APPROVED Minutes - Planning Committee 10 September 25
West Dunbartonshire Council · 10 September 2025
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PLANNING COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Planning Committee held in the Civic Space, Council Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton G82 1QL, on Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at 10.04 a.m. Present: Provost Karen Murray Conaghan and Councillors Ian Dickson, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Lauren Oxley and Chris Pollock. Attending: James McColl, Development Management Team Leader; Amy Melkevik, Lead Planning Officer; Clare Laurenson, Principal Officer Development Planning and Place; Cameron Clow, Policy Planning Officer; Chrstopher Anderson, Principal Solicitor and Section Head and Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Kevin Crawford, Fiona Hennebry, Lawrence O’Neill, Hazel Sorrell and Clare Steel. Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in any of the items of business on the agenda. OPEN FORUM The Committee noted that no open forum questions had been submitted by members of the public. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 6 August 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. NOTE OF VISITATION A note of the Site Visitation carried out on 5 August 2025, a copy of which forms Appendix 1 hereto, was submitted and noted.
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PLANNING APPLICATION A report was submitted by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, in respect of the following Planning application:- DC25/083/FUL: Change of use from 1A to a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and installation of a new flue at 76 High Street, Dumbarton G82 1PQ by Mr Azatrum Dholi. After discussion and having heard the Development Management Team Leader and the Lead Planning Officer, in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to grant planning permission, subject to the conditions as detailed within Appendix 2 hereto. DEVELOPMENT PLAN SCHEME AND PARTICIPATION STATEMENT 2025 A report was submitted by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, seeking approval of the 2025 Development Plan Scheme and Participation Statement in relation to a new Local Development Plan (LDP3). After discussion and having heard the Principal Officer Development Planning and Place in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to approve the 2025 Development Plan Scheme (DPS) and Participation Statement, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report. Once approved, the DPS and Participation Statement would be submitted to Scottish Ministers and published on the Council’s website. The meeting closed at 10.31 a.m.
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APPENDIX 1 PLANNING COMMITTEE NOTE OF VISITATION – 5 AUGUST 2025 Present: Councillors Kevin Crawford and Lawrence O’Neill. Attending: James McColl – Development Management Team Leader SITE VISIT A site visit was undertaken in connection with the undernoted planning application:- Braidfield Road, Hardgate, Clydebank DC25/019/S36: Battery Energy Storage Facility consisting of compound of batteries and Associated Electrical Equipment, Stores, Access Track, Buildings, Fencing, Pond, Bunds and new by Braidfield Battery Storage Limited.
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APPENDIX 2 DC25/083/FUL: Change of use from 1A to a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and installation of a new flue at 76 High Street, Dumbarton G82 1PQ by Mr Azatrum Dholi. GRANT full planning permission subject to the following conditions:- 1. That unless otherwise first agreed in writing and prior to the commencement of any development on site, a detailed specification in respect of the collection, treatment and disposal of cooking odours and pollutants be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the system shall utilise the high-level discharge flue hereby approved. Reason: To ensure that the development does not adversely affect the amenity of neighbouring properties by creating excessive noise, vibration, or odour nuisance. 2. Any system for discharging cooking odours approved under condition 1 shall be fully implemented inclusive of high-level discharge flue in accordance with the manufacturer’s specification to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted. It shall then be retained on site as approved, inclusive of high level discharge flue, and fully maintained to remain in full and effective working order and suitable at all times thereafter for the food types / cooking methods being undertaken at any time during the lifetime of the use, to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the development does not adversely affect the amenity of neighbouring properties by creating excessive odour nuisance. 3. Prior to the commencement of works on site, full details of how the extract ventilation system will be suitably insulated or isolated to minimise noise and vibration transmission to the building structure shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Works shall then proceed as approved and be retained as approved at all times thereafter during the lifetime of the use to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority, unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the development does not adversely affect the amenity of neighbouring properties by creating excessive noise or vibration nuisance. 4. Noise from either within the hot food takeaway premises or the ventilation system hereby permitted shall not give rise to a noise level within any dwelling or other noise sensitive building assessed with the windows open in excess of the equivalent to Noise Rating Curve 35, between 07:00 and 20:00 hours, and Noise Rating Curve 25 at all other times, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Planning Authority. On completion of development and commencement of the use hereby permitted, the applicant or operator of the
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premises shall have a third-party independent verifier submit a verification report to demonstrate compliance with the requirements set out above, to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the development does not adversely affect the amenity of neighbouring properties by creating excessive noise or vibration. 5. Details for the storage and the collection of waste arising from the proposed development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The agreed details shall be in place prior to the development being brought into use and thereafter be maintained and operated on site as approved at all times during the lifetime of the use. Reason: To safeguard public health and to protect the amenity of the surrounding area. 6. During the period of construction, all works and ancillary operations (including deliveries) which are audible at the site boundary, shall be carried out between the following hours unless otherwise approved in writing by the Planning Authority: Mondays to Fridays: 0800-1800 Saturday: 0800-1300 Sundays and public holidays: No working Reason: To ensure that the development does not adversely affect the amenity of neighbouring properties by creating excessive noise and disturbance at unsocial hours. 7. That should the external discharge flue become redundant in the future, it shall be removed within 3 months of becoming redundant to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure the removal of the redundant flue in the interests of visual amenity.