Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

There had been circulated copies of the request from Mr and Mrs Chris Edge, Jordonlaw Farmhouse, to review the decision to refuse the planning application to vary Condition 3 of planning consent 10/00156/FUL to allow short term letting at Jordonlaw Granary, Westruther.  Included in the supporting papers were the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice); Officer’s Report; papers referred to in the report; consultation; support comments; objection; additional representations and response; and a list of relevant policies. Members focused their attention on road safety issues at the junction of the farm access track with the B6456 and discussed whether any additional traffic was likely to be generated by the proposed change of use of the one-bedroomed property.  Members also considered the nature of the farm track in terms of the ability for vehicles to pass each other and the potential for a dedicated parking area within the site to avoid obstruction of the access to the farm steading.

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, for the reasons detailed in Appendix V to this Minute.