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01163 Conditions with road widening

Argyll and Bute Council · 20 January 2025
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Classification: OFFICIAL
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION 
FOR 
ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL 
LOCAL REVIEW BODY 
24/0010/LRB
 
REFUSAL OF PLANNING PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE
FOR THE SITE FOR THE ERECTION OF
DWELLINGHOUSE – PLANNING APPLICATION
REFERENCE 23/01163/PPP 
KELLAN, GLENMORE ROAD, OBAN, ARGYLL

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INFORMATION REQUIRED 
Appropriate conditions and reasons to attach to any consent in the event that Members of the
LRB were minded to approve the application. 
CONDITIONS AND REASONS RELATIVE TO APPLICATION REF. NO. 23/01163/PPP 
Standard Time Limit Condition  (as defined by Regulation) 
Additional Conditions  
1. PPP – Matters Requiring AMSC Submission 
Plans and particulars of the matters specified in conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9  below
shall be submitted by way of application(s) for Approval of Matters Specified in
Conditions in accordance with the timescales and other limitations in Section 59 of the
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended. Thereafter the
development shall be completed wholly in accordance with the approved details. 
Reason: To accord with Section 59 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act
1997 as amended.  
2. PPP – Approved Details 
The development shall be implemented in accordance with the details specified on the
application form dated 14.06.2024 and the approved drawings listed in the table below.  
Plan Title. Plan Ref. No. Version Date Received
Site Plan Scheme Design 2216 01  C 06.07.2024 
Reason:  To accord with Regulation 28 of the Town and Country Planning
(Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. 
Note to Applicant 
 Regard should be had to the consultation comments submitted by Scottish
Water details of which are published on the planning application file and are
available to view via the Public Access section of the Council’s website  
3. PPP – Timescale to be Agreed for Completion 
Pursuant to Condition 1 - no development shall commence until details of the proposed
timescale for completion of the approved development have been submitted to and
approved by the Planning Authority. Thereafter, the development shall be
implemented in accordance with the duly approved timescale for completion unless an
alternative timescale for completion is otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning
Authority. 
Reason: In order to comply with the requirements of NPF4 Policy 16F.

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4. PPP – Design and Finishes 
Pursuant to Condition 1 – no development shall commence until plans and particulars
of the site layout, design and external finishes of the dwellinghouse has been
submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority. These details shall incorporate: 
i) A statement addressing the Action Checklist for developing design
contained within the Argyll and Bute Sustainable Design Guide 2006;
ii) A statement addressing how the proposed development has been
designed to be consistent with the six qualities of successful places, as
defined within Policy 14 of NPF4;
iii) Single or one and a half storey in height;  
iv) Windows with a vertical emphasis;
v) Finished in palette of muted finishing materials which could include render,
natural stone, timber or a mixture of these finishes; 
vi) Have a roof pitch between 37 and 42 degrees finished in natural slate or
good quality artificial slate; 
vii) Details of finished ground floor level of the development relative to an
identifiable fixed datum located outwith the application site, along with
details of the existing and proposed site levels shown in the form of
sectional drawings/contour plans/site level survey, or a combination of
these.
viii) Details of an area within the application site for the placement of
refuse/recycling bins. 
Reason: To accord with Section 59 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act
1997 as amended, and in order to integrate the proposed dwellinghouse with its
surroundings.  
5. PPP – Roads, Access and Parking 
Pursuant to Condition 1 – no development shall commence until plans and particulars
of the means of vehicular access and parking/turning arrangements to serve the
development have been submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority. Such
details shall incorporate:   
 Construction of the access at the junction with the public road in accordance
with the Council’s Roads Standard Detail Drawing SD 08/002 Revision B; to
be formed with a 6 metre radii, 90 degrees from the public road, surfaced with
bituminous material at least 2m back from road edge with 125 x 150mm precast
concrete bullnose kerb with 20mm water check to be laid across the access
with visibility splays measuring 2.4 metres to point X by 25 metres to point Y
from the centre line of the junction; 
 The provision of parking and turning in accordance with the requirements of
Policy 40 and the Car Parking Standards of the adopted ‘Argyll and Bute Local
Development Plan 2’ 2024.

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Prior to work starting on site, the approved scheme of works in respect of junction
layout shall be formed to at least base course standard and the visibility splays shall
be cleared of all obstructions such that nothing shall disrupt visibility from a point 1.05
metres above the junction at point X to a point 0.6 metres above the public road
carriageway at point Y. The final wearing surface on the access shall be completed
prior to the development first being brought into use and the visibility splays shall be
maintained clear of all obstructions thereafter. 
The approved parking and turning layout shall be implemented in full prior to the
development first being occupied and shall thereafter be maintained clear of
obstruction for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles. 
Reason: In the interests of road safety. 
Note to Applicant: 
 A Roads Opening Permit (S56) will be required for the proposed access
construction. 
 No walls, fences, hedges etc. greater than 1 metre in height will be permitted
within 2 metres from the channel line of the public road. 
 The access shall be constructed and drained to ensure that no surface water
is discharged onto the public road.
 Footways will be part of the adopted road corridor and maintained by the roads
authority. 
6. PPP – Road Widening 
Pursuant to Condition 1, no development shall commence until plans and particulars
for the widening of the existing carriageway (UC53 Glenmore Road) along the length
of the applicant’s landholding have been submitted to and approved in writing by the
Planning Authority in consultation with the Area Roads Authority. Such details shall
incorporate:   
 Widening the carriageway to be 5.5 metres in width. 
Reason: In the interests of road safety. 
Note to Applicant: 
 The bellmouth access will be maintained by the roads authority to the front face
of the bullnose kerb.  
7. PPP - Electric Vehicle Charging – Residential with off street parking 
Pursuant to Condition 1, no development shall commence until a scheme detailing the
provision of a minimum 7kw electric vehicle charging point is submitted to and
approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Where charging cannot be provided then
the appropriate ducting to future proof the property must be detailed.

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The approved charging point, or where relevant, the approved cable ducting shall be
installed in full prior to the first occupation of the development, and thereafter retained
in perpetuity unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Planning Authority 
Reason: To comply with the provisions of NPF4 Policy 13 Sustainable Transport and
LDP2 Policy 34 – Electric Vehicle Charging.  
8. PPP – Details of New Private Foul Drainage System 
Pursuant to Condition 1 – no development shall commence until details of the
proposed means of private foul drainage to serve the development have been
submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority. 
The duly approved scheme shall be implemented in full concurrently with the
development that it is intended to serve and shall be operational prior to the
occupation of the development. 
Reason: To ensure that an adequate means of foul drainage is available to serve the
development. 
Note to Applicant: 
 Private drainage arrangements are also subject to separate regulation
by Building Standards and SEPA.  
9. PPP - Landscaping and Biodiversity Enhancement 
Pursuant to Condition 1 – no development shall commence until a scheme of boundary
treatment, surface treatment and landscaping has been submitted to and approved by
the Planning Authority. The scheme shall comprise a planting plan and schedule which
shall include details of: 
i) Existing and proposed ground levels in relation to an identified fixed datum; 
ii) Existing landscaping features and vegetation to be retained; 
iii) Location design and materials of proposed walls, fences and gates; 
iv) Proposed soft and hard landscaping works including the location, species and
size of every tree/shrub to be planted; 
v) A biodiversity statement demonstrating how the proposal will contribute to
conservation/restoration/enhancement of biodiversity, and how these benefits
will be maintained for the lifetime of the development; 
vi) A programme for the timing, method of implementation, completion and
subsequent on-going maintenance. 
All of the hard and soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the
approved scheme unless otherwise approved in writing by the Planning Authority. 
Any trees/shrubs which within a period of five years from the completion of the
approved landscaping scheme fail to become established, die, become seriously
diseased, or are removed or damaged shall be replaced in the following planting

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season with equivalent numbers, sizes and species as those originally required to be
planted unless otherwise approved in writing by the Planning Authority. 
All physical biodiversity enhancement measures (bird nesting boxes, ‘swift bricks’,
wildlife ponds, bat and insect boxes, hedgehog homes etc.) shall be implemented in
full before the development hereby approved is first brought into use. 
All biodiversity enhancement measures consisting of new or enhanced planting shall
be undertaken either in accordance with the approved scheme of implementation or
within the next available planting season following the development first being brought
into use. 
The biodiversity statement should refer to Developing with Nature guidance |
NatureScot as appropriate. 
Reason:  To assist with the integration of the proposal with its surroundings in the
interests of amenity.