Issue - meetings

Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

The Senior Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report.  The proposal seeks to develop an allocated housing site to provide a total of 101 dwellings of varying sizes.  The site itself forms a greenfield site on the edge of Dunoon and is well used by locals for informal recreation and as such is valued by the local community which is demonstrated by the number of objections which have been received to the current planning application.  Notwithstanding these objections to the principle of developing the site, this is an allocated housing site within the LDP (Site H-AL 2/3: 100 units) and therefore the principle of housing development on the site has already been agreed and approved as part of the LDP adoption process.  Due to the number of objections received, from primarily local residents, it is recommended that Planning Permission be granted subject to a discretionary local hearing being held.

The Senior Planning Officer referred to Supplementary Report 1 advising the Committee of a late objection which had been circulated to Members on 22 September 2020.

Motion

To agree to a virtual discretionary local hearing and to not hold an informal site visit with additional information on the site being provided at the meeting through photographs, satellite imagery or video.

Moved Councillor George Freeman, seconded Councillor David Kinniburgh.

Amendment

To agree to a virtual discretionary local hearing and to ask that Officers explore the feasibility of a physical site visit.

Moved Councillor Audrey Forrest, seconded Councillor Sandy Taylor.

A vote was taken by calling the roll and Members voted as follows –

Motion                                                            Amendment

Councillor Rory Colville                                  Councillor Mary Jean Devon

Councillor George Freeman                           Councillor Lorna Douglas

Councillor Graham Archibald Hardie             Councillor Audrey Forrest

Councillor David Kinniburgh                           Councillor Jean Moffat          

Councillor Donald MacMillan                          Councillor Sandy Taylor

Councillor Alistair Redman                            

Councillor Richard Trail

The Motion was carried by 7 votes to 5 and the Committee resolved accordingly.

Decision

The Committee agreed to hold a virtual discretionary local hearing in respect of planning application reference 19/01456/PP and to not hold an informal site visit.  Additional information on the site would be provided at the hearing through photographs, satellite imagery or video.

(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 4 September 2020 and Supplementary Report number 1 dated 22 September 2020, submitted)