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Argyll and Bute Council · 21 June 2023
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Argyll and Bute Council 
Comhairle Earra-Ghàidheal Agus Bhòid 
Executive Director:  Douglas Hendry 
Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT
Tel:  01546 602127  Fax:  01546 604435
DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 
14 June 2023 
NOTICE OF MEETING 
A meeting of the PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE will be
held ON A HYBRID BASIS IN THE MARRIAGE SUITE, HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND CIVIC
CENTRE, 38 EAST CLYDE STREET, HELENSBURGH AND BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on
WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE 2023 at 1:00 PM, which you are requested to attend. 
Douglas Hendry
Executive Director 
BUSINESS 
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 
3. MINUTES 
(a) Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee held on 24 May
2023 at 10.30 am (Pages 5 - 16)  
(b) Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee held on 24 May
2023 at 2.00 pm (Pages 17 - 24)  
(c) Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee held on 24 May
2023 at 2.30 pm (Pages 25 - 26) 
4. CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982: TAXI FARE SCALE REVIEW
(Pages 27 - 36)  
Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support 
5. HOLIDAYS DIRECT MARKETING: CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FOR THE SITING
OF 10 HOLIDAY PODS, FORMATION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS AND PARKING,
INSTALLATION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED
LANDSCAPING: LAND BETWEEN ACHNAKEEP AND SCHOOLHOUSE
COTTAGE, PORTSONACHAN (REF: 22/00625/PP) (Pages 37 - 78)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

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6. MR COLIN CAMPBELL: ERECTION OF DECKING AND FENCING
(RETROSPECTIVE): 3 ACADEMY TERRACE, ACADEMY ROAD, ROTHESAY,
ISLE OF BUTE (REF: 22/01611/PP) (Pages 79 - 98)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth 
7. SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC: TO CONSTRUCT AND
OPERATE A 275 KILOVOLT (KV) ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AND
ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE.  THE WORKS WILL COMPRISE CUT AND
FILL TO TIE THE PLATFORM INTO THE EXISTING GROUND LEVEL
LANDSCAPING, SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS (SUDS) BASINS, NEW
PERMANENT ACCESS AND UPGRADES TO EXISTING TRACKS: LAND
APPROX 1.6 KM NORTH WEST OF MINARD AND UPSLOPE OF THE EXISTING
CRARAE SUBSTATION, MINARD (REF: 22/02376/PP) (Pages 99 - 134)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth 
8. SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC: ERECTION OF HIGH
VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AND FORMATION OF ASSOCIATED
ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, DRAINAGE AND MEANS OF ENCLOSURE (CRAIG
MURRAIL) SUBSTATION): ACHNABRECK FOREST - LAND APPROXIMATELY
2.5 KM NORTH EAST OF LOCHGILPHEAD AND 4 KM SOUTH WEST OF LOCH
GLASHAN, LOCHGILPHEAD (REF: 22/02578/PP) (Pages 135 - 172)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth 
9. SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC: ERECTION OF HIGH
VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AND FORMATION OF ASSOCIATED
ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, DRAINAGE AND MEANS OF ENCLOSURE
(CROSSAIG (NORTH) SUBSTATION): LAND ADJACENT TO CROSSAIG
SUBSTATION, SKIPNESS (REF: 23/00382/PP) (Pages 173 - 212)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth 
10. MR D HIGGINS: ERECTION OF DWELLINGHOUSE, FORMATION OF
VEHICULAR ACCESS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS: GARDEN GROUND OF
TORWOOD HOUSE, TORWOODHILL ROAD, RHU, HELENSBURGH (REF:
22/02523/PP) (Pages 213 - 236)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth 
11. PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF PLANNING TRAINING FOR MEMBERS (Pages
237 - 240)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth 
12. REGULATORY SERVICES - SERVICE PLAN 2023-25 (Pages 241 - 258)  
Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic
Growth 
13. BUILDING STANDARDS BALANCED SCORECARD 2023-25 (Pages 259 - 272)  
Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic
Growth
E1 14. ENFORCEMENT REPORT REFERENCE 22/00002/ENFHSH (Pages 273 - 278)  
Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

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The Committee will be asked to pass a resolution in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local
Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to exclude the public for items of business with an “E” on the
grounds that it is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in the
appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 7a to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 
The appropriate paragraph is:- 
E1 Paragraph 13  Information which, if disclosed to the public, would reveal that the
authority proposes- 
(a) to give under any enactment a notice under or by virtue of which requirements
are imposed on a person; or
(b) to make an order or direction under any enactment. 
Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee 
Councillor John Armour Councillor Gordon Blair
Councillor Jan Brown Councillor Audrey Forrest
Councillor Kieron Green (Chair) Councillor Amanda Hampsey (Vice-Chair)
Councillor Daniel Hampsey Councillor Graham Hardie
Councillor Fiona Howard Councillor Mark Irvine
Councillor Andrew Kain Councillor Paul Donald Kennedy
Councillor Liz McCabe Councillor Luna Martin
Councillor Peter Wallace   
Contact: Fiona McCallum                  Tel. No. 01546 604392