Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

review of 21/00727/PPP

There had been circulated copies of the request from Mr Richard Amos Ltd, 2 Golden Square, Duns to review the decision to refuse the planning application for the Erection of a dwellinghouses on Plot 4, Land South West of Hume Bank, Hume Hall Holdings, Greenlaw.  The supporting papers included the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice and Officer’s Report); Papers referred to in the Officer’s report; Objection comments; Consultation replies and List of policies.  After considering all relevant information, the Local Review Body concluded that the development would be contrary to Policy HD2 and Policy ED10 of the Scottish Borders Local Development Plan 2016, as well as the Council's adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance 'New Housing in the Borders Countryside 2008' in that it would not relate well to an existing building group, it would break into an undeveloped field and the application site would be disproportionately large within this context and so the development would be detrimental to the character of the building group. In addition, the development would result in the permanent loss of prime quality agricultural land.

DECISION

AGREED that:-

(a)          the request for 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 Policy HD2 and Policy ED10 of the Scottish Borders Local Development Plan 2016, as well as the Council's adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance 'New Housing in the Borders Countryside 2008' in that it would not relate well to an existing building group, it would break into an undeveloped field and the application site would be disproportionately large within this context and so the development would be detrimental to the character of the building group; and 

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