Agenda item

Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services

The Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report advising that this proposal was on a site located within the settlement of Kilcreggan in the Argyll and Bute Local Plan 2009.  The proposal also requires listed building consent which will be determined by Historic Scotland as the Council is the landowner.  There have been no objections received from Consultees and no third party representations made.  It is considered that the proposal would be consistent with Policies STRAT DC 1 and STRAT DC 9 of the Argyll and Bute Structure Plan 2002 and Policies LP ENV 1, LP ENV 13(a), LP ENV 14, LP ENV 19, LP HOU 1, LP TRAN 4, LP TRAN 6 and Appendices A and C of the Argyll and Bute Local Plan 2009 and it is recommended that planning permission be granted.

 

Decision

 

Agreed to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions and reasons:-

 

1.      The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved drawings –

 

Drawing No. 1198/005      Location Plan

Drawing No. 1198/003G   Site Plan

Drawing No. 1198/011A    Ground Floor Plan and Elevations as Existing

Drawing No. 1198/030A    Proposed Ground and First Floor Plans

Drawing No.1198/031A     Proposed Roof Plan and Elevations

 

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.

 

2.        Development shall not begin until samples of materials to be used (on external surfaces of the buildings) and/or in construction of hard standings/walls/waste or recycling stores/ fences) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority.  Development shall thereafter be carried out using the approved materials or such alternatives as may be agreed in writing, with the Planning Authority.

 

Reason:  In order to integrate the development into its surroundings.

 

3.        Notwithstanding the requirements of condition 02 in relation to materials, the proposed Waste/Recycling store indicated on drawing 1198/003G shall be constructed to comply with the following dimensions - Length 5.3m x Width 1.0m x Height 1.2m. unless with the written agreement of the Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure this facility is of an appropriate scale to both meet operational requirements for refuse storage and be appropriately scaled in its setting.

 

4.        Prior to commencement of any works or building operations to convert the building into three dwellinghouses full details of all new windows to be installed shall be submitted to the Planning Authority for approval. Such details as may be approved shall be implemented and thereafter retained unless with the written agreement of the Planning Authority.

 

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity.

 

5.        Development shall not begin until details of a scheme of hard and soft landscaping works has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority.  Details of the scheme shall include:

 

i)          location and design, including materials, of walls, fences and gates

ii)         soft and hard landscaping works, including the location, type and size of each individual tree and/or shrub

iii)         programme for completion and subsequent on-going maintenance.

 

All the hard and soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the scheme approved in writing by the Planning Authority.  All planting, seeding or turfing as may be comprised in the approved details shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the commencement of the development unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.

 

Any trees or plants which within a period of ten years from the completion of the development die, for whatever reason are removed or damaged shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of the same size and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.

 

Reason:  To ensure the implementation of a satisfactory scheme of landscaping and to ensure that material used within the site reflect the listed status of the building.

 

6.        Prior to commencement of any other building or other operations on site associated with the implementation of this planning permission, the visibility splay of dimensions 2.4m x 42m x 1.05m shown on drawing 1198/003G shall be formed. All boundary walls, fencing or vegetation within the visibility splay shall thereafter be maintained in perpetuity at a height not exceeding 1.05 metres above the level of the road.

 

Reason: In the interests of road safety.

 

7.        Notwithstanding the requirements of condition 02 in relation to materials, prior to the occupation of the first residential unit, the parking area shown on Drawing No.1198/003G shall be formed and, thereafter, maintained for such a purpose.

 

Reason: In the interests of road safety.

 

8.        The vehicular access to the proposed car parking area associated with the development and indicated on Drawing 1198/003G shall be constructed and retained to a minimum width of 4.5m.

 

Reason: In the interests of road safety.

 

9.        Prior to works commencing on site, details of the curtilage for each of the  
dwellinghouses hereby approved shall be submitted to and approved in writing
by the Council as Planning Authority.

 

Reason: In the interests of amenity.

 

(Reference: Report by Head of Planning and Regulatory Services dated 3 May 2013, submitted)