Approved Minutes - Planning Committee - 8 October 2025
West Dunbartonshire Council · 8 October 2025
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PLANNING COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Planning Committee held in the Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, Clydebank, on Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Provost Karen Murray Conaghan and Councillors Kevin Crawford, Ian Dickson, Fiona Hennebry, Lawrence O’Neill, Lauren Oxley, Chris Pollock and Clare Steel. Attending: Michael Mulgrew, Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager; James McColl, Development Management Team Leader; Wojciech Borowski, Planning Officer; Clare Laurenson, Principal Officer Development Planning and Place; Matthew Spurway, Development Planning and Place Officer; Chrstopher Anderson, Principal Solicitor and Section Head and Lynn Straker, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Gurpreet Singh Johal and Hazel Sorrell. Councillor Lawrence O’Neill 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 10 September 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record. VARIATION IN ORDER OF BUSINESS Having heard Councillor Lawrence O’Neill, Chair, the Board agreed to vary the order of business as hereinafter minuted.
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LOCAL PLACE PLAN VALIDATION – OLD KILPATRICK PLACE PLAN 2025 A report was submitted by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, seeking approval to validate and register the Old Kilpatrick Place Plan 2025. After discussion and having heard the Development Planning and Place Officer and Councillor Lawrence O’Neill in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to approve the validation of the Old Kilpatrick Place Plan 2025, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report. PLANNING APPLICATION A report was submitted by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, in respect of the following Planning application:- DC25/119/FUL: Application under Section 42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) for the variation of condition 12 of planning permission DC23/098/FUL to remove reference to "community" from allotments at St Joseph’s Primary School, Faifley Road, Faifley, Clydebank by West Dunbartonshire Council. After discussion and having heard the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager and the Development Management Team Leader and Councillor Lawrence O’Neill in further explanation of the report and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed to continue the application to a future meeting of the Planning Committee, to allow further information to be gathered and consultation with Faifley Community Council to take place, before a decision is made. The meeting closed at 10.55 a.m.
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