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STATEMENT OF CASE 
FOR 
ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL 
LOCAL REVIEW BODY 
20/0001/LRB 
REFUSAL OF PLANNING PERMISSION FOR
ERECTION OF DWELLINGHOUSE, OUTBUILDING
AND INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK 
LAND NORTH OF PENMORE MILL
PENMORE
DERVAIG
ISLE OF MULL
ARGYLL AND BUTE 
20/01/20

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STATEMENT OF CASE 
The Planning Authority is Argyll and Bute Council (‘the Council’). The appellant is Mr and
Mrs Phil and Rae Tiernan (“the appellant”). 
Planning permission 19/01737/PP for the erection of dwellinghouse at Land North of
Penmore Mill, Penmore, Dervaig, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute (the appeal site”) was refused
by the Planning Service under delegated powers on 19/11/19. 
The planning application has been appealed and is subject of referral to a Local Review
Body. 
DESCRIPTION OF SITE 
The site is located within the countryside on a generally level piece of grazing land within a
visually broken landscape setting with a number of trees along the boundaries. 
STATUTORY BASIS ON WHICH THE APPEAL SHOULD BE DECIDED 
Section 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 provides that where,
in making any determination under the Planning Act, regard is to be had to the
development plan, and all other material planning considerations and the determination
shall be made in accordance with the plan unless material considerations indicate
otherwise.  This is the test for this application. 
STATEMENT OF CASE 
Argyll and Bute Council considers the determining issues in relation to the case are as
follows: 
 Whether the site history is of sufficient material weight to outweigh the settlement
strategy contained within the Local Development Plan (LDP). 
The Report of Handling (Appendix 1) sets out the Council’s full assessment of the
application in terms of Development Plan policy and other material considerations. 
REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND A HEARING 
It is not considered that any additional information is required in light of the appellant’s
submission.  The issues raised were assessed in the Report of Handling which is contained
in Appendix 1.  As such it is considered that Members have all the information they need to
determine the case. Given the above and that the proposal has no complex or challenging
issues, and has not been the subject of any significant public representation, it is not
considered that a Hearing is required. 
COMMENT ON APPELLANT’S SUBMISSION 
The following comments are made in relation to their submission.

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 The appellants state that the planning history of an application site is a
material consideration to be afforded significant weight when a planning
application is being assessed and determined. In this instance they consider
that the planning history of the review site, which consists of two previous
approvals for the same development as is now being proposed, has been
ignored by Officers. 
Comment: Whilst the appellant is correct that application site history is a material
consideration, the weighting to be afforded to that history is determined on a number of
factors, such as the development plan in force at the time of the decision, whether not any
attempt was made to renew or implement the permission and the passage of time since and
previous permission(s) expired. In this case, the planning authority does not consider that
substantial weighting should be afforded to the site history for the reasons as detailed within
the report of handling. The previous planning permissions appear to have been granted in
error (discussed below), a different LDP is now in force, no attempt was made by the
appellant to renew the detailed planning permission 10/01597/PP within its lifetime, nor is
there any persuasive evidence that this permission was implemented. In addition, there has
been a significant passage of time since that permission expired. 
The appellant also states that the site history has been ignored by officers, which is quite
simply untrue, which is evident upon reading the report of handling. 
 The appellants state that they were advised by planning officers to apply for
outline planning permission on the current site, contrary to the policies within
the LDP in force at that time. Planning applications were submitted under
08/00438/OUT which was granted on the 23rd June 2008 and 10/01597/PP
which was granted on the 24th December 2010. The appellants advise that
the original decision to grant planning permission by the Council must have
been wrong as the site was never within a Rural Opportunity Area (ROA). The
appellants assert that the 2010 permission was also granted on the basis that
it was consistent with the adopted local plan in 2010 and therefore the site
should now also be consistent with policy as the policy positon between the
2009 plan and the 2015 plan is essentially the same. 
Comment: At the time of granting planning permission 08/00438/OUT, planning policy was
at a transitional period between the Mull, Coll and Tiree Local Plan 1st Review & Alteration &
Monitoring Report (adopted 9th June 1988) and the Argyll and Bute Modified Finalised Draft
Local Plan. It would appear that planning permission was granted in error as the site would
not have been within the ROA and it would have been contrary to the Argyll and Bute
Modified Finalised Draft Local Plan. The subsequent planning application 10/01597/PP
would also appear to have been granted in error as the site was not with the ROA as per the
Adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2009. 
None of the officers involved in either of the previous planning approvals granted on this site
remain employed by the Council. Both planning files have been carefully examined and no
overriding explanation for these decisions can be found. Notwithstanding this, the planning
authority are not persuaded that these decisions (which are approximately a decade old)
should be afforded substantial material weight in the consideration of the current application.
Officers are unable and unwilling to accede to the appellants’ request that they compound
this presumed error by ‘knowingly’ ignoring the provisions of the adopted Local Development
Plan. 
 The appellants state that the access track for the proposed site was formed in
June 2012. They submit a photograph which purports to illustrate this as well

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as the base for an adjacent shed. They assert that the development was
therefore commenced under planning permission 10/01597/PP. 
Comment: The Planning Authority do not accept the validity of this claim. It is noted that
exactly the same photograph was also submitted as part of the applicant’s submission for
planning application 10/01597/PP (as evidenced below). This photograph was therefore
taken before the 2010 planning permission was submitted and subsequently approved. The
path referred to as ‘evidence’ that the 2010 planning permission was implemented was
actually in situ before that planning application was even submitted. There is, therefore, no
evidence of sufficient weight which has been presented to the planning authority which
would demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that any development has taken place to
implement that planning permission. A site visit carried out by the planning officer on the 30th
September 2019 also failed to note any material evidence of development being carried out
in relation to this site. The path as illustrated on the photographs is used to access separate
fields and has now become overgrown. Please see the images below: 
A Copy of Drawing ‘2 of 9’ Approved As Part of Planning Permission 10/01597/PP 
It can be seen that the lower of the two photographs embedded into this drawing submitted
in support of planning application 10/01597/PP is exactly the same as ‘Photograph 1’
submitted within Paragraph 5.11 of the appellant’s review statement and claiming to show
works dating from June 2012. 
With respect, this claim is fanciful. 
A Copy of Drawing ‘3 of 9’ Approved As Part of Planning Permission 10/01597/PP

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Whilst difficult to read on an image of this size, the annotation to this drawing contained at its
bottom, left hand corner reads, “Existing gravel track upgraded to comply with…etc”. This
further demonstrates that the access track was in existence at the time of the submission of
the 2010 application for planning permission and was not, therefore, constructed afterwards
as claimed. 
Recent Photographs (Taken 30th September 2019) Showing the Undeveloped Nature of the
Site and the Overgrown Trackway. 
Site Remnants of pre-
2010 track

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 The appellants state that in September 2017, the applicant telephoned the
Planning Office in order to discuss the possibility of amending the design of
the previously approved dwelling. It is claimed that he was advised verbally
that as a previous planning permission had been granted this “should not be a
problem”. 
Comment: There is no detail of the context of this alleged conversation and no record of it
having taken place. 
 The appellants state that to dismiss two unambiguous Reports of Handling by
saying that “the argument as to whether or not officers now long retired from
the employment of Argyll and Bute Council correctly applied the appropriate
assessment of the previous applications is considered to carry little material
weight in respect of the assessment of this current planning application” is
fundamentally unreasonable. 
Based upon the previous grants of planning permission for the erection of a
dwellinghouse on the review site, under what is essentially the same policy
context as is currently in force, the applicants had a justifiable expectation
that a further grant of planning permission for the erection of a new dwelling
on the site would be forthcoming. 
Comment: The planning authority has not dismissed the site history. It is not considered that
the site history offers sufficient material weight to outweigh the adopted development plan.
Simply, it appears that the two previous applications should not have been granted in the
first place. The planning authority accepts that they were granted, however they have since
expired. The appellants have made no attempt to satisfy the planning conditions attached to
the previous permission, to implement it or renew it within the lifetime of the 2010
permission. There has been a significant passage of time since the previous permission
expired on the 24th December 2013. Planning policy is fluid and ever-changing. It would
have been incautious for the appellants to presume that a subsequent planning permission
Remnants of pre
2010 track
Site

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would be forthcoming, particularly as the appellant’s statement acknowledges that the two
previous decisions appeared to be erroneous. 
 The appellants state that Proposed Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) has
now been published and is currently being consulted upon. As such it is a
material consideration, albeit with limited weight at this early stage of its
progress towards adoption. LDP2 adopts a more flexible approach to
sustainable development in non-environmentally protected countryside. 
Comment: Whilst the Proposed LDP2 is a material consideration, no significant weighting
can be afforded to it as it may be subject to change following the consultation period and
subsequent examination by Scottish Ministers. The decision must therefore rest on the
adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2015. 
 The appellants state that it is strongly considered that the planning history of
the site is a significant material consideration sufficient to indicate that the
current application should have been able to have been approved as a minor
departure from the provisions of Policy LDP DM 1 of the adopted Local
Development Plan. This is essentially what happened in 2008, and again in
2010, given that the review site never has been with a Rural Opportunity
Area. 
Comment: The planning authority does not consider that the site history is a material
consideration of significant weight to outweigh the determination of the current planning
application otherwise in accordance with the adopted local development plan. The
appellants appear to be assuming that the two previous planning applications were approved
as a minor departure however this is not stated in either of the planning officer reports and
therefore cannot be confirmed. As previously stated, these applications appear to have been
approved in error contrary to the development plan in force at the time. 
 The appellants state that whilst possibly not relevant to the planning
assessment to be made, the applicants are currently living in temporary
accommodation along with their three young children, who attend the local
primary and high schools. Mr Tiernan’s business is growing, and is in huge
demand, and Mrs Tiernan is employed as an ‘additional support needs
person’ and also as a school bus driver at a local primary school. All that they
now want is for their planning permission to be granted again, so that they
can complete the project that they began back in 2007. 
Comment: The appellants are correct, this has no material relevance to this local review. No
exceptional case was presented to the planning authority under planning application
19/01737/PP. Whilst officers are sympathetic to the recent claimed housing needs of the
appellants, it is not considered that this would represent an ‘exceptional case’ of sufficient
weight to set aside the refusal of this planning application in this case. 
It is possible that ‘LDP 2’, once it can be afforded substantial material weight, might afford
the appellants the opportunity to revisit their proposed development upon this site and for
officers to consider it in a more positive light – officers have expressed that view to the
appellants and are keen to find a sustainable ‘solution’. However, the current application
(and subsequent review) is wholly premature to the provisions of LDP 2 at this stage.

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CONCLUSION 
Section 25 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1997 (as amended) requires that all
decisions be made in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations
indicate otherwise. 
The fundamental question which must be asked and answered is, is the site history of
sufficient weight to justify departing from the settlement strategy contained within Policy LDP
DM 1 of the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2015? It is the professional
opinion of officers that it is not for the following reasons: 
 Planning permission 10/01597/PP was granted in error and it expired approximately 6
years ago under the Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2009 which has now
been superseded by the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2015. 
 Planning permission 10/01597/PP was allowed to lapse unimplemented for a period of
approximately six years. It was not renewed and neither was any attempt made by
anyone to renew it. 
 None of the planning conditions for 10/01599/PP have been discharged nor has any
persuasive evidence been submitted which would demonstrate that a lawful
commencement of development has taken place which would provide a stronger
material consideration. 
Taking account of the above, it is respectfully requested that the application for review be
dismissed.

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APPENDIX 1 – REPORT OF HANDLING 
Argyll and Bute Council
Development & Infrastructure Services   
Delegated or Committee Planning Application Report and Report of Handling as
required by Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Development
Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 relative to applications for
Planning Permission or Planning Permission in Principle 
Reference No: 19/01737/PP
Planning Hierarchy: Local
Applicant: Mr Phil and Mrs Rae  Tiernan
Proposal: Erection of dwellinghouse, outbuilding and installation of septic
tank
Site Address:  Land North of Penmore Mill, Penmore, Dervaig, Isle of Mull,
Argyll and Bute    
DECISION ROUTE 
Section 43 (A) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) 
(A)  THE APPLICATION 
(i) Development Requiring Express Planning Permission 
 Erection of dwellinghouse
 Construction of vehicular access
 Installation of sewage treatment plant
 Installation of private water supply 
(ii) Other specified operations 
 N/A 
(B) RECOMMENDATION: 
Having due regard to the Development Plan and all other material
considerations, it is recommended that planning permission be refused for the
reasons appended to this report. 
(C) CONSULTATIONS:   
Environmental Health 
No response at time of report and no request for an extension of time 
Area Roads
No objection subject to conditions. Report dated 13th September 2019

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Scottish Natural Heritage
No formal comments offered as the application falls below the threshold for
consultation. E-mail dated 22nd August 2019 
Woodlands Trust
No objection following receipt of further information from applicant. E-mail dated
26th September 2019 
(D) HISTORY:   
08/00438/OUT
Site for erection of dwellinghouse. Granted 23rd June 2008. 
10/01597/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse and shed. Granted 24th December 2010 
(E) PUBLICITY:   
The proposal has been advertised in terms of Regulation 20 procedures, closing
date 26th September 2019. 
(F) REPRESENTATIONS:   
No representations have been received during the determination of the planning
application.   
(G) SUPPORTING INFORMATION 
Has the application been the subject of: 
(i) Environmental Statement:   No  
(ii) An appropriate assessment under the
Conservation (Natural Habitats)
Regulations 1994:   
No  
(iii) A design or design/access statement:      No  
(iv) A report on the impact of the proposed
development eg. Retail impact, transport
impact, noise impact, flood risk, drainage
impact etc:    
No   
(H) PLANNING OBLIGATIONS 
Is a Section 75 agreement required:   No

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(I) Has a Direction been issued by Scottish Ministers in terms of Regulation
30, 31 or 32:  No    
(J) Section 25 of the Act; Development Plan and any other material
considerations over and above those listed above which have been taken
into account in the assessment of the application 
(i)  List of all Development Plan Policy considerations taken into
account in assessment of the application. 
Policy 
LDP STRAT 1 – Sustainable Development
LDP DM 1 – Development within the Development Management Zones 
LDP 3 – Supporting the Protection Conservation and Enhancement of
our Environment
LDP 8 – Supporting the Strength of Our Communities 
LDP 9 – Development Setting, Layout and Design
LDP 10 – Maximising our Resources and Reducing Our Consumption 
LDP 11 – Improving our Connectivity and Infrastructure 
Supplementary Guidance 
SG LDP ENV 1 - Development Impact on Habitats, Species and our
Biodiversity
SG LDP ENV 14 – Landscape
SG LDP ENV 20 - Development Impact on Sites of Archaeological
Importance
SG LDP HOU 1 – General Housing Development including Affordable
Housing Provision 
SG LDP SERV 1 – Private Sewage Treatment Plants and Wastewater
(i.e. drainage) Systems
SG LDP SERV 2 – Incorporation of Natural Features/Sustainable
Drainage Systems (SuDS)
SG LDP TRAN 4 – New & Existing Public Roads and Private Access
Regimes
SG LDP TRAN 6 – Vehicle Parking Provision                       
Sustainable Siting & Design Principles 
(ii)  List of all other material planning considerations taken into account
in the assessment of the application, having due regard to Annex A
of Circular 4/2009. 
Scottish Planning Policy 2014
PAN 72 – Housing in the Countryside 
Consultation responses 
(K) Is the proposal a Schedule 2 Development not requiring an Environmental
Impact Assessment:  No

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(L) Has the application been the subject of statutory pre-application
consultation (PAC):  No 
(M) Has a sustainability check list been submitted:  No 
(N) Does the Council have an interest in the site:  No 
(O) Requirement for a hearing:  No 
(P) Assessment and summary of determining issues and material
considerations 
Planning permission is sought for the erection of a dwellinghouse on Land North
of Penmore Mill, Penmore, Dervaig, Isle of Mull. 
The site lies within the designated Countryside Zone wherein Policy LDP DM 1 of
the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan (LDP) 2015 supports up to
small scale sustainable forms of development on appropriate infill, rounding-off
and redevelopment sites and changes of use of existing buildings. In exceptional
cases development in the open countryside up to and including large scale may
be supported on appropriate sites if this accords with an Area Capacity
Evaluation (ACE). In this case the site is not infill, rounding-off, redevelopment or
a change of use of an existing building and no exceptional case has been made.
The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy LDP DM 1 of the LDP. 
Policy LDP 3 assesses applications for their impact on the natural, human and
built environment with Policy LDP 9 seeking developers to produce and execute
a high standard of appropriate design and to ensure that development is sited
and positioned so as to pay regard to the context within which it is located.   
Policy LDP 8 supports new sustainable development proposals that seek to
strengthen communities.  Supplementary Guidance SG LDP HOU 1 gives
general support to new housing provided there is no unacceptable
environmental, servicing or access impact. 
Policy LDP 11 supports all development proposals that seek to maintain and
improve internal and external connectivity by ensuring that suitable infrastructure
is delivered to serve new developments. Supplementary Guidance SG LDP
TRAN 4 and SG LDP TRAN 6 expand on this policy seeking to ensure that
developments are served by a safe means of vehicular access and have an
adequate on-site parking and turning area. 
There is some historic and long-expired planning history to this site and the
applicant has submitted supporting information which requires further
assessment.   
Planning permission has previously been granted for the erection of a
dwellinghouse on this site. Planning permission 08/00438/OUT for the site for the
erection of a dwellinghouse was granted on the 23rd June 2008. The planning
officer’s report states that, in his assessment at that time, the site is within a
Rural Opportunity Area “where it is considered that there is capacity to absorb

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single developments set in isolation, where these maintain the sporadic nature of
the settlement pattern. The current scheme complies with the location
requirements of the housing and environmental policies set out in the Modified
Finalised Draft Local Plan.” 
The planning officer’s report therefore assesses that the development would be
in compliance with both the adopted plan as well as the emerging draft plan at
that time. This permission expired on the 23rd June 2011. 
A detailed planning permission 10/01597/PP was granted for the erection of a
dwellinghouse and outbuilding on the 24th December 2010. The planning officer’s
report states that, in his assessment at that time, the site is consistent with
adopted local plan policy but it does not make any reference to which
development management zone the site was located. At that time, it is evident
that the site was not within a ROA and it would have been contrary to the
settlement strategy contained within the adopted plan. However, it may well be
that detailed planning permission was granted due to the extant outline planning
permission 08/00438/OUT as a material planning consideration as the report
states that “The site has the benefit of Outline Planning Permission (ref
08/00438/OUT) for the erection of a dwellinghouse which was granted on the 23rd
of June 2010.  Therefore the principle of development for a single house is
established at the site.” (Note that the report incorrectly states that the outline
planning permission was granted on the 23rd June 2010 when it was in actual fact
the 23rd June 2008). Planning permission 10/01597/PP expired on the 24th
December 2013. 
There is, therefore, a significant ambiguity over the assessment of these previous
applications and whether or not planning policy was applied correctly at that time. 
Notwithstanding this, however, the argument as to whether or not officers now
long retired from the employment of Argyll and Bute Council correctly applied the
appropriate assessment of the previous applications is considered to carry little
material weight in respect of the assessment of this current planning application. 
There has been a significant passage of time since planning permission
10/01597/PP was granted and a new LDP has been adopted. The applicant has
not applied to renew the previous permission, which expired nearly six years ago,
nor has any attempt been made by the applicant to discharge any of the planning
conditions attached to that earlier permission. The applicant has advised that in
2012 they formed an access track from ‘rotten rock’ which they claim was dug
from a borrow pit adjacent to the site. The applicant has also claimed that in July
2012 the base for a shed within the site was laid, again from ‘rotten rock’.
Photographs have been submitted which purports to illustrate this. The applicants
argue therefore, that a lawful commencement of works has taken place.
However, the same photograph of the alleged access track was included with the
planning application drawings for 10/01597/PP which was submitted on 17th
September 2010 and granted on the 24th December 2010. The application
location plan illustrates this track and is annotated as “gravel track” and the
proposed site plan also illustrates it and is annotated as “existing gravel track
upgraded as described, left”. Therefore, the claimed access track cannot have
been implemented after the date of the 2010 planning permission. 
Similarly, whilst undated photographs have been submitted purporting to show
the alleged works in connection with a ‘shed base’, there is very little evidence of
any significant engineering or building works surviving on the site.

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There is therefore, in the considered opinion of the planning authority, no
persuasive evidence that any material operation has taken place to implement
the earlier planning permission as required by Section 27 of the Town and
Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended). 
The applicant’s Agent also suggests that, in his opinion, the intended ‘Local
Development Plan 2’ now represents the ‘settled view’ of the Council and
weighting should be afforded to it in the decision making process. However,
Proposed Local Development Plan 2 remains at an early stage. It has not yet
been published and therefore no material weighting can be afforded to it at this
time. 
Having regard to the adopted LDP, the proposed development is contrary to
Policy LDP DM 1 and the planning authority are not persuaded that the
arguments made by the applicant justify a departure from the adopted LDP in this
case. To summarise: 
 The development is contrary to Policy LDP DM 1 and SH LDP HOU 1 of
the adopted and approved Local Development Plan. 
 Planning permission 10/01597/PP expired almost 6 years ago and was
based on a different local plan and therefore no significant weight should
be afforded to this non-extant planning history. 
 Planning permission 10/01597/PP was allowed to lapse unimplemented for
a period of approximately six years. It was not renewed and neither was
any attempt made by anyone to renew it. 
 None of the planning conditions for 10/01599/PP have been discharged
nor has any evidence been submitted which would demonstrate that a
lawful commencement of development has taken place which would
provide a stronger material consideration in the determination of the
current planning application. 
In light of the above it is recommended that planning permission be refused. 
(Q) Is the proposal consistent with the Development Plan: No   
(R) Reasons why Planning Permission or Planning Permission in Principle
should be refused: 
1. The site lies within the designated Countryside Zone wherein Policy LDP
DM 1 of the Adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan (LDP) 2015
gives encouragement to appropriate infill, rounding-off and redevelopment
and changes of use of existing buildings. In exceptional cases
development in the open countryside up to and including large scale may
be supported on appropriate sites it this accords with an Area Capacity
Evaluation (ACE). In this case the site does not present any opportunities
for infill, rounding-off, redevelopment or change of use of existing
buildings and no detailed and/or acceptable exceptional case argument
has been demonstrated. Additionally, Supplementary Guidance SG LDP

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HOU 1 states that there is a presumption against small-scale housing
development in the open /undeveloped areas of the Countryside Zone.
The principle of development is therefore contrary to the settlement
strategy of the LDP and cannot be supported. There are no material
considerations of sufficient weight which demonstrate that the proposal
should be determined otherwise in accordance with the development
plan. 
(S) Reasoned justification for a departure to the provisions of the
Development Plan 
N/A – the proposal is recommended for refusal. 
(T) Need for notification to Scottish Ministers or Historic Scotland: No 
Author of Report: Andrew Barrie Date:  11th November 2019 
Reviewing Officer: Tim Williams Date: 13th November 2019 
Fergus Murray
Head of Development and Economic Growth

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REASONS FOR REFUSAL RELATIVE TO APPLICATION REF. NO. 19/01737/PP 
1. The site lies within
the designated Countryside Zone wherein Policy LDP DM 1 of the Adopted Argyll
and Bute Local Development Plan (LDP) 2015 gives encouragement to appropriate
infill, rounding-off and redevelopment and changes of use of existing buildings. In
exceptional cases development in the open countryside up to and including large
scale may be supported on appropriate sites it this accords with an Area Capacity
Evaluation (ACE). In this case the site does not present any opportunities for infill,
rounding-off, redevelopment or change of use of existing buildings and no detailed
and/or acceptable exceptional case argument has been demonstrated. Additionally,
Supplementary Guidance SG LDP HOU 1 states that there is a presumption against
small-scale housing development in the open /undeveloped areas of the Countryside
Zone. The principle of development is therefore contrary to the settlement strategy of
the LDP and cannot be supported. There are no material considerations of sufficient
weight which demonstrate that the proposal should be determined otherwise in
accordance with the development plan.

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APPENDIX TO DECISION REFUSAL NOTICE 
Appendix relative to application 19/01737/PP 
(A) Has the application required an obligation under Section 75 of the Town and 
Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended). 
No
______________________________________________________________________ 
(B) Has the application been the subject of any “non-material” amendment in terms of
Section 32A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) to
the initial submitted plans during its processing. 
No 
______________________________________________________________________ 
(C) The reason why planning permission has been refused. 
See reasons for refusal outlined above.

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CHECK SHEET FOR PREPARING AND ISSUING DECISION 
Application Number 19/01737/PP 
Decision Date 13.11.19 Date signed by ATL
Issue Latest Date  
Decision Refuse   
Don’t Issue Decision  Tick if relevant Action (tick) Date sent
Notification to Scottish Ministers  
Notification to Historic Scotland  
Section 75 Agreement  
Revocation   
Issue
Decision
 Tick Standard Conditions/Notes to include
Tic
k 
Dev/Decision Type Time
Scale*
Initiation Completion Display
Notice     
Only use if PP/AMSC & Granted   
Local – Sch.3 – Delegated      
 Local – Delegated      
*standard time condition not required if application retrospective. 
Include with Decision Notice  Notify of Decision
Notification of Initiation Form   Roads 
Notification of Completion Form   Ongoing Monitoring –
priorities: 
Roads Schedule/standard drawing   
Customer Satisfaction Survey 

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Pre-commencement conditions sheet     
Total residential units FP3 (uniform)
Houses  Sheltered 
Flats  Affordable