Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

review of 22/00041/RREF

There had been circulated copies of a request from Mr P J Lewis, c/o RM Architecture Ltd, Bloomfield, Heatherlie Park, Selkirk to review the decision to refuse the planning application for the erection of a dwellinghouse on Land South West of Castleside Cottage, 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; consultation replies further representations and list of policies.  The members noted that a revised Contextual Elevation where a new window could be installed on the applicant’s adjoining cottage was a new drawing not in front of the Appointed Officer.  However he was clearly aware of the option as considered in the Handling Report under “Neighbouring Amenity”. For this reason and the fact that residential amenity was not cited as a reason for refusal, the Members accepted the new information without the need to test against S43B of the Act.  The Planning Advisor highlighted that while the Community Council had originally objected to the application with concerns over sewage treatment, flood risk and the lack of sympathetic scale, design and materials, in response to the Review submission, the Community Council now welcomed the development and agreed with the applicant that the contemporary agricultural design was in keeping with the building group, offering balance at the end of the group. The members agreed that there was a building group and that the application related well, although there were some concerns around the design and the use of fibre cement for the roof and external walls.  The Members agreed to continue consideration of the application to allow a sample of the Fibre Cement to be provided together with photographic images of buildings where fibre cement had been used for external walls and roofs to the same extent as that proposed.

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 not be considered without the need for further procedure;

(c)          the Applicant be given the opportunity to provide a sample of the Fibre Cement together with photographic images of buildings where fibre cement had been used for external walls and roofs to the same extent as that proposed.

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