Issue - meetings

Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

The Senior Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report.  This is the first of four Proposal of Application Notices (PAN) submitted to the Planning Authority in respect of the site at Dunbeg.  Within the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan (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 four 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.  The approved Masterplan for the area (ref: 16/03368/MPLAN), clarifies the Applicant’s intentions to build 300 additional dwellings (flats and houses) between 2017 and 2022 (Phase 3) with longer term development intentions for a further 305 dwellings and a mixed commercial area and community uses.  Phase 3 is currently under construction and Kirk Road has been upgraded to accommodate this new development.  No details on the number or tenure of the houses proposed in this PAN has been provided at this stage.  This PAN relates to residential development (Dunbeg Phase 4) including site for community facilities, site for new primary school, new roads and parking, ground re-modelling, above ground and below ground infrastructure, open space and landscaping.  No details on the number or tenure of the houses proposed in this PAN has been provided at this stage.  The report summarises the policy considerations against which any future planning application will be considered as well as potential material considerations and key issues based upon the information received to date.  It is recommended that Members consider the content of the report and submissions and provide such feedback as they consider appropriate in respect of this PAN in order to allow these matters to be considered by the Applicant in finalising any future planning application submission.

Decision

The Committee noted the content of the report and submissions and, whilst it welcomed the proposal for community facilities, raised no further issues.

(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 12 November 2019, submitted)