Agenda item

CWP PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT: ERECTION OF CLASS 1 FOODSTORE WITH ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE CAR PARKING, ACCESS ROAD, ROAD BRIDGE, PETROL FILLING STATION AND ENGINEERING WORKS: 361 ARGYLL STREET, DUNOON (REF: 10/00222/PPP)

Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services

Minutes:

The Committee resumed consideration of this application which was the subject of a hearing on 8 April 2011.  At a subsequent meeting of the Committee on 18 May 2011 it had been agreed to continue determination of the application to allow for consideration of planning application number 11/00689/PPP relating to a further application for a supermarket on another site in the town and to allow for assessment of that site’s availability and deliverability. 

 

Mr Reppke reminded the Committee that Councillors Dance, Reay and Chalmers would not be able to participate in the debate of this application as they had not been present at the hearing when this application was considered.

 

The Development Manager spoke to the terms of supplementary planning report no 5 advising that a further letter of support had been received from Mr and Mrs Baldock since the circulation of supplementary planning report 4.  This report also provided clarification regarding the gas works site and application and on planning gain matters which had been offered verbally by the applicant during the hearing.  The Development Manager also spoke to the terms of supplementary planning report no 6 which was tabled at the meeting and referred to further emails issued to the Council by the Applicant and their specialist agent relating to retail impact matters relevant to their own site and flooding matters at the National Grid application over his own. The Development Manager recommended refusal of the application for the reasons detailed in his original report.

 

Decision

 

Agreed to continue consideration of this application until after the hearing and determination of the application by National Grid Property (planning ref: 11/00689/PPP).

 

(Reference: Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services dated 4 March 2011, Supplementary Report 1 dated 15 March 2011, Supplementary Report 2 dated 30 March 2011, Supplementary Report 3 dated 7 April 2011, Supplementary Report 4 dated 9 May 2011, Supplementary Report 5 dated 8 September 2011, submitted and Supplementary Report 6 dated 19 September 2011, tabled)

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