Issue - meetings

Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

The Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report and to supplementary report number 1 which advised of 2 late representations.  Planning permission is sought for the increase in the pitch of the roof of two existing terraces of dwellinghouses at numbers 1 to 7 Kilbowie Shore, Gallanach Road, Oban.  Due to the current zinc roof failing, and remedial works to rectify the problem having failed, the current application seeks to replace the flat roof with a steeper hipped roof.  The proposed changes results in an overall increase in height of 1.57 metres. 

The determining factors in the assessment of this application are whether the increase in the roof pitch is an appropriate design change to the dwellinghouses and whether it will have a significant adverse impact on their appearance within the site and wider landscape or give rise to any privacy or amenity issues with neighbouring properties.

In this instance the proposed change is considered to be an acceptable alteration to the dwellinghouses and will have no significant adverse impact on the appearance of the dwellinghouses or their setting within the wider landscape at this location, nor will the change give rise to any privacy or amenity issues with neighbouring residential properties.

It was recommended that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and reasons detailed in the report.

Decision

The Committee agreed to grant planning permission subject to the following condition and reason:

1.    The development shall be implemented in accordance with the details specified on the application form dated 03/02/22, supporting information and, the approved drawings listed in the table below unless the prior written approval of the planning authority is obtained for an amendment to the approved details under Section 64 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

Reason: For the purpose of clarity, to ensure that the development is implemented in accordance with the approved details.

(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 2 August 2022 and supplementary report number 1 dated 16 August 2022, submitted)