Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

There had been circulated copies of the request from Mr and Mrs B. Soar, per Aitken Turnbull Architects Ltd, 9 Bridge Place, Galashiels, to review the decision to refuse the planning application in respect of erection of dwellinghouse on land east of Keleden, Ednam. The supporting papers included the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice); officer’s report; papers referred to in the officer’s report; consultations; support comments; objections; general comments; further representation and response from applicant; and a list of relevant policies. Members noted that the application site was outwith but adjoining the settlement boundary of Ednam as defined in the Local Development Plan.  Their ensuing discussion therefore focussed on whether there were strong reasons for an exceptional approval.  They attached significant weight to the recent erection of two dwellinghouses on the northern side of the road, which reduced the gap between the settlements of Ednam and Cliftonhill, and to the field boundary of the site which they considered represented a more logical boundary to Ednam than the current development boundary.

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 in keeping with the Development Plan; and

(d)       the officer’s decision to refuse the application be reversed and planning permission be granted subject to conditions and a legal agreement, for the reasons detailed in Appendix II to this Minute.