Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

MEMBER

Having not been present at the site visits for the reviews of applications 18/00929/PPP and 18/00832/PPP, Councillor Laing did not take part in the determination of these reviews and left the Chamber during their consideration.

With reference to paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Minute of 15 October 2018, there had been circulated copies of the request from Mr and Mrs Eric Forster, per Ferguson Planning, Shiel House, 54 Island Street, Galashiels, for review of refusal of the planning application in respect of the erection of a dwellinghouse on land North East of Ladywood, Lower Greenhill, Selkirk. The supporting papers included the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice and Officer’s Report); papers referred to in the Officer’s Report; consultations; and a list of relevant policies.  In accordance with the decision made at a Pre Examination meeting on 15 October 2018 the Local Review Body had carried out an unaccompanied site visit on 31 October 2018.  In their initial discussion Members agreed the existence of a building group at Lower Greenhill and the extent of that group.  They agreed that the site visit had been useful and had assisted in their determination of whether the proposal was an appropriate addition to the building group in terms of plot size, layout and character.

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 site visit and 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, informatives and a legal agreement, for the reasons detailed in Appendix I to this Minute