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Minutes: The Chair, Councillor
Amanda Hampsey, welcomed everyone to the
meeting. She explained that no person
present would be entitled to speak other than the Members of the Local Review
Body (LRB) and Mr Jackson, who would provide procedural advice if required. She advised that her
first task would be to establish if the Members of the LRB felt that they had
sufficient information before them to come to a decision on the Review. The Members of the LRB
intimated that they believed they did have sufficient information and
Councillor Hampsey invited the Members to comment. Councillor Hardie advised
that it was his view that the application should be rejected based on the
reasons outlined on page 51 of the Agenda pack as detailed below: 1. The
development conflicts with NPF4 Policy 13, and Policy LDP 11 and SG LDP TRAN 4
of the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Plan 2015 as the proposed development
would result in increasing the number of vehicles entering and leaving the
traffic stream on the A83(T) at a point where visibility is restricted, thus
creating interference with the safety and free flow of the traffic on the trunk
road. 2. The
development conflicts with NPF4 Policy 13, and Policy LDP 11 and SG LDP TRAN 4
of the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Plan 2015 as the proposed development
would result in an intensification of waiting and right turning manoeuvres from
the A83(T) trunk road at a location where forward visibility for approaching
westbound traffic on the trunk road is substandard thus creating interference
with the safety and free flow of the traffic on the trunk road. 3. The
development conflicts with NPF4 Policy 13 and Policy LDP 11 and SG LDP TRAN 4
of the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Plan 2015 in so much as the lengthy
substandard private access which already serves 5 dwellings would need to be
brought up to adoptable standard to serve the development proposed; being
suitably surfaced and provided with appropriate passing places, and over which
the applicant has no control, given that land required for such improvement
lies beyond the application site and outside the ownership of the Applicant. Councillor Kain advised
that while he did not disagree with these conclusions he did have some
concerns. He commented that there
appeared to be contradictions between the views of Planning and Transport
Scotland. He referred to the requirement
for the access road to be brought up to an adoptable standard if there were
more than 5 dwellings. He also referred
to the existing byre and commented that there did not appear to be any issues
for the trunk road with traffic flow to and from that. He referred to the photographs in the Agenda
pack which showed signage which had been put up when quarrying works were going
on. He also commented on the lack of
traffic on the road when these photographs were taken and also the long stretch
of road. He acknowledged that there may
be an issue for right hand turns off the trunk road, but pointed out that this
seemed to have been satisfactorily addressed by having signage in respect of
the planning application for the quarrying works. Councillor Kain expressed his concern at the
length of time it had taken for the application to be processed and for the
lack of flexibility to accommodate the development. He pointed out that this was a brownfield
site and not a greenfield site. He
sought advice from Mr Jackson. Mr Jackson referred to
the issues raised by Councillor Kain and advised that further information could
be sought from Planning Officers and Transport Scotland with regards to
signage. He advised that permission
would require to be sought for signage to be erected as it would not be on land
owned by the Applicant and suggested that confirmation on whether or not it
would be possible to erect the signage could be sought from Transport Scotland. He further advised that
if the Members of the LRB were minded to approve the application they would
need time to seek advice on preparing a competent Motion to approve which
detailed justification for departing from planning policies. Appropriate conditions and reasons to attach
to any consent would also need to be sought from Planning. Councillor Kain agreed
that he would like to request this further information from both Planning and Transport
Scotland and put forward the following Motion which was subsequently seconded
by Councillor Hampsey. Motion 1. To agree to request the following written
information from Planning:- a)
Appropriate
conditions and reasons to attach to any consent in the event the Members of the
LRB were minded to approve the application; and b)
Confirmation
as to whether or not a condition for signage to be erected on the trunk road
would address the road safety issues in respect of vehicles entering and
leaving the traffic stream on the A83(T) and waiting to turn right off the
A83(T) and, if so, to include that in the list of conditions and reasons
requested. 2. To request the following written information
from Transport Scotland:- a)
Confirmation
as to whether or not a condition for signage to be erected on the trunk road
would address the road safety issues in respect of vehicles entering and
leaving the traffic stream on the A83(T) and waiting to turn right off the
A83(T) and, if so, confirmation as to whether consent would be given to the
erection of this signage on the A83(T). 3. To continue consideration of this
application to a future meeting to allow time for Members of the LRB to seek
advice on the terms of a competent Motion to approve the application. Councillor Kain advised that he would wait until the above
information was received before deciding whether or not he would like a site
inspection. Councillor Hardie advised that he remained of the view that
this application should be rejected for the reasons previously outlined. Mr Jackson pointed out to the ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |