied unless the drainage has been installed in complete accordance with the said scheme - in order to safeguard water qualities in adjacent watercourses and to ensure that the development can be adequately drained.  (7)  That the development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the car parking areas hereby granted planning permission have been constructed, drained and laid-out in accordance with drawing no. 003G 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 - in the interests of public safety and the free flow of traffic.

The Convener moved, seconded by Councillor Dickson:-

That the application be approved in accordance with the recommendation set out in the report.

Councillor Boulton moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Yuill:-

That the application be refused on the grounds that the proposed development would have a detrimental impact in terms of road safety and pedestrian safety, as well as a negative impact on the residential amenity of neighbouring properties particularly in terms of the lack of screening and the visual impact.

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (6) – the Convener; and Councillors Crockett, Dickson, Lawrence, Jean Morrison MBE and Sandy Stuart; for the amendment (7) - the Vice Convener; and Councillors Boulton, Greig, Jaffrey, Malik, Thomson and Yuill.

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the amendment, and therefore refuse the application.