Agenda and minutes

Councillor Small declared an interest in Application 17/00087/FUL in terms of Section 5 of the Councillors Code of Conduct. He left the Chamber during consideration of the application.

The Chairman proposed and it was unanimously agreed that Councillors Sandy Aitchison, Andy Anderson and Scott Hamilton be appointed to serve, in rotation, in the role of Vice Chairman of the Committee.

AGREED that Councillors S. Aitchison, A. Anderson and S. Hamilton be appointed to serve in rotation as Vice Chairman of the Planning and Building Standards Committee.

Minute of Meeting 24 April 2017 to be approved and signed by the Chairman.  (Copy attached.)

There had been circulated copies of the Minute of the Meeting held on 24 April 2017.

DECISION

APPROVED for signature by the Chairman.

Consider the following application for planning permission:-

There had been circulated copies of reports by the Service Director Regulatory Services on applications for planning permission requiring consideration by the Committee.    

DECISION

DEALT with the applications as detailed in Appendix l to this Minute.

Consider report by Service Director Regulatory Services.  (Copy attached.)

There had been circulated copies of a briefing note by the Chief Planning Officer on Appeals to the Scottish Ministers and Local Reviews. 

DECISION

NOTED:-

(a)      the Appeal decision in respect of discharge of planning obligation pursuant to planning permission 00/00244/OUT at Broadmeadows Farm, Hutton – 16/01284/MOD75;

(b)        enforcements in respect of :-

         (i)           Non compliance with condition no 2 of 13/01142/FUL AT 80 High Street, Innerleithen – 14/00028/COND;

(ii)          erection of fence at 12 Merse View, Paxton – 16/00126/UNDEV

(c)     there remained five appeals outstanding in respect of:-

(d)    Review requests had been received in respect of:-

(i)           the Erection of dog day care building, perimeter fence and associated works (retrospective) on Land South West of Milkieston Toll House, Eddleston – 16/00872/FUL;

        (ii)           the Erection of dwelling house and detached garage (approval of matters specified in all conditions pursuant to planning permission 15/00301/PPP) on land North East of Dundas Cottage, Ettrick, Selkirk – 16/01467/AMC;

       (iii)           Erection of dwelling house on Land South of Balmerino, Ashkirk – 17/00005/PPP;

(iv)           Erection of two dwellinghouses on garden ground of Woodlands, Broomlee Mains, West Linton  - 17/00044/PPP;

       (v)            Erection of agricultural storage shed with welfare accommodation on Land West of Former William Cree Memorial Church, Kirkburn, Cardrona, Peebles – 17/00090/FUL;

      (vi)            Erection of agricultural storage shed with welfare accommodation on Land West of Former William Cree Memorial Church, Kirkburn, Cardrona, Peebles – 17/00092/FUL;

      (vii)           Erection of agricultural storage shed with welfare accommodation on Land West of Former William Cree Memorial Church, Kirkburn, Cardrona, Peebles – 17/00093/FUL;

     (viii)           Erection of agricultural storage shed with welfare   accommodation on Land West of Former William Cree Memorial Church, Kirkburn, Cardrona, Peebles – 17/00094/FUL

      (ix)                        Change of use of redundant steading and alterations to form dwellinghouse with associated parking and infrastructure works on Redundant Steading North West of Pots Close Cottage, Kelso – 17/00118/FUL

(e)     the decision of the Appointed Officer had been upheld by the Local Review Body in respect of:-

(i)                  Erection of agricultural storage building with welfare accommodation in Field N00328 Kirkburn, Cardrona – 16/01464/FUL;

(ii)                 Erection of agricultural storage building with welfare accommodation in Field N00328 Kirkburn, Cardrona – 16/01506/FUL;

(iii)           Erection machinery storage building in Field No 0328 Kirkburn,  Cardrona – 16/01507/FUL

(iv)           Erection of machinery storage building in Field No 0328 Kirkburn, Cardrona – 16/01513/FUL;

(f)   there remained four reviews outstanding in respect of:-

(g)       Section 36 Public Local Inquiries Received in respect of Erection  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

There had been circulated copies of a report by the Service Director Regulatory Services which proposed approval of the Planning Performance Framework 2016/17 for submission to Scottish Ministers by 31 July 2017 and to grant delegated authority to enable the preparation of the final publication version of the document.  The report explained that the Planning Performance Framework (PPF) was an annual performance report submitted to Scottish Government by all planning authorities in Scotland.  The PPF highlighted how the planning service had delivered continuous improvement in service delivery, how it had performed when tested against 15 national performance markers and how it had responded to last year’s RAG (Red, Amber, Green) report from Scottish Government.  Due to time constraints imposed by Scottish Government to submit the document and the difficulty in gathering all of the required information and statistics (including critically the approved performance figures from Scottish Government) it had not been possible to present the finalised publication version of the document to Members.  The PPF document attached at Appendix 1 to the report was a word version outlining the key text and case studies but only had limited photography and no graphics content.  The approval of the document would enable the production of a publication version of the PPF in time for the submission to Scottish Ministers on 31 July 2017.  It was anticipated that, on the basis of the work undertaken and the performance delivered, this year’s RAG report would eliminate the two Red ratings and move the service to an improved overall performance rating. 

                     DECISION

                     AGREED the Planning Performance Framework 2016/17 for submission to Scottish Ministers by 31 July 2017 and granted delegated powers to the Service Director Regulatory Services to prepare the final publication version of the document.

Before proceeding with the private business, the following motion should be approved:-

‘That under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 7A to the aforementioned Act’.

PRIVATE BUSINESS

          DECISION

          AGREED under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the business detailed in Appendix II to this Minute on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A to the aforementioned Act.

SUMMARY OF PRIVATE BUSINESS

Private Minute of the Meeting held on 24 April 2017 to be approved and signed by the Chairman.  (Copy attached.)

The Committee considered the private section of the Minute of 24 April 2017.