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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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CONSIDER NOTICE OF REVIEW REQUEST: LAND NORTH OF ROWANBRAE, GLENCRUITTEN, OBAN (REF: 24/0002/LRB) Minutes: The Chair, Councillor Kieron Green, welcomed everyone to the
meeting. He explained that no person
present would be entitled to speak other than the Members of the Local Review
Body (LRB) and Mr Logan, who would provide procedural advice if required. He advised that his 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. Both Councillors Armour and
Brown confirmed that they had sufficient information before them to come to a
decision on the Review. The Chair advised that at the
last meeting the decision of the LRB had been to continue consideration of the
Review allow for an opportunity to seek to prepare a competent Motion to
justify approval of planning permission in principle. The Chair moved the following
Motion – This LRB considers that the
proposed outline permission being sought is of a suitable scale, design and use
for a countryside location as required by LDP Policy 2. Further, in accordance
with LDP Policy 4 the proposal respects the landscape character of the area,
and following LDP Policy 5, the siting respects the topography of the area. As
set out in LDP Policy 8 this is away from a hilltop, skyline or ridge, and has
very limited visibility from the public road. The settlement pattern of the
surroundings is also of relevance to the same policy, and is of small cluster
of houses, generally well screened, which it is considered this proposal
largely follows by being in the vicinity of existing development. It is acknowledged that LDP
Policy 5 and NPF Policy 9 encourage the reuse of previously developed land, and
more specifically that NPF policy 9(b) does not support development on greenfield sites
such as this, unless explicitly supported by policies in the LDP. This LRB
notes the housing pressures in the Oban area, as set out in the Housing Needs
and Demands Assessment, and that paragraph 3.11 on page 14 of the LDP mentions
that Oban itself is “increasingly physically constrained, nearing its natural
topographic capacity for growth and development”. It is therefore considered
that there is a shortage of previously developed brownfield land suitable for
redevelopment, leading to greenfield sites such as this being suitable
alternatives to meet demand locally. It is of relevance that NPF Policy 17c
states that “proposals for new homes in remote rural areas will be supported
where the proposal…supports identified local housing outcomes” The LRB therefore considers
that the proposal meets the requirements of all local and national policies,
including LDP2 policies , 4, 5 and 8, and NPF policies 4, 9 and 17, and agrees
to grant outline planning permission, subject to the conditions appended:-
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