Agenda item

Copies of the following papers attached:-

            CONTINUATION OF review of 23/00004/RREF

5.1       With reference to paragraph 3 of the Minute of 20 March 2023, there had been circulated copies of a request from W A Mole & Son, c/o Cockburn’s Consultants. 1A Belford Park, Edinburgh to review the decision to refuse the planning application for the erection of 4 No. dwellinghouses on Land West of Greenburn Cottage, Auchencrow.  The supporting papers included the written submissions from the Planning Officer and Applicant in respect of NPF4; Notice of Review (including the Decision Notice and Officer’s Report); Additional Information and Consultation Replies and list of policies.

5.2       Members noted that Auchencrow was not a recognised settlement within the Local Plan, therefore the key issues were compliance with LDP Policy HD2 on housing in the countryside, PMD2 on visual impacts and road safety and SPGs on housing in the countryside and placemaking and design.  The Appointed Officer and the applicants were in agreement that there was an established building group at Auchencrow and that there was numerical capacity within the building group for an additional four houses under the terms of Policy HD2.  There was concern with regard to loss of prime agricultural land and the Members requested that the application be continued to allow for a site visit and for the site to be marked out for their inspection to assist with their understanding of its relationship with the building group.

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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 a site visit;

(c)       the proposed site be marked out in order that they could visualise the amount of agricultural land to be used; and

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