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Argyll and Bute Council · 17 December 2025
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MINUTES of MEETING of PLANNING, PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND LICENSING COMMITTEE held BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on WEDNESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2025 Present: Councillor Kieron Green (Chair) Councillor John Armour Councillor Amanda Hampsey Councillor Graham Hardie Councillor Fiona Howard Councillor Andrew Kain Councillor Paul Donald Kennedy Councillor Dougie Philand Councillor Peter Wallace Attending: Stuart McLean, Committee Manager Peter Bain, Development Manager Alan Morrison, Regulatory Services and Building Standards Manager Stuart Ramsay, Area Team Leader Sandra Davies, Major Applications Team Leader Shelley Gould, Senior Planning Officer 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Gordon Blair, Jan Brown, Audrey Forrest, Daniel Hampsey, Mark Irvine and Liz McCabe. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillor Dougie Philand declared a non-financial interest in planning application reference 22/00680/PP as a member of his family owned a substantial building firm within the local area. He left the meeting and took no part in the consideration of this application which was dealt with at item 4 of this Minute. 3. MINUTE The Minute of the Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee held on 18 November 2025 was approved as a correct record. Having declared an interest in the following item, Councillor Dougie Philand left the meeting at this point. 4. MACLEOD CONSTRUCTION LTD: ERECTION OF 8 DWELLINGHOUSES AND FORMATION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS: LAND EAST OF KNOCK FARMHOUSE, UPPER LOCHGAIR (REF: 22/00680/PP) The Area Team Leader spoke to the terms of the report. This application is for planning permission for a residential development on a site allocated for housing within the adopted Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan (2024). The principle of residential development has therefore been established by the site’s allocation (ref: H3029). At the time of writing the report, public representations have been received from 41 respondents with 35 objecting to the scheme and 6 raising concern. There have been no objections from statutory consultees subject to planning conditions. It is the opinion of the Planning Authority that the representations received, together with the Officer assessment of the relevant planning issues, provided all the information required to enable Members to make an informed decision based on the material
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considerations in this case. It is therefore not considered that the objections raise any complex or technical issues that have not been addressed in the report of handling, and it is not considered that a discretionary hearing would add value to the planning process. The proposal accords with the policy provisions of the adopted National Planning Framework 4 and Local Development Plan 2 and it was recommended that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and reasons detailed in the report of handling. Motion To agree to grant planning permission subject to the conditions and reasons detailed in the report of handling. Moved by Councillor Kieron Green, seconded by Councillor Peter Wallace. Amendment To agree to hold a pre-determination hearing. Moved by Councillor Paul Kennedy, seconded by Councillor Graham Hardie. A vote was taken by calling the roll. Motion Amendment Councillor Armour Councillor A Hampsey Councillor Green Councillor Hardie Councillor Howard Councillor Kain Councillor Wallace Councillor Kennedy On there being an equality of votes, the Chair made his casting vote in favour of the Motion. The Motion was carried by 5 votes to 4 and the Committee resolved according. Decision The Committee agreed to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions and reasons: Standard Time Limit Condition (as defined by Regulation) Standard Condition on Soil Management During Construction Additional Conditions 1. PP - Approved Details & Standard Notes – Non EIA Development The development shall be implemented in accordance with the details specified on the application form dated 31/03/2022, supporting information and, the approved drawings listed in the table below unless the prior written approval of the planning authority is
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obtained for an amendment to the approved details under Section 64 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. Plan Title. Plan Ref. No. Version Date Received Location Plan 4724/101 01/04/2022 Site Plan 4724/102 J 18/07/2025 Longitudinal Section along A83 showing visibility heights 4724/117 D 15/07/2025 Proposed Floor Plans Plot 1 4724/103 01/04/2022 Proposed Elevations Plot 1 4724/104 01/04/2022 Proposed Floor Plans Plot 2 4724/105 01/04/2022 Proposed Elevations Plot 2 4724/106 01/04/2022 Proposed Floor Plans Plot 3 4724/107 01/04/2022 Proposed Elevations Plot 3 4724/108 01/04/2022 Proposed Floor Plans Plot 4 4724/109 01/04/2022 Proposed Elevations Plot 4 4724/110 01/04/2022 Proposed Floor Plans Plot 5 and 7 4724/111 01/04/2022 Proposed Elevations Plot 5 and 7 4724/112 01/04/2022 Proposed Floor Plans Plot 6 and 8 4724/113 01/04/2022 Proposed Elevations Plot 6 and 8 4724/114 01/04/2022 Fence/Heat pump details 4724/115 01/04/2022 Reason: For the purpose of clarity, to ensure that the development is implemented in accordance with the approved details. 2. PP – Affordable housing with Commuted Sum option Notwithstanding the effect of Condition 1, no development shall commence until a scheme for the provision of affordable housing (as defined below) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The scheme shall: a) Provide that a minimum of 25% of the approved dwellings are affordable homes; b) Define those properties to be used as affordable homes;
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c) Establish the timing of their provision relative to the phasing of the development, which shall ensure that the last 25% of the dwellings within the development are not commenced until the affordable housing phase has bene completed for occupation; d) Establish the arrangements to ensure the affordability of the affordable homes for both initial and subsequent occupiers (including any discount rate applicable in terms of (ii) below); OR e) Alternatively, shall provide for an equivalent Commuted Sum Payment to the Council’s Strategic Housing Fund having regards to the report ‘Valuation of Commuted Sum Payments’ approved by Argyll and Bute Council on 27th June 2013. For the purposes of this condition ‘affordable homes’ are defined as being either: i) Social housing (rented or shared ownership or shared equity) managed by a registered social landlord (a body registered under part 3 chapter 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, or any equivalent provision in the event of the revocation and re-enactment thereof, with or without modification); ii) Discounted low cost sale housing (subject to a burden under the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003), or any equivalent provision in the event of the revocation and re-enactment thereof, with or without modification). iii) Housing for sale or rent without subsidy, which is designed to be affordable and to meet the housing needs of the majority of those households identified as in housing need in the Local Housing Strategy or Housing Market Study i.e. one or two person households on average income, with conditions attached to their missives to prevent further extension, thereby helping to ensure that they are likely to remain affordable to subsequent purchasers. The development shall be implemented and occupied thereafter in accordance with the duly approved scheme for affordable housing. Reason: To accord with the provisions of the development plan in respect of affordable housing provision. 3. PP – Landscaping No development shall commence until a finalised 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 or 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 programme for the timing, method of implementation, completion and subsequent ongoing maintenance for all planting vi) A biodiversity statement demonstrating how the proposal will contribute to the conservation/ restoration/ enhancement of biodiversity, and how these benefits will be maintained for the lifetime of the development.
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The development shall not be occupied until such times as the boundary treatment, surface treatment and any re-contouring works have been completed in accordance with the duly approved scheme. All of the hard and soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme during the first planting season following the commencement of the development, unless otherwise agreed 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 season with equivalent numbers, sizes and species as those originally required to be planted unless otherwise approved in writing by the Planning Authority. 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 interest of amenity, and to comply with the requirements of NPF4 Policy 3. 4. PP – Footpath link No development or site clearance works shall commence, for the development hereby permitted, until detailed planning permission has been granted for the footpath link outwith the red line boundary as indicated on the approved Site Plan drawing number “4724/102 Revision J”. Reason: to ensure that facilities are provided for the pedestrians that are generated by the development and that they may access the existing footpath system without interfering with the safety and free flow of traffic on the A83 trunk road. 5. PP – Junction with Public Road Prior to the commencement of the development, the proposed access on the A83 trunk road, as generally illustrated by the approved site plan, drawing number “4724/102 Revision J”, shall be constructed to a layout and type (and method) of construction to be approved by the Planning Authority, in consultation with Transport Scotland. Reason: To ensure that the standard of access layout complies with the current standards and that the safety of the traffic on the trunk road is not diminished. 6. PP – Trunk Road Drainage system There shall be no drainage connections to the trunk road drainage system. Reason: to ensure that the efficiency of the existing drainage network is not affected. 7. PP – Internal layout access Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 1, the proposed accesses to the new adoptable standard development road shall be formed in accordance with the Council’s Roads Standard Details; and visibility splays of 25 metres to point X by 2.4 metres to point Y from the centre line of the proposed access. The access shall be surfaced with a bound material in accordance with the stated Standard Detail Drawing. Prior to work starting on site the access hereby approved shall be formed to at least
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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 access at point X to a point 0.6 metres above the public road carriageway at point Y. A dropped kerb crossing point shall be provided at each access with the access surfaced for a distance of 5 metres from back of footway. 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. Reason: In the interests of road safety. 8. PP – Construction Hours Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 1, the construction of the development hereby permitted shall be restricted to the specified hours of 0800-1800 hours Monday to Friday, 0800 – 1300 hours Saturday and not at all on Sunday, Bank or Scottish Public Holidays unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Planning Authority. Reason: To minimise the impact of noise, generated by construction activities on occupiers of residential properties. 9. PP – Parking and Turning The provision of parking and turning for the development hereby permitted, shall accord with the requirements of Policy 40 and Table 5 of the Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2 2024. Reason: To ensure an adequate number of vehicle parking spaces to meet development needs. 10. PP- Finished Floor levels Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 1, the finished ground floor levels of the dwellings, hereby permitted, shall be at least 0.3m above surrounding ground level, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Planning Authority. Reason: In order to ensure appropriate mitigation for flood risk and to ensure an acceptable relationship between the development and its surroundings. 11. PP – Runoff Rate The post development runoff rate should be attenuated to the greenfield runoff rate before discharge from site. Any drainage at the site should be designed in accordance with CIRIA C753. Reason: In the interests of flood risk prevention. 12. PP – Programme of Archaeological Works No development shall take place within the development site, as outlined in red on the approved plan until the developer has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological works in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority in consultation with the West of Scotland Archaeological Service. Thereafter the developer shall ensure that the programme of archaeological works is fully implemented and that all
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recording and recovery of archaeological resources within the development site is undertaken to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority in consultation with the West of Scotland Archaeological Service. Reason: In order to comply with the requirements of NPF4 Policy 16F. 13. PP – ASHP Noise limits The noise level from the operation of the air source heat pumps hereby approved must not exceed 42dB LAeq (5 min) at 1 metre from the window of a habitable room on the façade of any neighbouring residential property. If, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the proposed air source heat pumps result in any noise nuisance to the occupant of any neighbouring dwelling the Applicant shall install noise mitigation measures in agreement with the Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the residential amenities that occupiers can reasonably expect to enjoy are adequately protected. 14. PP – Contaminated Land Assessment No development, demolition or ground-breaking works shall commence until a scheme is submitted by the Developer (at their expense) to identify and assess potential contamination on site and approved, by the Planning Authority, and is thereafter implemented in accordance with the scheme so approved. The scheme shall be undertaken by a competent person or persons in accordance with relevant authoritative guidance including PAN 33 (2000) and BS10175:2011 or, in the event of these being superseded or supplemented, the most up-to-date version(s) of any subsequent revision(s) of, and/or supplement(s) to, these documents. This scheme should contain details of proposals to investigate and remediate potential contamination to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority, and must include:- a) A desk study and development of a conceptual site model including (where necessary) a detailed site investigation strategy. The desk study and the scope and method of recommended further investigations shall be agreed with the Council prior to addressing parts b, c, and d of this condition. Should the desk study show the need for further assessment this will be undertaken in the following sequence: a) A detailed investigation of the nature and extent of contamination on site, and assessment of the risks such contamination presents. b) Development and agreement of a remedial strategy (if required) to treat/ remove contamination ensuring the site is made suitable for its proposed use (this shall include a method statement, programme of works, and proposed verification plan). c) Submission of a verification report for any agreed remedial actions detailing and evidencing the completion of these works. Written confirmation from the Planning Authority, that the scheme has been implemented and completed shall be required by the Developer before any development hereby approved commences. Where remedial measures are required as part of the development construction detail, commencement must be agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.
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Reason: To ensure that the potential risks to human health, the water environment, property, and, ecological systems arising from any identified land contamination have been adequately addressed. 15. PP – Arrangements for Waste No development shall commence until a waste strategy detailing how much waste the proposal is expected to generate and detailing the arrangements for the storage, separation and collection of waste from the site, including provision for the safe pick up by refuse collection vehicles, have been submitted to an approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Thereafter the duly approved provision shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the dwellings which it is intended to serve. Reason: In order to ensure that satisfactory arrangements have been made for dealing with waste on the site in accordance with NPF4 Policy 12. 16. PP – Materials No development shall commence until full details /samples of materials to be used in the construction of the dwelling houses hereby approved have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The development shall thereafter be completed using the approved materials or such alternatives as may be agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. Reason: In order to integrate the development into its surroundings. 17. PP – Restriction of PD Rights Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended), (or any Order revoking and re- enacting that Order(s) with or without modifications), nothing in Article 2(4) of or the Schedule to that Order, shall operate so as to permit, within the area subject of this permission, any development referred to in Part 1 and Classes 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3AA, 3B, 3C, 3D and 3E and Part 2 and Classes 8 and 9 of the aforementioned Schedule, as summarised below: PART 1: DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A DWELLINGHOUSE Class 1A: Any enlargement of a dwellinghouse by way of a single storey ground floor extension, including any alteration to the roof required for the purpose of the enlargement. Class 1B: Any enlargement of a dwellinghouse by way of a ground floor extension consisting of more than one storey, including any alteration to the roof required for the purpose of the enlargement. Class 1C: The erection, construction or alteration of any porch outside any external door of a dwellinghouse. Class 1D: Any enlargement of a dwellinghouse by way of an addition or alteration to its roof. Class 2A: The erection, construction or alteration of any access ramp outside an external door of a dwellinghouse. Class 2B: Any improvement, addition or other alteration to the external appearance of a dwellinghouse that is not an enlargement. Class 3A: The provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a building for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of that dwellinghouse or the alteration, maintenance or improvement of such a building.
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Class 3AA: The provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a building for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of that dwellinghouse. Class 3B: The carrying out of any building, engineering, installation or other operation within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse. Class 3C: The provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a hard surface for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of that dwellinghouse or the replacement in whole or in part of such a surface. Class 3D: The erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of any deck or other raised platform within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of that dwellinghouse. Class 3E: The erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of any gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure any part of which would be within or would bound the curtilage of a dwellinghouse. PART 2: SUNDRY MINOR OPERATIONS Class 8: Formation of means of access to an unclassified road. Class 9: Stone cleaning or painting of the exterior of a building. No such development shall be carried out at any time within this Part and these Classes without the express grant of planning permission. Reason: To protect the sensitive area and the setting of the proposed dwellinghouses, in the interest of visual amenity and public health, from unsympathetic siting and design of developments normally carried out without planning permission; these normally being permitted under Article 2(4) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended). 18. PP – Provision of Play/ Amenity Space No development shall commence until details for the provision and maintenance of areas of communal open space and equipped play area(s) relating to the development been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The details shall comprise EITHER: Direct Provision of Play/Amenity Space: i) Provision to satisfy the minimum standards set out in the Development Plan; 6sqm of equipped play space and 12sqm of informal open space per dwelling unit; ii) Specification of play equipment to be installed, including surface treatments and any means of enclosure, designed in accordance with the provisions of BS5696 (Play Equipment Intended for Permanent Installation Outdoors); iii) Proposals for the timing of the implementation of the play area(s) in relation to the phasing of the development; iv) A maintenance schedule for communal open spaces and equipped play areas in accordance with the provisions of BS5696 including details of on-going inspection, recording and procedures for detailing with defects. The communal open space and equipped play area(s) shall be provided in accordance with the duly approved details and shall be retained and maintained to the specified standards thereafter. OR: Indirect Provision of Play/Amenity Space:
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The provision of a direct financial contribution to be held and administered by the Council for the purpose of providing for the delivery of a commensurate play/amenity space to serve the development within a later phase of the development of designations H3029. The calculation of the value of the direct financial contribution will be based upon the cost of delivery and ongoing maintenance of a facility which would meet the Council’s minimum playspace requirements for the approved development as set out in the Argyll and Bute Local Development Plan 2. The development hereby approved shall not be first occupied until such time as a formal agreement between the developer and the Council for the payment and administration of the direct financial contribution for the deferred provision of playspace has been signed. Reason: In order to secure provision of communal open space and equipped play areas within the development in accordance with the minimum standards set out in the Development Plan. Note for the Applicant/Developer: It is noted that discharge of this condition by means of ‘direct provision of play/amenity space’ would require to be the subject of a further application for planning permission given that the development as approved does not include sufficient site area to accommodate the requisite play/amenity space. It is further advised that discharge of this condition by means of ‘indirect provision of play/amenity space’ shall require to be the subject of an appropriate formal agreement between the Developer and the Council under the provisions of either S75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, or the provisions of S69 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. (Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 4 December 2025, submitted) Councillor Dougie Philand returned to the meeting. 5. MOWI SCOTLAND: REPLACE EXISTING 10 X 120M CIRCUMFERENCE PENS WITH 6 X 160M CIRCUMFERENCE PENS (WITH A PARALLEL MINOR RELOCATION INTO DEEPER WATER MOVING THE CARRADALE SOUTH SITE CENTRE 99M EAST) AND SITING OF EXISTING FEED BARGE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION: CARRADALE SOUTH FISH FARM, KILBRANNAN SOUND (REF: 24/01381/MFF) The Senior Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report and to supplementary report number 1 which advised that the Clyde Fishermen’s Association (CFA) had submitted two further representations each reiterating their position of objection to the proposal. A response to these late representations from the Applicant was also contained within the supplementary report. Reference was also made to the contents of a late representation received by Councillor Tommy MacPherson. Councillor MacPherson’s raised some of the issues also raised by CFA, along with a query regarding procedural matters during handling of the planning application. It was confirmed that the application was handled in accordance with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland)
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Regulations 2013, and the Council’s Scheme of Delegation as set out within the Council’s Constitution. Members were also advised of an error within Section A of the report of handling which referred to 8 x 4 pens rather than 6 x 3 pens and also of an error within the supplementary report regarding the date of the resubmission of amended plans due to changes in the moorings was in September 2025 only. The other resubmissions were to address scaling issues. The application is for a change of equipment and minor relocation of an existing marine fish farm in the Kilbrannon Sound approximately 400m off the eastern shore of the Kintyre Peninsula and will continue to be serviced from the company’s existing shore base located at Carradale Harbour. There is to be no change to the consented biomass for the site and the proposal is part of a wider 5 year project by the Applicant to upgrade and modernise fish farming pens to bring about a number of benefits. The proposal would accord with the Development Plan policy and it was recommended that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and reasons numbered 1 – 17 detailed in the report of handling, and updated condition 18 detailed in supplementary report number 1. Motion To agree to hold a site visit and pre-determination hearing. Moved by Councillor John Armour, seconded by Councillor Fiona Howard. Amendment To agree to grant planning permission subject to the conditions and reasons numbered 1 – 17 detailed in the report of handling, and updated condition 18 detailed in supplementary report number 1. Moved by Councillor Andrew Kain, seconded by Councillor Paul Kennedy. A vote was taken by calling the roll. Motion Amendment Councillor Armour Councillor Green Councillor A Hampsey Councillor Kain Councillor Hardie Councillor Kennedy Councillor Howard Councillor Philand Councillor Wallace The Motion was carried by 6 votes of 3 and the Committee resolved accordingly. Decision The Committee agreed to hold a site visit and pre-determination hearing.
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(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 1 December 2025 and Supplementary Report Number 1 dated 16 December 2025, submitted) 6. MOWI SCOTLAND: REPLACE EXISTING 10 X 120M CIRCUMFERENCE PENS WITH 6 X 160M CIRCUMFERENCE PENS (WITH A PARALLEL MINOR RELOCATION INTO DEEPER WATER MOVING THE CARRADALE NORTH SITE CENTRE 79M EAST) AND SITING OF EXISTING FEED BARGE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION: CARRADALE NORTH FISH FARM, KILBRANNAN SOUND (REF: 24/01382/MFF) The application is for a change of equipment and minor relocation of an existing marine fish farm in the Kilbrannon Sound approximately 400m off the eastern shore of the Kintyre Peninsula and will continue to be serviced from the company’s existing shore base located at Carradale Harbour. There is to be no change to the consented biomass for the site and the proposal is part of a wider 5 year project by the Applicant to upgrade and modernise fish farming pens to bring about a number of benefits. The proposal would accord with the Development Plan policy and it was recommended that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and reasons numbered 1 – 17 detailed in the report of handling, and updated condition 18 detailed in supplementary report number 1. Motion To agree to hold a site visit and pre-determination hearing. Moved by Councillor John Armour, seconded by Councillor Amanda Hampsey. Amendment To agree to grant planning permission subject to the conditions and reasons numbered 1 – 17 detailed in the report of handling, and updated condition 18 detailed in supplementary report number 1. Moved by Councillor Andrew Kain, seconded by Councillor Paul Kennedy. A vote was taken by calling the roll. Motion Amendment Councillor Armour Councillor Green Councillor A Hampsey Councillor Kain Councillor Hardie Councillor Kennedy Councillor Howard Councillor Philand Councillor Wallace The Motion was carried by 6 votes of 3 and the Committee resolved accordingly. Decision The Committee agreed to hold a site visit and pre-determination hearing.
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(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 4 December 2025 and Supplementary Report Number 1 dated 16 December 2025, submitted) 7. JOINT PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION PLAN 2025-2027 Consideration was given to a report inviting Members to approve the Joint Public Health Protection Plan 2025-2027 which outlines the health protection priorities for the period and reviews the previous plan. Decision The Committee agreed: 1. to approve the Joint Public Health Protection Plan (JHPP) for 2025-2027 (Appendix I), recognising the key role of local authorities and environmental health; 2. to formally reaffirm the appointments of the Regulatory Services and Building Standards Manager, as the Council’s Designated Competent Person under the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008, and the appointments of Depute Designated Competent Persons as detailed in section 4.8 of this report and 4.2 of the JHPP; and 3. that the Regulatory Services and Building Standards Manager signs the JHPP plan on behalf of the Council and takes the necessary steps to deliver the plan. (Reference: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Regulatory Services dated 17 December 2025 and NHS Highland Joint Health Protection Plan (JHPP) 2025-2027, submitted) 8. UPDATE ON RECENT TAYNUILT BESS APPEAL A report summarising a recent decision by Scottish Ministers following an Appeal in respect of planning application reference 24/02083/PP was before the Committee for information. Decision The Committee noted the contents of the report. (Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 28 November 2025, submitted) 9. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 3 - EVIDENCE REPORT STAGE ENGAGEMENT A report advising of the first stage of engagement for Local Development Plan 3 (LDP3) was before the Committee for information. Decision The Committee noted the contents of this report and the engagement process that would be undertaken to inform the LDP3 Evidence Report.
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(Reference: Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth dated 28 November 2025, submitted)