Agenda - Planning 14 January 2026
West Dunbartonshire Council · 14 January 2026
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Agenda Planning Committee Date: Wednesday, 14 January 2026 ___________________________________________________________________ Time: 10.00 ___________________________________________________________________ Venue: Civic Space, Council Offices, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton G82 1QL ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officer Nicola.moorcroft@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a meeting of the Planning Committee as detailed above. The business is shown on the attached agenda. Yours faithfully PETER HESSETT Chief Executive
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Distribution:- Provost Karen Murray Conaghan Councillor Lawrence O’Neill (Chair) Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal (Vice Chair) Councillor Kevin Crawford Councillor Ian Dickson Councillor Fiona Hennebry Councillor Chris Pollock Councillor Lauren Oxley Councillor Hazel Sorrell Councillor Clare Steel All other Councillors for information Date of Issue: 30 December 2025
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PLANNING COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, 14 JANUARY 2026 AGENDA 1 APOLOGIES 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the items of business on this agenda and the reasons for such declarations. 3 OPEN FORUM The Committee is asked to note that no open forum questions have been submitted by members of the public. 4 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 5 - 13 Submit for approval, as a correct record, the Minutes of Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 3 December 2025. 5 NOTE OF VISITATION 15 Submit, for information, a Note of the Site Visitation carried out on 1 December 2025. 6 PLANNING APPLICATIONS Submit report by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, in respect of the following Planning applications:- (a) DC25/182/PPP: Planning Permission in Principle for a 17 - 28 Class 7 hotel with cafe/restaurant, meeting rooms and rooftop lounge. Car-lite layout with modest parking/cycle storage, single access from south/east and screened servicing. Flood-resilient with SuDS at Development Site, Ossian Way Clydebank by Montgomery Developers. (b) DC25/163/MOD: Modification of Planning Obligation 29 - 36 entered into under a Section 75 agreement associated with Planning Permission DC20/253 at Landfill Site, Auchincarroch Road, Jamestown, Alexandria G83 9EY by Barr Environmental.
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7 LOCAL PLACE PLAN VALIDATION – ALEXANDRIA LOCAL PLACE PLAN 1 37 - 52 Submit report by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, seeking approval to validate and register the Alexandria Local Place Plan 1. 8 S36 CONSULTATION – BRAIDFIELD BATTERY STORAGE 53 - 80 Submit report by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, seeking approval for response to a consultation received from the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit on behalf of the Scottish Ministers regarding a proposed battery energy storage system with a generating capacity of up to 100 megawatts. ___________________________________________________________________