Agenda and minutes

An apology for absence was intimated from Councillor Roderick McCuish.  It was noted that Councillor Daniel Kelly had agreed to replace Councillor McCuish as Chair of the meeting.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and advised that parties to the Review were not permitted to address the Local Review Body (LRB).  He advised that the only participants entitled to speak would be the Members of the LRB panel and Mr Reppke who would provide procedural advice if required.

The Chair advised that his first task would be to establish whether or not the LRB felt they had sufficient information before them to reach a decision on the Review.  The LRB agreed unanimously that they had enough information to make a decision on the application.   They also agreed that it would not be necessary to hold a site inspection and agreed to proceed to determine the case.

Councillor Colville advised that he had read all the paperwork submitted and studied the photographs and, taking cognisance of all the information provided, he tended to agree with the Planning Officers decision to refuse this planning application.

Councillor Currie confirmed that he agreed with Councillor Colville’s views.

Councillor Kelly advised that he saw no reason for this application to be approved as to do so would lead to a lack of amenity space for all the other residential properties within the tenement building which the review property is part of.

Decision

It was unanimously agreed to uphold the original decision to refuse planning permission for the following reason:-

The development is contrary to Policies LP ENV 1, LP ENV 19 and LP ENV 14 of the Adopted Argyll and Bute Local Plan as it would deprive residential properties of meaningful private outdoor space, result in a poor general environment and compromise the privacy of the adjacent ground floor flatted property.

(Reference: Notice of Review and Supporting Documentation and Responses from Interested Parties, submitted)