Planning Committee (including Former Development Management And Development Quality) - 11/11/2019

At a MEETING of the PLANNING COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 11th November, 2019.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Will DAWSON, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th August, 2019 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Lord Provost Borthwick and Bailie Sawers declared a non-financial interest in Article II(a) by virtue of knowing the deputation due to his work in their respective constituencies.

II PLANNING APPLICATIONS

(a) 19-00601-FULL - LAND TO THE WEST OF PITKERRO MILL, KELLAS ROAD, DUNDEE - APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 42 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 TO AMEND CONDITION 5 OF PLANNING APPLICATION 16-00394-FULL - FOR MRS GILLIAN BAYFORD-DEANS

The Committee acceded to a request for a deputation to address the Committee relative to objections to the above application which was recommended for approval. After the deputation had stated their case and answered questions from members of the Committee, they were thanked for their attendance and withdrew.

Thereafter, having considered objections received, the Convener, seconded by Councillor Lynn, moved that the application be not deferred.

As an amendment, Bailie Sawers, seconded by Lord Provost Borthwick, moved that the application be deferred.

On a division, there voted for the motion - the Convener, Bailie Scott and Councillors Flynn, Lynn and Scott (5); and for the amendment - Lord Provost Borthwick, Bailies Sawers, Roberts, Keenan and Wright and Councillors Alexander, Hunter, Rendall, Rome, Smith, Cruickshank, McCready, McIrvine, Malone, Hay and Duncan (16) - whereupon the amendment was declared carried and the application was duly deferred.

(b) 19-00751-ADV - TAYPARK HOUSE, 484 PERTH ROAD, DUNDEE - ERECTION OF ADVERTISEMENT SIGN - FOR MR RITCHIE HAWKINS

The Committee acceded to a request for a deputation to address the Committee in support of the above application which was recommended for refusal. After the deputation had stated their case and answered questions from members of the Committee, they were thanked for their attendance and withdrew.

Thereafter, having considered objections received, the Convener, seconded by Bailie Roberts, moved that the application be refused on the grounds that the application failed to comply with Policy 1 (High Quality Design and Place Making), Policy 49 (Listed Buildings) and Policy 51 (Development in Conservation Areas) of the Dundee Local Development Plan 2019. The proposed sign would not preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Category B listed building or the West End Suburbs Conservation Area and approval of it would be contrary to Sections 59 and 64 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 and Regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984. There were no material considerations of sufficient weight to justify approval of the application.

As an amendment, Councillor Hay, seconded by Lord Provost Borthwick, moved that the application be approved subject to the condition that:-

Prior to the commencement of work on site, full details of the proposed method of fixing the signage to the building and wall shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Thereafter, the advertisement shall be carried out and maintained in accordance with the approved details, in the interests of minimising impact on the Category B Listed Building.

On a division, there voted for the motion - the Convener, Bailie Roberts and Councillor Lynn (3); and for the amendment - Lord Provost Borthwick, Bailies Sawers, Keenan, Wright and Scott and Councillors Alexander, Flynn, Hunter, Rendall, Rome, Smith, Cruickshank, McCready, McIrvine, Malone, Hay, Scott and Duncan (18) - whereupon the amendment was declared carried and the application was duly approved.

III DELEGATED ITEMS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN77-2019 advising the Committee that from 1st October, 2019 to 31st October, 2019 there were 63 delegated decisions. Six of those applications attracted objections. Of those, five were approved and one was refused.

Will DAWSON, Convener.