Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

There had been circulated copies of the request from Ms Gillian Mackay, Woodlands, The Woll, Ashkirk, to review the decision to refuse the planning application in respect of the erection of a dwellinghouse on land South of Balmerino, Ashkirk.   Presented in the supporting papers were the Notice of Review; Decision Notice; Officer’s Report; consultations; objections; additional representation; and a list of relevant policies.  Members noted that the application site lay outside the development boundary for the village of Ashkirk.  Their discussion therefore focused on whether there were any exceptional grounds for allowing the development.

DECISION

AGREED that:-

(a)        the request for a review had been competently made in terms of Section 43A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;

(b)       the review could be considered without the need for any further procedure on the basis of the papers submitted;

(c)       the proposal would be contrary to the Development Plan and that there were no other material considerations that would justify departure from the Development Plan; and

(d)       the officer’s decision to refuse the application be upheld for the reasons detailed in Appendix III to this Minute.