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Decision Notice of 8 December 2022

North Lanarkshire Council · 22 February 2023
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Our Ref:
Your Ref:
Contact:
Tel:
E-mail:
Date:
22/01218/FUL
Patricia Beaton
01236 632500
Planningenquiry@northlan.gov.uk
8 December 2022
Mr John Cairns
c/o Mark Tomkinson
Enspire Architects Ltd
Office 29, Alloa Business Ctr
Whins Rd
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 3SA
Dear Sir/Madam,
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
Proposal: Conversion of outbuilding to form single detached dwellinghouse
Address: Millcroft Stables, Millcroft Road, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, G67 4AG,
I advise you that this application was refused on 8 December 2022.
I enclose a copy of the Decision Notice.
Should you wish to seek a review of this decision, please read the attached guidance notes to
applicant. Any request for a review must be made within three months of the date of this
decision. 
Yours faithfully,
Lorna Bowden
Planning And Place Manager
Enterprise And Communities
Lorna Bowden
Planning And Place Manager
Ground Floor Civic Centre
Windmillhill Street
Motherwell ML1 1AB

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REFUSAL OF PLANNING
PERMISSION 
Delegated Decision
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
No:  22/01218/FUL
Date:  8 December 2022
To:  Mr John Cairns
c/o Mark Tomkinson
Enspire Architects Ltd
Office 29, Alloa Business Ctr
Whins Rd
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 3SA
With reference to your application dated 4 October 2022 for planning permission under
the above Act for the following development:
Proposal: Conversion of outbuilding to form single detached dwellinghouse ,
Address: Millcroft Stables, Millcroft Road, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, G67
4AG,
North Lanarkshire Council, in exercise of its powers under the above Act, hereby
REFUSES planning permission for the reasons indicated in the paper apart.
The council’s reasoning for arriving at the above decision is as follows:-
Reasoned Justification
The proposed development fails to meet the criteria set out in Green Belt policies PP 4
and AD 4 contained within the North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan, in that it has
not been demonstrated that is necessary in association with uses appropriate only to a
rural area.  It is therefore not considered to be acceptable in principle in this Green Belt
location.
Lorna Bowden
Planning And Place Manager

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Paper apart
Reasons
1 That the proposed development is contrary to Green Belt policy PP 4 and AD 4 in that it
does not fall within the category of acceptable Green Belt development outlined in policy PP 4.
No adequate justification, special circumstances or material considerations have been
demonstrated to merit a departure from the development plan.
2 That even if the proposed development were to be considered to be acceptable in
principle in the Green Belt (as already indicated in reason 1, it is not acceptable in principle),
the proposed development would  be contrary to the sustainability and transportation aspects of
policy EDQ 3.

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Additional Notes to Applicant:
PLEASE READ THESE NOTES CAREFULLY.
These notes do not constitute legal advice, and are not intended to be a comprehensive guide
to laws which may apply to the development which you propose to carry out.
If you wish to obtain advice on which you will be entitled to rely, you must consult a solicitor or
other appropriate professional adviser, e.g. an architect or chartered surveyor.
1. A copy of the plan which accompanied your application is returned docketed
appropriately.
2. Rights of aggrieved applicants to seek review of the decision: If the applicant is
aggrieved by this decision taken under delegated powers by the planning authority they
may request that a review of the decision is undertaken by the council’s Local Review
Body.  Any request for a review (Notice of Review) must be made within three months
of the date of this decision and should be addressed to Committee Services, Civic
Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB. The appropriate Notice of Review form
is available online at www.eplanning.scot . In the event of a review, the Local Review
Body may uphold the original decision or may reverse or vary any part of it and may
deal with the application as if it had been made to them in the first instance, regardless
of the specific issues raised in the Notice of Review.
3. If permission to develop land is refused and the owner of the land claims that the land
has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and cannot be
rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development
which has been or would be permitted, he may serve on the planning authority a
purchase notice of his interest in the land in accordance with the provisions of Sections
88 to 94 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.
4. Where it appears to the planning authority that there has been a breach of planning
control, they may serve enforcement and stop notices requiring the breach to be
remedied.