Agenda item

Consider briefing note by Chief Planning and Housing Officer.  (Copy attached.)

There had been circulated copies of a briefing note by the Chief Planning and Housing Officer on Appeals to the Scottish Ministers and Local Review.

DECISION

NOTED that:

(a)       An appeal decision had been received in respect of:

(i)        Installation of illuminated signage (retrospective) – 23/00332/ADV – reporter’s decision: sustained.

(a)       There remained 2 appeals previously reported on which decisions were still awaited when this report was prepared on 21 July 2023 which related to sites at:

(b)       The following reviews had been determined as shown:

(i)        Erection of agricultural building (retrospective), Ravelaw Farm, Duns – 22/00576/FUL – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to a Legal Agreement);

(ii)       Alterations and dormer extension to dwellinghouse, 11 Tweed Avenue, Peebles – 22/00788/FUL – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions);

(iii)      Erection of dwellinghouse, Land South of Greenbraehead Farmhouse, Greenbraehead, Hawick – 22/00869/PPP – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions and a Legal Agreement);

(iv)      Erection of 2no dwellinghouses, Land South of 1 Kelso Road, Coldstream – 22/01416/PPP – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions and a Legal Agreement);

(v)       Erection of 4 no dwellinghouses, Land West of Greenburn Cottage, Auchencrow – 22/01666/PPP – Decision of Appointed Officer Upheld (Terms of Refusal Varied);

(vi)      Erection of dwellinghouse with detached garage, Land West of The Old Barn Westwater, West Linton – 22/01739/FUL – Decision of Appointed Officer Upheld;

(vii)    Erection of dwellinghouse with access, landscaping and associated works, Land South and West of Greywalls, Gattonside – 22/01824/PPP – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions and a Legal Agreement);

(viii)   Demolition of shed and erection of dwellinghouse (approval of all matters specified in planning permission 20/00874/PPP), Land North West of Rosebank Cemetery Lodge, Shedden Park Road, Kelso – 22/01903/AMC – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions);

(ix)      Installation of timber gates (retrospective), Church House, Raemartin Square, West Linton – 22/01935/FUL – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned;

(x)       Erection of dwellinghouse with outbuilding and formation of new access (approval of all matters specified in conditions of planning permission 21/00030/PPP), Land at Rachan Woodlands, Broughton – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions);

(xi)      Change of use of shop and alterations to form 2 no dwellinghouses, Shop, 22-24 South Street, Duns – 23/00026/FUL;

(xii)    Change of Use from Class 4 to Class 2 Veterinary Practice, 2 Rowan Court, Cavalry Park, Peebles – 23/00056/FUL – Decision of Appointed Officer Overturned (Subject to Conditions);

(xiii)   Erection of a dwellinghouse with access, landscaping, garden space, and associated works, Land West of Greywalls, Gattonside – 23/00260/PPP – Decision of Appointed Officer Upheld (Terms of Refusal Varied);

(c)       There remained 8 reviews previously reported on which decisions were awaited when the report was prepared on 24 August 2023 which related to sites at:

(d)  There remained one Section 36 Public Local Inquiry previously reported on which a decision was still awaited when the report was prepared on 24 August 2023 which related to a site at Land West of Castleweary (Faw Side Community Wind Farm), Fawside, Hawick.