Agenda item

Planning Reference – 201480

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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 detailed planning permission for a change of use of land for the erection of a temporary chalet/mobile home at Baads Farm Anguston Road Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

1.     That the caravan site hereby granted planning permission, shall not be occupied by any person other than a person employed full-time in the stud farm (approved under application Ref P110648 & P120873) and the dependants, widow or widower of such a person in accordance with the Planning Authority's policy of restricting isolated developments in the countryside unless specifically required in connection with an essential rural occupation. 

Reason: to preserve the amenity and integrity of the Green Belt and in accordance with Policy NE2 (Green Belt) of the Aberdeen City Local Development Plan.

2.     That the caravan site hereby granted planning permission shall be limited to one caravan/mobile home/chalet on site at any one time. 

Reason:  that the justification provided and deemed necessary to allow the stud farm to become fully operational would not support multiple homes on site, and in the interests of visual amenity and to suitably protect the landscape character and setting of the Green Belt, in accordance with Policy NE2 (Green Belt) of the Aberdeen City Local Development Plan.

3.     That the caravan site hereby granted planning permission shall not be occupied unless a detailed scheme for the provision of foul sewerage facilities has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, and that the said scheme has been installed and is fully operational. 

Reason:  in the interests of public health.

4.     That prior to occupation of the caravan site hereby granted planning permission, details of all external finishing materials to the roof and walls of the caravan/mobile home/chalet unit to be located on site have been submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter the approved material finish is maintained for the duration of the caravan/mobile home/chalet unit being located on site.

Reason:  in the interests of visual amenity and to suitably protect the landscape character and setting of the Green Belt, in accordance with Policy NE2 (Green Belt) of the Aberdeen City Local Development Plan.

5.     The following time limits and related conditions on the planning permission hereby granted shall apply:

5.1.The development permited by this planning permission shall begin no later than six  months from the date of this decision notice, and if not begun within those six  months this planning permission shall expire.

5.2. The development permitted by this planning permission shall endure for a period of eighteen months from the date that the said development is begun, and for no longer period.

5.3. By the date on which that eighteen month period in condition 5.2 ends, the land on which the development permitted by this planning permission shall be reverted to its previous use (as land for the curtilage of the dwellinghouse or othewise land clear of any structure permitted by this planning permission and any caravan/mobile home/chalet removed), and without prejudice to the foregoing generality, shall include the following works or operations:

5.3.1.    Removal of any caravan/mobile home/chalet and associated structures permitted by this planning permission from the land for which this permission relates.

5.3.2.    The completion of any works necessary to restore the land to its previous position before the use of the caravan site was begun.

5.3.3.    Restoration of the land’s use as curtilage to the dwelling house on the development site.

Reason:  in the interests of visual amenity and to suitably protect the landscape character and setting of the Green Belt, in accordance with Policy NE2 (Green Belt) of the Aberdeen City Local Development Plan.

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

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally.