Agenda - Planning 8 May 2024
West Dunbartonshire Council · 8 May 2024
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Agenda Planning Committee Date: Wednesday, 8 May 2024 ___________________________________________________________________ Time: 10.00 a.m. ___________________________________________________________________ Venue: Council Chambers, Clydebank Town Hall, 5 Hall Street, Clydebank G81 1UB. ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officer Email: nicola.moorcroft@west-dunbarton.gov.uk committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a Special 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:- Councillor Lawrence O’Neill (Chair) Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal (Vice Chair) Councillor Ian Dickson Councillor Daniel Lennie Provost Douglas McAllister Councillor June McKay Councillor Karen Murray Conaghan Councillor Chris Pollock Councillor Hazel Sorrell Councillor Sophie Traynor All other Councillors for information Date of Issue: 24 April 2024
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PLANNING COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024 AGENDA 1 APOLOGIES 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have any interests in 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 - 19 Submit for approval, as a correct record, the Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held 17 April 2024. 5 NOTE OF VISITATIONS 21 Submit, for information, Note of Site Visitations carried out on 15 April 2024. 6 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS: 23 - 56 INVESTING IN PLANNING; MASTERPLAN CONSENT AREAS; AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration seeking agreement to submit responses to various Scottish Government consultations on proposed planning regulations and changes to how the planning system is resourced. 7/
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7 CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A 560MW 57 - 73 BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBSTATION, SECURITY FENCING, CCTV, SECURITY LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ON LAND AT COCHNO ROAD, BEARSDEN, EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE - SECTION 36 APPLICATION TO SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ENERGY CONSENTS UNIT REF: ECU00004982 Submit report by the Chief Officer – Regulatory and Regeneration to agree a response to a consultation received from the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit on behalf of the Scottish Ministers regarding a proposal for the construction and operation of a 560MW Battery Energy Storage System with associated infrastructure, substation, security fencing, CCTV, security lighting and landscaping. __________________________________________________________________