City Development Committee - 12/11/2007

At a MEETING of the PLANNING AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 12th November, 2007.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Fraser MACPHERSON, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 22nd October, 2007 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I CONFIRMATION OF TREE PRESERVATION ORDER, 30C ALBANY ROAD

The Committee acceded to a request for a deputation to address the Committee relative to the above proposed Tree Preservation Order. After the deputation had stated its case and answered questions from members of the Committee, it was thanked for its attendance and withdrew.

Thereafter, there was submitted Agenda Note AN266-2007 relative to the proposed Order. The Committee agreed to defer consideration of this item for a month and remitted to the Council's Forestry Officer to submit a report on the matter to the next meeting of this Committee.

II TAY STREET LANE - SITE PLANNING BRIEF

There was submitted Report No 505-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation advising the Committee of the findings of the public consultation on the draft Tay Street Lane Site Planning Brief and seeking approval of the Finalised Brief.

The Committee agreed to:-

(a) note the findings from the public consultation;

(b) approve the Tay Street Lane Site Planning Brief as supplementary planning guidance to the Dundee Local Plan Review 2005 to direct future development within the Tay Street Lane area; and

(c) refer the final site planning brief to the Development Quality Committee as a relevant material planning consideration.

III FLOOD PREVENTION AND LAND DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

There was submitted Report No 552-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation advising the Committee of the completion of the sixth biennial report on flooding and seeking approval for the publication of the report as required by the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997.

The Committee agreed to:-

(a) note the content of the sixth biennial report on flooding; and

(b) authorise the publication of the report.

IV LANGLANDS STREET CAR PARK ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS - WHALERS CLOSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN265-2007, making reference to Article IV of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th February, 2007, wherein the City Engineer was authorised to appoint Land and Building Services Limited to carry out improvement work to the Langlands Street Car Park.

It was reported that the main works were nearing completion and additional works had now been identified which required to be carried out in Whalers Close, Dundee. The City Engineer had obtained a quotation from the contractor which demonstrated favourable rates for carrying out these works under the above contract and had recommended that this be accepted.

The Committee authorised these works, having noted that the overall costs amounted to 100,000, including 10,000 for professional fees, and 3,000 for contingencies, which would be met from the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund 2007/2008.

V CITY QUAY AREA - WAITING RESTRICTIONS

There was submitted Report No 549-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation considering the necessity to introduce and amend current waiting restrictions in the City Quay area in order to reduce congestion caused by commuter parking and assist the local attractions by introducing some pay and display spaces to create a turnover of parking.

The Committee agreed that a Traffic Regulation Order be prepared to add to and amend waiting restrictions in the area, as detailed in the report.

VI TOM McDONALD AVENUE/KIRSTY SEMPLE WAY - BUS ONLY FACILITIES

There was submitted Report No 545-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation considering the necessity to introduce bus only facilities with exemptions for emergency vehicles in Kirsty Semple Way and the link road between Kirsty Semple Way and Tom McDonald Avenue.

The Committee agreed that, in order to prevent general traffic from interfering with access to the Accident and Emergency Department at Ninewells Hospital, a Traffic Regulation Order be prepared to only permit buses and emergency vehicles on that length of Kirsty Semple Way north of Tom McDonald Avenue and to introduce a bus only lane in part of the link road between these two streets.

VII NEW ROADS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN267-2007 detailing the undernoted applications for road construction consent, which the Director of Planning and Transportation had recommended be approved subject to conditions which had been agreed with the applicants:-

The Committee approved the applications and further agreed that on satisfactory completion of these roads and, if so requested by the applicants, they be entered on the List of Public Roads for the purposes of management and maintenance in terms of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

Fraser MACPHERSON, Convener.