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MINUTES of MEETING of ARGYLL AND BUTE LOCAL REVIEW BODY held BY MICROSOFT
TEAMS on WEDNESDAY, 12 AUGUST 2026 
Present: Councillor Gordon Blair (Chair) 
Councillor John Armour  Councillor Peter Wallace 
Attending: Emma Ledsom, Senior Solicitor (Adviser)
Fiona McCallum, Committee Services Officer (Minute)
Matt Aitchison, Applicant 
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 
There were no apologies for absence. 
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 
There were no declarations of interest. 
3. CONSIDER NOTICE OF REVIEW REQUEST: LAND SOUTH OF
FERNBANK, RAHANE (REF: 25/0006/LRB) 
The Chair, Councillor Gordon Blair, welcomed everyone to the meeting.  He explained that
no person present would be entitled to speak other than the Members of the Local Review
Body (LRB) and Ms Ledsom, who would provide procedural advice if required. 
He referred to the further information requested from the Roads Officer and the Planning
Officer at the previous meeting held on 29 June 2026, which was contained within the
Agenda pack for today’s meeting along with comments from the Applicant, and advised
that his first task would be to establish if the Members of the LRB felt that they had
sufficient information before them to come to a decision on the Review. 
All the Members of the LRB agreed that they had sufficient information before them. 
Councillor Blair said that he thought it may be possible to approve this application but
advised that he would need more time to consider whether he could frame a competent
Motion.  He proposed adjourning the meeting to give him this time and to meet again
before the end of August 2026. 
Councillor Armour said he was keen to find a way of approving this application and
although he had hoped this could have been done today, they were not quite at that stage. 
He was happy to adjourn for another 2 weeks with a view to then making a decision one
way or the other. 
Councillor Wallace was also in agreement with adjourning the meeting. 
Decision 
The Members of the Argyll and Bute LRB agreed to adjourn the meeting and reconvene
before the end of August 2026. 
(Reference: Further information from Roads Office and Planning Officer and comments
from Applicant, submitted)