Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

There had been circulated copies of the request from Mr Harry Thomson, 16 Craig Brown           Avenue, Selkirk, to review the decision to refuse the planning application in respect of an extension to form a new living room at 16 Craig Brown Avenue, Selkirk. The supporting papers included the Notice of Review; Decision Notice; officer’s report; papers referred to in the officer’s report; consultations; objections; general comment; and a list of relevant policies.  In their deliberations, Members referred to the original planning consent for the   single storey house at 16 Craig Brown Avenue, which included a condition requiring two off-street parking spaces.  They also noted that permitted development rights had been         removed when the development was approved; the implication being that an extension would cause overdevelopment of the site.  Whilst expressing sympathy with the applicant’s wish to extend his living space, Members considered the effect  of the loss of a parking space within the site and the impact of the proposed extension on the adjoining    properties and in particular on a proposed dwellinghouse on adjoining land, which had recently received planning approval. 

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 IIl to this Minute.