Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

CONTINUATION OF REVIEW 22/00044/RREF

9.1     With reference to paragraph 3 of the Minute of 20 February 2023, the Local Review Body continued their consideration of a request from the Firm of Corstane, c/o Ferguson Planning, 54 Island Street, Galashiels to refuse the planning application for the siting of shepherds hut and siting of cabin (retrospective) to form holiday let accommodation on Land South West of Corstane Farmhouse, Broughton.  The supporting papers included the Officer submission and Applicant response to NPF4 statements; Officer submission and Applicant response to new information; the Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice and Officer’s Report); Papers referred to in the Officer’s report; consultation replies and support comments. 

9.2     Members considered the principle of the development under Policy ED7 and noted the Policy supported tourism accommodation in the countryside provided there was a business case. They then considered the criteria set down in Policy ED7 and PND2 on siting, landscape and relationship with adjoining uses and noted the concerns of the Appointed Officer, particularly with regard to segregation from the existing farm.  Members considered the site avoided conflict with the operational farm and accepted the findings of the sequential information that it was the most appropriate location for a tourism development. In terms of impact on the landscape setting, Members were satisfied that the site was well concealed by existing roadside hedging and any landscape and visual impacts as a result of the siting of the development would not be harmful, subject to conditions to agree material finishes, including appropriate colours.

              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 further procedure;

(c)     the officer’s decision to refuse the application be overturned and the application be approved, subject to conditions, for the reasons detailed in Appendix III to this Minute.