20230125 Minute
Perth and Kinross Council · 22 February 2023
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PLANNING AND PLACEMAKING COMMITTEE Minute of hybrid meeting of the Planning and Placemaking Committee held in the Council Chambers, 2 High Street, Perth, on Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 9:30am. Present: Councillors I Massie and G Stewart, Bailies C Ahern (Substituting for Councillor C Reid), C McLaren and M Williamson, Councillors H Anderson, B Brawn, D Cuthbert, E Drysdale, A Forbes (Substituting for Councillor I James), D Illingworth, B Leishman and R Watters. In Attendance: D Littlejohn, L Reid, D Salman, K Smith and P Williamson (all Communities); A Brown, C Elliott, J Guild and M Pasternak (all Corporate and Democratic Services). Apologies: Councillors I James and C Reid. Councillor I Massie, Convener, Presiding. 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES The Convener welcomed everyone present to the meeting. Apologies were noted as above. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST No Declarations of Interest were made in terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. 3. MINUTES The minute of meeting of the Planning and Placemaking Committee of 23 November 2022, be approved. 4. APPLICATIONS FOR DETERMINATION (1) Major Applications (i) 22/01071/FLM Formation of an energy storage facility comprising control building, battery storage container units, ancillary equipment, boundary treatments, bund, landscaping and associated works, land 170 metres South of Newhouse Farm, Perth Resolved: Grant, subject to the following conditions, terms and informatives: General 1. The development hereby approved must be carried out in accordance with the approved drawings and documents,
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unless otherwise provided for by conditions imposed by this decision notice. Reason – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the approved drawings and documents. 2. This planning permission will last only for three years from the date of this decision notice unless the development has been lawfully started within that period. Reason – This is a Planning Permission in terms of Section 58 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, as amended by Section 32 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019. Noise 3. All plant or equipment shall be so enclosed, attenuated and/or maintained such that any noise therefrom shall not exceed Noise Rating 35 between 0700 and 2300 hours daily, or Noise Rating 25 between 2300 and 0700 hours daily, within any neighbouring residential property, with all windows slightly open, when measured and/or calculated and plotted on a rating curve chart. Reason – In the interests of residential amenity; to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. 4. In the event of a justified noise complaint being received by the Council the operator shall, at its own expense, employ a consultant approved by the Planning Authority to carry out a noise assessment to verify compliance with ‘Condition 3’. The assessment will be carried out to an appropriate methodology agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. If the noise assessment shows that the noise levels do not comply with ‘Condition 3’ a scheme of noise mitigation shall be submitted to the Council as Planning Authority, within 28 days of the noise assessment, for written approval, specifying timescales for the implementation of the scheme. The mitigation scheme shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme and timescales. Reason – In the interests of residential amenity; to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. 5. The hours of construction activity shall be restricted to between 0700 hours and 1900 hours Monday to Saturday only, with no construction activity permitted on Sundays. Reason – In the interests of residential amenity; to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. Lighting 6. All external lighting shall be sufficiently screened and aligned so as to ensure that there is no direct illumination of residential property and that light spillage beyond the boundaries of the site is minimised. In association, the operation of the lighting shall be controlled so as to only be triggered by motion within the security fenced boundaries of the site.
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Reason – In the interests of residential amenity; to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. Road Safety 7. Prior to the commencement of works associated to the hereby approved development, a Construction Traffic Management Scheme (TMS) shall be submitted for the written approval of the Planning Authority, such TMS shall include details of the following: (a) restriction of construction traffic to approved routes and the measures to be put in place to avoid other routes being used; (b) timing of construction traffic to minimise impact on local communities particularly at school start and finishing times, on days when refuse collection is undertaken, on Sundays and during local events; (c) a code of conduct for HGV drivers to allow for queuing traffic to pass; (d) arrangements for liaison with the Roads Authority regarding winter maintenance; (e) emergency arrangements detailing communication and contingency arrangements in the event of vehicle breakdown; (f) arrangements for the cleaning of wheels and chassis of vehicles to prevent material from construction sites associated with the development being deposited on the road; (g) arrangements for cleaning of roads affected by material deposited from construction sites associated with the development; (h) arrangements for signage at site accesses and crossovers and on roads to be used by construction traffic in order to provide safe access for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians; (i) details of information signs to inform other road users of construction traffic; (j) arrangements to ensure that access for emergency service vehicles are not impeded; (k) co-ordination with other significant developments known to use roads affected by construction traffic; (l) traffic arrangements in the immediate vicinity of temporary construction compounds; (m) the provision and installation of traffic counters at the applicant's expense at locations to be agreed prior to the commencement of construction; (n) monitoring, reporting and implementation arrangements; (o) arrangements for dealing with non-compliance; and (p) details of HGV movements to and from the site.
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The TMS as approved shall be strictly adhered to during the entire site construction programme all to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority. Reason – In the interests of road safety. 8. The proposed route for any abnormal loads on the trunk road network must be approved in writing prior to any such movements being undertaken. Where any abnormal loads are required to be undertaken in implementing the development hereby approved, a written program of those movements shall be submitted to the Council as Planning Authority for approval in consultation with Transport Scotland. Thereafter, any such movements shall be undertaken in accordance with the agreed program of movements, including any mitigation measures required. Any accommodation measures required including the removal of street furniture, junction widening, traffic management must similarly be approved and should be included with any written program of works. Reason – To ensure that the transportation of abnormal loads will not have any detrimental effect on the trunk road network 9. Any additional signing or temporary traffic control measures deemed necessary due to the size or length of loads being delivered to the development hereby approved must be undertaken by a recognised Quality Assured traffic management consultant, to be approved in writing by the Council as Planning Authority for approval in consultation with Transport Scotland. The approval any such management consultant shall be agreed prior to the placement or implementation of any signage and or traffic control measures. Reason – To ensure that the transportation of abnormal loads will not have any detrimental effect on the trunk road network. External Finishes 10. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, details of the specification and colour of the proposed external finishing materials to be used shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Council as Planning Authority. The scheme as agreed shall be implemented prior to the completion or bringing into use of the development, whichever is the earlier. Reason – In the interests of visual amenity; to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. Biodiversity and Landscaping 11. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a detailed landscaping and planting scheme for the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The scheme shall include
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details of the height and slopes of any mounding or recontouring of the site, full details of all hard landscaping proposals including materials and installation methods and, species, height, size and density of trees and shrubs to be planted. The scheme as subsequently approved shall be carried out and completed within the first available planting season (October to March) after the completion or bringing into use of the development, whichever is the earlier, and the date of Practical Completion of the landscaping scheme shall be supplied in writing to the Council as Planning Authority within 7 days of that date. The scheme as agreed and implemented shall thereafter be maintained to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority. Reason – In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure the satisfactory implementation of the proposed planting scheme. 12. The conclusions and recommended action points within the supporting Preliminary Ecological Survey dated 26 November 2020, (Document 17) and Supporting Statement dated 29 November 2022, prepared by Overland Environmental Ltd, (Document 20), submitted and hereby approved shall be fully adhered to, respected and undertaken as part of the construction phase of development, to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority. A written statement confirming and or setting out the physical means of compliance with these mitigation points shall be submitted to the Council as Planning Authority prior to works commencing onsite. Reason – In the interests enhancing biodiversity and to ensure the satisfactory implementation of mitigation measures to protect habitat onsite. 13. Prior to the completion or occupation of the development hereby approved, whichever is the earlier, 10 bird nesting boxes and 10 bat roosting boxes shall be provided within the site as part of the approved landscape scheme, (Condition 11). The size, type and locations of the nesting and roosting boxes shall be submitted to the Council as Planning Authority for prior approval to their placement onsite. Thereafter, the agreed boxes shall be maintained in a reasonable condition for the life of the development, to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority. Reason – In the interests enhancing biodiversity and to ensure the satisfactory implementation of mitigation measures to protect habitat onsite. Dust 14. Prior to the commencement of construction for the development a Dust Management Plan shall be submitted for the written approval of the Planning
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Authority, in consultation with Environmental Health. The plan shall outline all construction activities that has the potential to cause dust and shall state methods and procedures to minimise the dust. Thereafter, the approved dust management plan shall be implemented in full for the duration of all construction works hereby approved. Reason – In the interests of residential amenity and to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. Archaeology 15. Development shall not commence until the developer has secured the implementation of an archaeological watching brief, to be carried out by an archaeological organisation acceptable to the Council as Planning Authority, during development work. The retained archaeological organisation shall be afforded access at all reasonable times and allowed to record and recover items of interest and finds. The name of archaeological organisation retained by the developer shall be given to the Planning Authority and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust in writing not less than fourteen days before the commencement date provided in the Notice of Initiation of Development. Reason – To ensure a programme of archaeological works is carried out to safeguard and record any archaeological remains within the development area. Paths 16. The core path and right of way 34/15, located within the site access road and shown on approved drawing 22/01071/01 must not be obstructed during building works or on completion of the development. Any damage done to the route and/or the associated signage during building works must be made good before the development is completed or brought into use, whichever is the earlier. Reason – To ensure that public access is maintained at all reasonable times, to the local path network. Facility Lifespan 17. In the event the hereby approved development fails to store electricity on a commercial basis for a continuous period of 12 months, or 50 years from the date of commencement of development, whichever is sooner, then it shall be deemed to have permanently ceased to be required. In such an event the development shall be decommissioned, and the relevant parts of the site reinstated within such timescale as agreed in writing by the Council as Planning Authority. A reinstatement and or decommissioning plan shall be submitted to the
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Council as Planning Authority for prior approval before any site reinstatement works are commenced. Reason – To ensure the facility is removed from the site at the end of its operational life, and to protect the character of the countryside, the visual amenity of the area and nature conservation interests. Drainage 18. Prior to the installation of any drainage works within the development hereby approved, the final technical drainage designs shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by Council as the Planning Authority in consultation with the Council's Structures and Flooding team. The drainage details as approved shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed scheme and completed prior to bringing into use of the development herby approved. Reason – In order to safeguard any offsite drainage impacts of the development and in the interests of public safety. 19. The discharge volume and rate from the proposed onsite drainage system shall not exceed existing greenfield levels. Compliance with this condition shall be demonstrated through the provision of a drainage report in compliance with ‘Condition 18’. Reason – In order to safeguard any offsite drainage impacts of the development and in the interests of public safety. Soils 20. All soils excavated in the course of the development hereby approved shall be retained onsite and repurposed unless otherwise approved in writing by the Council as Planning Authority. Prior to the development hereby approved commencing, a Soil Management Statement shall be submitted to the Council as Planning Authority for approval in writing. This Statement shall set out the extent of any excavation works to be undertaken and how soils shall be reused and or managed onsite. All excavation and repurposing of soil shall then proceed in accordance with the agreed Statement. Reason – In the interests of appropriately managing prime quality soils and minimising the long-term impacts of developing the site in accordance with Policy 51 of the LDP2. Justification The proposal is considered to comply with the Development Plan and there are no material circumstances that would justify a departure from relevant policies of the LDP2 2019.
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Informatives 1. Under section 27A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) the person undertaking the development is required to give the planning authority prior written notification of the date on which it is intended to commence the development. A failure to comply with this statutory requirement would constitute a breach of planning control under section 123(1) of that Act, which may result in enforcement action being taken. 2. This planning permission is granted subject to conditions, some of which require further information to be submitted to Development Management either before works can start on site or at a certain time. The required information must be submitted via the ePlanning portal if your original application was lodged that way, otherwise send it to us at developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk. Please be aware that a fee is payable in respect of each request made, though there is no limit to the number of conditions that can be discharged in a single request. The Fees Charter is available on our website www.pkc.gov.uk. The Council has two months to consider the information. You should therefore submit the required information more than two months before your permission expires. We cannot guarantee that submissions made within two months of the expiry date of your permission will be able to be dealt with before your permission lapses. 3. The developer is advised to contact Sophie Nicol, Historic Environment Manager (Tel: 01738 477027) Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, to discuss terms of reference for work required. 4. The applicant is advised that, in terms of Sections 56 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, he/she/they must obtain from the Council, as Roads Authority, consent to open an existing road or footway prior to the commencement of works. Information on junction types, requirements for Vehicular Access consents (VA1) and application forms are available at www.pkc.gov.uk/vehicleaccess. Advice on the disposal of surface water should be sought at the initial stages of design from Scottish Water and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. 5. The presence of protected species, and the extent to which they could be affected by the proposed development, should be established before works commence. Should protected species be identified within the site the developer should ensure that all appropriate measures required to comply with the relevant legislation are carried out. 6. As soon as practicable after the development is complete, the person who completes the development is
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obliged by section 27B of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) to give the planning authority written notice of that position. 7. The granting of planning permission does not stop the continued right of public access along the existing core path METH 34/15 Ruthvenpark Path. 8. The applicant is advised to refer to Perth & Kinross Council's Supplementary Guidance on Flood Risk and Flood Risk Assessments 2021 as it contains advice relevant to your development. https://www.pkc.gov.uk/ldp2floodrisk. 9. No work shall be commenced until an application for building warrant has been submitted and approved. 10. This development will require the 'Display of notice while development is carried out', under Section 27C(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1997, as amended, and Regulation 41 of the Development Management Procedure (Scotland) Regulations 2013. The form of the notice is set out in Schedule 7 of the Regulations and a draft notice is included for your guidance. In accordance with Regulation 41 the notice must be: • Displayed in a prominent place at or in the vicinity of the site of the development • Readily visible to the public. • Printed on durable material. 11. Existing buildings or structures may contain nesting birds between 1st March and 31st August inclusive. The applicant is reminded that, under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended (Section 1), it is an offence to remove, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while that nest is in use or being built. Planning permission for a development does not provide a defence against prosecution under this Act. (2) Local Applications (i) 22/01043/FLL Erection of 20 dwellinghouses and associated works, land 70 metres East of 3 Losset Park, Losset Road, Alyth Motion (Bailie C McLaren and Councillor I Massie) Grant, subject to the following conditions, terms and informatives: 1. This planning permission will last only for three years from the date of this decision notice unless the development has been lawfully started within that period. Reason – This is a Planning Permission in terms of Section 58 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland)
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Act 1997, as amended by Section 32 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019. 2. The development hereby approved must be carried out in accordance with the approved drawings and documents, unless otherwise provided for by conditions imposed by this decision notice. Reason – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the approved drawings and documents. 3. Development shall not commence until the developer has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of archaeological investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and agreed in writing by the Council as Planning Authority, in consultation with Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust. Thereafter, the developer shall ensure that the programme of archaeological works is fully implemented including that all excavation, preservation, recording, recovery, analysis, publication and archiving of archaeological resources within the development site is undertaken. In addition, the developer shall afford access at all reasonable times to Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust or a nominated representative and shall allow them to observe work in progress. Reason – The site lies adjacent to an area of archaeological interest. 4. Prior to the commencement of any works on site, all trees on site (other than those marked for felling on the approved plans) and those which have Root Protection Areas which fall within the site shall be retained and protected. Protection methods shall be strictly in accordance with BS 5837 2012: Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction. Protection measures, once in place, shall remain in place for the duration of construction. Reason – To ensure the protection of retained trees on site. 5. The detailed landscaping and planting scheme which is hereby approved shall be completed within the first available planting season (October to March) after the completion or bringing into use of the development, whichever is the earlier. The approved scheme shall thereafter be maintained to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority, with any planting which fails to become established within five years being replaced in the following planting season with others of a size and species as previously approved. Reason – In the interests of visual amenity; to ensure a satisfactory standard of local environmental quality. 6. The conclusions and recommended action points within the supporting biodiversity survey submitted and hereby
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approved (document 40 relates) shall be fully adhered to, respected and undertaken as part of the construction phase of development, to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority. Reason – In the interests of employing best practice ecology and to ensure there is no adverse impact on any protected species as identified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981). 7. Development shall not commence on site until a detailed sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) has been submitted for the written agreement of the Council as Planning Authority, in consultation with SEPA where necessary. The scheme shall be developed in accordance with the technical guidance contained in The SUDS Manual (C753) and the Council's Flood Risk and Flood Risk Assessments Developer Guidance and shall incorporate source control. All works shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed scheme and be operational prior to the bringing into use of the development. Reason – To ensure the provision of effective drainage for the site. 8. The core path which runs along Losset Road on the immediate boundary of the site must not be obstructed during building works or on completion of the development. Any damage done to the route and/or the associated signage during building works must be made good before the development is completed or brought into use, whichever is the earlier. Reason – To ensure continued public access to the public paths and in the interests of public safety within the site. 9. Prior to the commencement of development hereby approved, a scheme shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Council as Planning Authority that demonstrates how at least 10% of the current carbon emissions reduction set by the Scottish Buildings Standards will be met through the installation and operation of low and zero-carbon technologies. This scheme shall detail for each building: (a) the technology types; (b) illustrate, through technical calculations, that these will meet at least the 10% reduction; (c) their siting and location; and (d) ongoing operation and maintenance. Once approved, the development shall be completed in accordance with the approved scheme and no individual unit shall be occupied until the scheme has been installed and is operating.
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Reason – To embed low and zero-carbon technologies within the development in the interest of environmental sustainability. 10. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, the developer shall submit for the further written agreement of the Council as Planning Authority, in consultation with the Roads Authority (Structures), a Construction Traffic Management Scheme (CTMS) to cover the following: (a) restriction of construction traffic to approved routes and the measures to be put in place to avoid other routes being used; (b) timing of construction traffic to minimise impact on local communities, particularly at school start and finishing times, on days when refuse collection is undertaken, on Sundays and during local events; (c) a code of conduct for HGV drivers to allow for queuing traffic to pass; (d) arrangements for liaison with the Roads Authority regarding winter maintenance; (e) emergency arrangements detailing communication and contingency arrangements in the event of vehicle breakdown; (f) arrangements for the cleaning of wheels and chassis of vehicles to prevent material from construction sites associated with the development being deposited on the road; (g) arrangements for cleaning of roads affected by material deposited from construction sites associated with the development; (h) arrangements for signage at site accesses and crossovers and on roads to be used by construction traffic in order to provide safe access for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians; (i) details of information signs to inform other road users of construction traffic; (j) arrangements to ensure that access for emergency service vehicles are not impeded; (k) co-ordination with other significant developments known to use roads affected by construction traffic; (l) traffic arrangements in the immediate vicinity of temporary construction compounds; (m) the provision and installation of traffic counters at the applicant's expense at locations to be agreed prior to the commencement of construction; (n) monitoring, reporting and implementation arrangements; (o) arrangements for dealing with non-compliance; and (p) details of HGV movements to and from the site.
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The CTMS as approved shall be strictly adhered to during the entire site construction programme. Reason – In the interests of pedestrian and traffic safety. 11. Prior to the commencement of any development a Construction Management Plan (CMP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Council as Planning Authority. The CMP shall detail required mitigation measures and construction method statements, including specific measures for monitoring during construction. The CMP should include detailed pollution avoidance measures and dust control measures for all construction elements. The CMP, as approved in writing, shall be strictly adhered to for the duration of the construction phase of the development. Reason – To ensure the construction phase is carefully managed to minimise landscape impacts and mitigate for any associated impacts on neighbours, general public and the wider environment. 12. Prior to the development hereby approved being completed or brought into use a Residential Travel Plan (RTP), aimed to encourage more sustainable means of travel, shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Council. The RTP will have particular regard to provision for walking, cycling and public transport access to and within the site and will identify the measures to be provided, the system of management, monitoring, review, reporting and the duration of the plan. Reason – In the interest of sustainable travel and in accordance with the policies of the adopted Perth and Kinross Local Development Plan 2019. 13. Concurrent with the initiation of the development hereby approved and for the duration of construction, a temporary surface water treatment facility shall be implemented on site and maintained for the duration of the approved development works. The temporary surface water treatment facility shall remain in place until the permanent surface water drainage scheme is implemented in full. Reason – To ensure surface water drainage is adequately managed during construction operations. 14. The onsite affordable units hereby approved (Plots 17, 18, 19 and 20) shall be occupied solely for the purposes of affordable housing, as defined within the Council's Developer Contributions and Affordable Housing Supplementary Guidance 2020 and Policy 20 of the Perth and Kinross Council Local Development Plan 2 (2019), to the satisfaction of the Council as Planning Authority. Reason – To comply with the Council's policy on affordable housing.
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Justification The proposal is in accordance with the Development Plan and there are no material reasons which justify departing from the Development Plan. Informatives 1. Under section 27A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) the person undertaking the development is required to give the planning authority prior written notification of the date on which it is intended to commence the development. A failure to comply with this statutory requirement would constitute a breach of planning control under section 123(1) of that Act, which may result in enforcement action being taken. 2. As soon as practicable after the development is complete, the person who completes the development is obliged by section 27B of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) to give the planning authority written notice of that position. 3. This planning permission is granted subject to conditions, some of which require further information to be submitted to Development Management either before works can start on site or at a certain time. The required information must be submitted via the ePlanning portal if your original application was lodged that way, otherwise send it to us at developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk. Please be aware that a fee is payable in respect of each request made, though there is no limit to the number of conditions that can be discharged in a single request. The Fees Charter is available on our website www.pkc.gov.uk. The Council has two months to consider the information. You should therefore submit the required information more than two months before your permission expires. We cannot guarantee that submissions made within two months of the expiry date of your permission will be able to be dealt with before your permission lapses. 4. No work shall be commenced until an application for building warrant has been submitted and approved. 5. Application for a new postal address should be made via the Street Naming and Numbering page on the Perth & Kinross Council website at www.pkc.gov.uk/snn. Please note there is a charge for this service and submission cannot be made until the relevant Building Warrant has been approved. 6. The applicant is advised that in terms of Sections 56 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 he/she/they must obtain from the Council, as Roads Authority, consent to open an existing road or footway prior to the commencement of works. Information on junction types, requirements for
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Vehicular Access consents (VA1) and application forms are available at www.pkc.gov.uk/vehicleaccess. Advice on the disposal of surface water should be sought at the initial stages of design from Scottish Water and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. 7. The applicant is advised that the granting of planning permission does not guarantee a connection to Scottish Water’s assets. The applicant must make a separate application to Scottish Water Planning & Development Services team for permission to connect to the public wastewater system and/or water network and all their requirements must be fully adhered to. 8. An approved Street Lighting design is required please contact Perth & Kinross Council Street Lighting department for further details. 9. The applicant should be aware of the requirements of the Council's Environment and Regulatory Services in relation to waste collection from the site and should ensure adequate measures are provided on site to allow for the collection of waste. 10. The approved stove system shall be installed and thereafter operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, such that smoke odours are not exhausted into or escape into any neighbouring dwellings. Failure to do so may result in an investigation and possible action by Environmental Health under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 11. The applicant is advised that in terms of Sections 21 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 he/she/they must obtain from the Council as Roads Authority Road Construction Consent (RCC) to construct a new road prior to the commencement of roadworks. Advice on the disposal of surface water must be sought at the initial stages of design from Scottish Water and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. Please note that a fee is chargeable for the processing of RCC applications. 12. The developer is advised to contact Sophie Nicol, Historic Environment Manager (Tel 01738 477027) Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, to discuss terms of reference for work required. Amendment (Bailie M Williamson and Councillor A Forbes) Refuse, as the application is contrary to Policy 20 Affordable Housing of the Perth and Kinross Local Development Plan 2 (2019) and the Developer Contributions and Affordable Housing Supplementary Guidance 2020, as the design and location of Plots 17-20 are not integrated with and indistinguishable from the other houses in the development.
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In terms of Standing Order 21.5, a roll call vote was taken. 6 members voted in accordance with the Motion as follows: Councillors B Brawn, D Illingworth, I Massie, Bailie C McLaren, Councillors G Stewart and R Watters. 7 members voted in accordance with the Amendment as follows: Bailie C Ahern, Councillors H Anderson, D Cuthbert, E Drysdale, A Forbes, B Leishman and Bailie M Williamson. Resolved: In accordance with the Amendment. 6. PROPOSAL OF APPLICATION NOTICES (PAN) (i) 22/00022/PAN Installation of a 49.9MW ground-mounted solar array and associated works, land 500 metres North West of East Saucher House, Kinrossie The contents of the Head of Planning & Development’s Report were noted. (ii) 22/00026/PAN Formation of 30MW battery storage facility with associated access and infrastructure, land 600 metres North East of Cordon Farm, Abernethy Councillor Illingworth requested that due consideration is given to appropriate screening for the site, and the core path network when creating a transport plan for the site. The contents of the Head of Planning & Development’s Report were noted.