Issue - meetings

Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

The Senior Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report.  Three new Proposal of Application Notices (PANs) have been submitted to the Planning Authority in respect of the wider area of Dunbeg.  Flooding and peat studies carried out at the site since the submission of the previous PANs have required that the red line boundaries of the proposed development areas be amended and therefore new PAN submissions are required.  Within the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan (LDP) (March 2015) the Council has designated a Strategic Masterplan Area under MAST 1/12 “Dunbeg Corridor).  This area includes the following uses: education; housing; commercial, including neighbourhood retail; business and industry.  The current PAN proposals sit within this wider strategic area but concentrate on housing, community uses, infrastructure and mixed commercial use on a number of sites as defined on Proposals Map 178 of the adopted LDP.

This first of three PANs relates to residential development (Dunbeg Phase 4) (Class 9) including site for community facilities, site for new primary school, new roads and parking, ground re-modelling, above and below ground infrastructure, open space and parking.  The report sets out the information submitted to date as part of the PAN and summarises the policy considerations, against which any future planning application will be considered as well as any material considerations.

It is recommended that Members have regard to the content of the report and submissions and provide such feedback as they consider appropriate in respect of the PAN to allow any matters to be considered by the Applicant in finalising any future planning application submissions.

Decision

The Committee noted the content of the report and submissions and agreed that the Applicant should take into consideration the following when finalising any future planning application submissions:

·         To have regard to the impact of traffic on associated properties, roads and the local community; and

·         To construct the new roundabout on the A85 prior to the construction of any other works.

(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 1 September 2021, submitted)