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Argyll and Bute Council · 4 August 2026
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MINUTES of MEETING of ARGYLL AND BUTE LOCAL REVIEW BODY held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST 2026 Present: Councillor Kieron Green (Chair) Councillor Jan Brown Councillor Peter Wallace Attending: Emma Ledsom, Senior Solicitor (Adviser) Fiona McCallum, Committee Services Officer (Minutes) Gordon Harrison, Applicant Michael MacGregor, Member of Public 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 NORTH OF TIGH-NA- CLACHAN, CLYNDER (REF: 26/0004/LRB) The Chair, Councillor Kieron Green, 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 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. The Members agreed they did not have sufficient information to come to a decision on the Review. Councillor Brown referred to the first reason for refusal of the planning application and advised that having read through the paperwork provided, she said the photographs did not show enough of the site area. She said she would like to see what development there was in the surrounding area and that she would also like more information on what was meant by ribbon development. Councillor Green sought and received confirmation from Councillor Brown that she would like to request this further information from the Planning Officer and that it would be helpful to receive photographs and a plan showing where the proposed development would be in context with other settlements up to a mile away with an explanation why this could lead to ribbon development. Councillor Brown said it would be helpful to see where the other houses were and why this development could not be included with them. Councillor Wallace said he would also like the plans and photographs to show the distance between the proposed development site and the existing houses after the green space, including the existing farm buildings and farmland.
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Councillor Wallace also referred to the Planner Officer’s view that if Members were minded to approve this application, then a Peatland assessment should be prepared and reviewed by the Local Biodiversity Officer and Planning Officers prior to reaching a decision. He advised that he would like to request that the Applicant prepare and submit this Peatland assessment for consideration by Officers. Ms Ledsom noted the requests for further information from the Planning Officer and the Applicant. In terms of the timescale for submission of the Peatland Assessment the Members of the LRB agreed to give the Applicant 2 months to submit this and in the event that a reasonable extension was required for submission of this information, this could be requested by the Applicant and subject to the agreement of the Chair. It was agreed that Officers be given 14 days to review the Peatland Assessment and that if there was good reason for extending this timescale this could also be agreed by the Chair. Decision The Members of the Argyll and Bute Local Review Body agreed: 1. To request the following further written information from the Planning Officer – • Photographs and a plan(s) showing where the proposed development would be in context with other settlements up to a mile away; the distance between the proposed development and existing houses after the green space; the location of the existing farm buildings and farmland; and • An explanation as to why the proposed development may lead to ribbon development and why it could not be considered part of the existing settlement with reference to the photographs and plan(s). 2. To request that the Applicant submit a Peatland assessment within 2 months and that the Local Biodiversity and Planning Officers review this within 14 days following the 2 months deadline and agreed that if a reasonable extension for submission of the Peatland assessment and its review were required this could be agreed by the Chair. 3. To adjourn the meeting and reconvene once all the further written information had been received and all interested parties had been given the opportunity of commenting on it. (Reference: Notice of Review and Supporting Documents and Comments by Interested Parties, submitted)