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MACLEOD CONSTRUCTION: MASTERPLAN TO PDA 10/15 FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ADOPTED ARGYLL AND BUTE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2015: LAND AT IMERVAL, PORT ELLEN, ISLE OF ISLAY (REF: 20/01281/MPLAN)

 

 

Meeting: 21/10/2020 - Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee (Item 6)

6 MACLEOD CONSTRUCTION: MASTERPLAN TO PDA 10/15 FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ADOPTED ARGYLL AND BUTE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2015: LAND AT IMERAVAL, PORT ELLEN, ISLE OF ISLAY: PDA 10/15 (REF: 20/01281/MPLAN) pdf icon PDF 351 KB

Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

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Minutes:

The Area Team Leader for Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands spoke to the terms of the report.  Imeraval lies to the west of Port Ellen and is designated in the current adopted Local Development Plan (LDP) as having the potential for low density housing development with a 25% requirement for affordable housing.  Under these designations, a Masterplan is required as part of the determination of any planning application.  A Masterplan has previously been approved under reference 15/02954/MPLAN.  This proposal represents a significant uplift in the density aspirations of the LDP.  Low density is described as 11 units per hectare whilst this Masterplan provides for 17 per ha.  Despite this the vast majority of units are affordable which is welcomed by Officers.  In this regard the proposal is a departure from the aspirations of the LDP.  However there is a greater demand now for affordable housing than initially envisaged on the island at the time of writing the LDP and the delivery of this is best placed on allocations and PDAs given access to transport modes, settlement boundaries etc.  A recent Islay Strategic Housing Overview identified a need for housing.   The Masterplan, whilst indicative, gives all interested parties and statutory consultees sufficient detail to assess the future development of the site.  Assessed against Development Plan policy and other material considerations the components of the phased housing development scheme are considered to be compatible with PDA 10/15 and the potential constraints to development acknowledged within its accompanying schedule.

 

It is recommended that the Masterplan be approved and endorsed as a material consideration in the assessment of any future planning applications on the site.

 

Decision

 

The Committee agreed to approve and endorse the Masterplan as a material consideration in the assessment of any future planning applications on the site.

 

(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 8 October 2020, submitted)

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