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West Dunbartonshire Council · 19 April 2023
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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.

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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.

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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