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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 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.

 

Councillor Colville advised that it was his view that there was a need for a site visit to be arranged in order to understand the boundary of the site and to take account of the Rural Opportunity Area Boundary (ROA).

 

Both Councillor Devon and Councillor Taylor also agreed that a site visit should be arranged.

 

Decision

 

The LRB agreed:-

 

1.        To hold a site inspection in order to view the boundary of the site and its relationship to the boundary of the ROA and invite a representative from Planning to attend along with the Applicant to answer any questions the LRB may have in relation to these boundaries; and

 

2.        To adjourn the meeting and reconvene at a local hall at the conclusion of the site inspection to determine if any further process will be required.

 

The Argyll and Bute Local Review Body re-convened on Tuesday 14 August 2012 at 12.30 pm in the Tayinloan Village Hall

 

 

Present:          Councillor Sandy Taylor (Chair)

                        Councillor Rory Colville

                        Councillor Mary-Jean Devon

 

Attending:        Iain Jackson, Governance Officer (Adviser)

                        Fiona McCallum, Committee Services (Minute Taker)

 

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 and Mr Jackson who would provide procedural advice if required.

 

The Chair referred to the earlier site inspection and advised that his first task would be to establish whether or not the LRB now felt they had sufficient information before them to reach a decision on the Review.  

 

Councillor Colville advised that having had the benefit of the site visit and taking account of the planning history as a material consideration he would like to ask Planning Policy Officers to provide information on how they arrived at the decision to locate the boundary of the Rural Opportunity Area and the area of ‘Sensitive Countryside’ before taking a decision on this application.

 

Councillor Devon agreed that it was important to find out how the Planning Policy Officers came up with the current designation of the site and what the justification for this was.

 

The Chair confirmed that he concurred with both his colleagues and that the meeting should be adjourned until this further information was supplied by the Planning Policy Officers.

 

Mr Jackson advised Members that if they might be minded to grant the application then they would require to have a competent motion and conditions and reasons would have to be attached to the consent.  It was therefore suggested that it would be appropriate in the circumstances to have the Planning Department submit draft conditions and reasons for consideration by the Members at a further meeting of the LRB in order that a final decision could be made.

 

Decision

 

The LRB agreed:-

 

1.        To request from Planning Policy Officers written information explaining the reasons for taking the decision to designate the area which included the majority of the Applicant’s plot of land as an ‘Area of Sensitive Countryside’ and what process was undertaken to determine the boundary of the Rural Opportunity area within the Argyll and Bute Local Plan 2009;

 

2.        To request from Planning Policy Officers an indication, where possible, of what the designation of this area of land is likely to be in the new Local Plan;

 

3.        To request from Planning Officers appropriate conditions and reasons to be attached to any consent should the LRB be minded to approve the Notice of Review request; and

 

4.        To adjourn the meeting and reconvene at a suitable date in Kilmory, Lochgilphead.

 

The Argyll and Bute Local Review Body re-convened on Tuesday 25 September 2012 at 2.30 pm in the Council Chamber, Kilmory, Lochgilphead

 

 

Present:          Councillor Sandy Taylor (Chair)

                        Councillor Rory Colville

                        Councillor Mary-Jean Devon

 

Attending:        Iain Jackson, Governance Officer (Adviser)

                        Fiona McCallum, Committee Services (Minute Taker)

 

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 and Mr Jackson who would provide procedural advice if required.

 

The Chair referred to the further information requested which was now before Members for consideration and advised that his first task would be to establish whether or not the LRB now felt they had sufficient information before them to reach a decision on the Review.  

 

It was unanimously agreed that the LRB now had enough information before them and went on to determine the case before them.

 

Councillor Colville advised that he was minded to support the application and that he was encouraged by the information received from the Development Policy department.

 

The Chair put forward a reasoned justification to support his view that this application should be granted in the following terms:-

 

The proposed application site sits within the raised area of land rising up from the Kintyre coastline and represents a rounding off, of the node of development in this locality with development from A'Chleit Church on the shoreline progressing to the animal shelter on the landward side of the A83, and then following the rising ground to the former farmhouse and buildings at north Beachmore creating a cluster of development in this locality and which the proposed development will round off this cluster given the position of the proposed dwelling house on the rising ground.

 

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