Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Planning Review Body will take place in the Chamber, the Town House, High Street, Inverness on Thursday 23 April 2015 at 11.00 a.m or following the unaccompanied Site Inspection, whichever is the later.

Members are reminded that in the determination of a Notice of Review, to be entitled to participate, they must be present throughout all of the proceedings, including the site inspection, if any. Members are further reminded that mobile devices, including mobile phones, can be used for following the agenda/reports and delivering speeches but should not be used for any form of communication (text or tweet) during the meeting.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Morris

Depute Chief Executive/Director of Corporate Development

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Minutes of Meeting of 10 March 2015

There are circulated for confirmation Minutes of Meeting of 10 March 2015.

4. Criteria for Determination of Notices of Review

The Clerk will provide guidance as to the factors Members need to bear in mind when assessing applications.

5. New Notices of Review to be Determined

There are circulated Notices of Review as follows:-

5.1 (Booklet A)
Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Fort William and Ardnamurchan (22)
Applicant: Mr and Mrs J Morris, 15/00004/RBREF (RB-12-15)
Location: Site 120m South of Whingrove, Ardnastang, Strontian
Nature of Development: Erection of house 
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

5.2 (Booklet B)
Only those Members who attend the site inspection will be able to participate. As a Member for Ward 20, Mr T Prag will be unable to participate in this item.

To minimise printing costs, Members are advised that, in addition to the Notice of Review papers circulated in Booklet B, the planning application which is the subject of this Notice of Review may be viewed on eplanning at: http://wam.highland.gov.uk/wam/ inserting reference 14/03611/FUL.

Ward: Inverness South (20)
Applicant: Craggie Renewables LLP, 15/00005/RBREF (RB-13-15)
Location: Craggie Farm, Daviot, Inverness, IV2 5XQ
Nature of Development: Erection of a single 800kw Wind Turbine 
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer.

5.3 (Booklet C)
Open to all Members (Except Dr D Alston and Mrs I McCallum as Members for Ward 10) to participate

Ward: Black Isle (10)
Applicant: Mr N Pirritt, 15/00007/RBREF (RB-14-15)
Location: Land 130m SW of Braefindon Cottage, Culbo, Culbokie
Nature of Development: Erection of 2 Houses
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

5.4 (Booklet D)
Open to all Members (Except Mr D Fallows and Mr B Lobban as Members for Ward 21) to participate

Ward: Badenoch and Strathspey (21)
Applicant: Mr G Strathdee15/00008/RBREF (RB-15-15)
Location: Cromdale View, Balmenach Road, Cromdale, Grantown on Spey
Nature of Development: Proposed erection of a dwelling-house with detached garage on quarry
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

5.5 (Booklet E)
Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Cromarty Firth (7)
Applicant: A and C Owen, 15/00009/RBREF (RB-16-15)
Location: 2 Lindley Bank, Alness, Ross-shire, IV17 0TN
Nature of Development: Extension to Dwelling house 
Reason for Notice of Review: Failure by appointed officer to determine the application within the period allowed for determination of the application

5.6 (Booklet F)
Open to all Members to participate

To minimise printing costs, Members are advised that, in addition to the Notice of Review papers circulated in Booklet F, the planning application which is the subject of this Notice of Review may be viewed on eplanning at: http://wam.highland.gov.uk/wam/ inserting reference 14/04171/FUL.

Ward: Landward Caithness (4)
Applicant: Mr T Sinclair, 15/00011/RBREF (RB-17-15)
Location: Reaster Farm, Lyth, Caithness
Nature of Development: Erection of 500kw wind Turbine (60m to tip), hard standing, substation, and upgrade of existing access track.
Reason for Notice of Review: Failure by appointed officer to determine the application within the period allowed for determination of the application

5.7 (Booklet G)
Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Nairn (19)
Applicant: M and J Whittle, 15/00012/RBREF (RB-18-15)
Location: Land 75m West of Green Easter, Cothill, Nairn
Nature of Development: Erection of 2 No. Dwellings
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

5.8 (Booklet H)
Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Inverness Ness-Side (16)
Applicant: Mrs I Uzunoglu, 15/00019/RBREF (RB-19-15)
Location: Loch Earn, 165 Culduthel Road, Inverness, 1V2 4BH
Nature of Development: Erect new house and associated works
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer