Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

CONTINUATION OFREVIEW 22/00093/PPP

With reference to paragraph 5 of the Minute of 15 August, the Local Review Body continued their consideration of the request from Mr James Hewitt c/o Ferguson Planning, 54 Island Street, Galashiels to review the decision to refuse the planning application for the erection of a dwellinghouse with associated infrastructure works on Land adjoining 16 Hendersyde Drive, Kelso.  The supporting papers included the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice and Officer’s Report); Papers referred to in the Officer’s report; consultation replies; objection comments; further representations and list of policies.  Consideration of the review had been continued to allow members to undertake a site visit which was held on 29 August 2022. The Members confirmed that the site visit had been worthwhile and had given them a better sense of the size of the site and the overhang of the nearby trees.  The Members considered the comments from Scottish Water in terms of the equipment contained within the site, the Flood Risk Officers comments and those comments from the roads officer.  In particular members were concerned about the risk from surface flooding as no evidence had been provided to evaluate the potential impacts.  

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 not be considered without the need for further procedure in the form of written submissions;

(c)       the Applicant be requested to submit either a Flood Risk Assessment or a Drainage Impact Assessment in line with the advice from the Flood Risk Officer, following which the Flood Risk Officer would be given the opportunity to comment; and

(d)          consideration of the review be continued to a future meeting on a date to be confirmed.