Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

review 21/01905/FUL 

There had been circulated copies of a request from Mr Nigel Carey c/o James O’Rourke, Pro-found, Berwick Workspace, Boarding School Yard, Berwick Upon Tweed to review the decision to refuse the planning application for the erection of a dwellinghouse on Garden Ground of Cheviot View, Eden Road, Gordon.  The supporting papers included the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice and Officer’s Report); Papers referred to in the Officer’s report; general comments; additional information; consultation replies; objection comments and list of policies.  Members noted that the Applicant had requested further procedure in the form of written representations, a hearing and a site inspection.  The Review Body noted that the Planning Officer accepted that a house would be in keeping with the surrounding residential land use but was opposed to the development as he viewed it as backland development out of character with the existing form of Gordon in the vicinity.  The Review Body noted the distinction between the Review site and the immediately adjoining site which had consent for a small dwellinghouse which was to replace a previous derelict residential property.  The Review Body went onto consider the design of the house, using Policies PMD2, PMD5, HD3 and the Placemaking and Householder SPGs and the access.  After discussion, Members considered it necessary to seek further procedure in the form of an unaccompanied site inspection, in order to view the proposals in relation to the setting, adjoining site and other examples of development highlighted by the applicant in the village.

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 an unaccompanied visit to the site;

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