APPROVED Minutes Planning Committee 15 03 23 NM
West Dunbartonshire Council · 15 March 2023
Back to Planning Committee — 15 March 2023 and its agenda
Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.
Page 1
PLANNING COMMITTEE At a Meeting of the Planning Committee held in Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, on Wednesday, 15 March 2023 at 10.00 a.m. Present: Councillors Karen Conaghan, Ian Dickson, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Daniel Lennie, June McKay, Lawrence O’Neill, Chris Pollock and Sophie Traynor. Attending: Pamela Clifford, Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager; Alan Williamson, Team Leader, Development Planning and Place; James McColl, Development Management Team Leader; Nigel Ettles, Section Head – Litigation (Legal Officer) and Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Provost Douglas McAllister and Councillor 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 8 February 2023 were submitted and approved as a correct record, subject to the reversing of the order of the conditions set out in Section 9 of the report titled DC22/184/FUL - Erection of double garage at 3 Kirkton Grove, Dumbarton G82 4BF, by Mr J Lafferty. As now set out in Appendix 2 of said Minutes.
Page 2
NOTE OF VISITATION A Note of Visitation carried out on 6 February 2023, a copy of which forms Appendix 1 hereto, was submitted and noted. DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE A report was submitted by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, advising of the changes to the status of development plan Documents. After discussion and having heard the Team Leader, Development Planning and Place in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed:- (1) the Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP2) (as amended by the Examination Report and Scottish Ministers’ Direction) is not adopted and remains a material consideration in the determination of planning applications; and (2) that supplementary guidance prepared in association with LDP2 now be referred to as LDP2 Planning Guidance. DC22/049/MSC: PLANNING APPEAL DECISION – APPROVAL OF MATTERS SPECIFIED IN CONDITIONS 1,3,5 AND 7 OF PPiP APPROVAL DC19/203 APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF 99 DWELLING HOUSES, FORMATION OF ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE, SUDS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AT FARM ROAD, DUNTOCHER, CLYDEBANK A report was submitted by the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager, advising of the outcome of the appeal and associated partial award of expenses to the appellant. After discussion and having heard the Planning, Building Standards and Environmental Health Manager and Section Head – Litigation, in further explanation and in answer to Members’ questions, the Committee agreed:- (1) to note the outcome of the appeal and associated partial award of expenses to the appellant; and (2) to seek opinion from Counsel, as soon as possible, as to the merits of any further appeal. The meeting closed at 10.28 a.m.
Page 3
APPENDIX 1 PLANNING COMMITTEE NOTE OF VISITATION – 6 FEBRUARY 2023 Present: Councillors Conaghan, O’Neill, Pollock, Singh Johal, and Traynor. Attending: James McColl - Acting Development Management Team Leader SITE VISIT A site visit was undertaken in connection with the undernoted planning application:- 3 Kirkton Grove, Dumbarton G82 4BF DC22/184/FUL - Erection of double garage at 3 Kirkton Grove, Dumbarton by Mr J Lafferty