Committees

A meeting of the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications and Review Committee will take place in the Lairg Community Centre, Lairg on Tuesday 28 August 2007 at 10.30am.

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

Yours faithfully,

Fiona I Sinclair

Area Solicitor – Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

(on behalf of the Depute Chief Executive)

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.   

1. Apologies for Absence

2.  Minute of Meetings

There will follow for approval minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 19th June 2007 and the minutes of the Special Meeting of the Committee held on 26th June 2007.       

3.  Timetable of Meetings for 2007

The Committee is invited to note the following timetable of meetings for the remainder of the year:

Date/Venue

Tuesday 18th September/Duthac Centre, Tain – 10.30 am
Tuesday 23rd October/Assembly Rooms, Wick – 10.30 am
Tuesday 20th November/Lairg Community Centre – 10.30 am
Tuesday 18th December/Duthac Centre, Tain  – 10.30 am

4. Planning Applications to be Determined

A copy of the Hearings Procedure is attached for those applications which are the subject of a Hearing.

There are circulated Reports Nos. PLC-7-07 to PLC-23-07 by the Area Planning and Building Standards Manager as follows:

Applications 4.1 and 4.2 are subject to the formal hearings procedure and are scheduled for 10.30am.

Item  4.1
Report No.  Highland Housing Alliance 06/01153/OUTRC PLC-7-07
Location   Land between Birchwood and Caberfeidh Drive, Invergordon.
Nature of Development  Erection of 72 houses and associated access road, services and amenity space.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.2
Report No  07/00040/OUTRC PLC-8-07
Location  Former Morrison’s site at Shore Road, Tain
Nature of Development  Demolition of factory units and erection of houses/flats at former Morrison’s site, Shore Street, Tain.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.3
Report No  RWE NPower plc (06/1166/S36RC) PLC-9-07
Location  River Glass, Evanton.
Nature of Development    Construction and operation of a hydro electric generating scheme –  Consultation by Scottish Executive under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
Recommendation  Support

Applications 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 are subject to the formal hearings procedure and are scheduled for 2.00pm.

Item  4.4
Report No  Pat Munro (Alness Ltd) 07/00086/FULSU PLC-10-07
Location  Housing site to west of Rosebery Avenue and The Meadows and south of Sutherland Road, Dornoch.
Nature of Development  Erection of 102 houses and garages, formation of new access onto Sutherland Road.  Installation of foul water pumping station.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.5
Report No  Lairg Estate 07/00120/OUTSU PLC-11-07
Location  Land to the east of Rosslyn House, Main Street, Lairg
Nature of Development  Erection of house, in outline.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.6
Report No  Carnoustie Links Development Ltd 07/00193/FULSU PLC-12-07
Location  Land to north west of Stafford Court, Dornoch
Nature of Development  Erection of 10 no. flatted living units in 2 no. blocks.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.7
Report No  Albyn Housing Society Ltd 07/00326/FULRC PLC-13-07
Location  Land to the north of Chapel Place, Portmahomack
Nature of Development  Erection of 9 houses, 3 pairs of semi detached, and 1 terrace of 3.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.8
Report No  P & C Properties 07/00162/FULSU PLC-14-07
Location Former sawmill site, Laundry Road, Lairg
Nature of Development  Erection of house.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.9
Report No  Mr & Mrs A Sutherland 07/00192/OUTSU PLC-15-07
Location  Plot 3 to North of Culeave Croft, Ardgay
Nature of Development  Erection of house and garage.  Demolition of derelict house and replacement with store.  Formation of access onto shared access track. Installation of  septic tank and soakaway system.  Installation of private water borehole, as amended.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.10
Report No  Mr W Ross 07/00211/FULSUPLC16-07
Location  An Crasg, West Drummuie, Golspie.
Nature of Development  Erect extension to house.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.11
Report No  Mr S Matheson 07/00231/OUTSU PLC-17-07
Location  Land 80m west of 138 Clachtoll.
Nature of Development  Provision of site for erection of new house.  Installation of sewage treatment plant and mound infiltration system. Alteration/extension of existing access to private access track.
Recommendation   Grant

Item  4.12
Report No   Mr M Wilkinson 07/00240/OUTSU PLC-18-07
Location  Land 100m west of 256 Doll, Brora
Nature of Development  Erection of house, installation of septic tank and soakaway system. Formation of new access onto minor public road.
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.13
Report No  Albyn Housing Society Ltd 06/00436/FULSU PLC-19-07
Location   Land at Munro Place, Bettyhill
Nature of Development   Erection of 4 no. houses and formation of access
Recommendation   Grant

Item  4.14
Report No  Caledonian Forestry 06/00483/FULSU PLC-20-07
Location  Land 150m north west of Edderton Village Hall, Edderton.
Nature of Development  Erection of 4 no. affordable 3 bedroom semi detached villas, 6 no. affordable 2 bedroom semi detached single storey houses and 27 no. private plots.  Formation of new access onto public road, as amended.
Recommendation   Grant

Item  4.15
Report No  Caithness Beef and Lamb Ltd 07/00314/FULCA PLC-21-07
Location  Former bus garage site, Mid Keiss, Keiss, Wick
Nature of Development  Erection of meat products factory (revised plans)
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.16
Report No  Mr & Mrs Mackay 07/00327/FULCA PLC-22-07
Location  Y-Not, Meadow Lane, Thurso
Nature of Development  Siting of table and chairs on the footpath
Recommendation  Grant

Item  4.17
Report No  E Petrie 07/00372/FULCA PLC-23-07 (235kb pdf)
LocationUnits north west of Radio Station, Neil Gunn Drive, Ormlie Industrial Estate, Thurso
Nature of Development  Alteration to workshops (revised plans).
Recommendation Grant

5. Planning Appeal: Erection of 3 Dwellinghouse Garages  to the
    South of ‘Crannach’, Lamington, Ross-shire

There is circulated Letter dated 4 June 2007 from the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit dismissing the appeal against refusal of planning permission for the erection of 3 dwellinghouse garages  to the south of ‘Crannach’, Lamington, Ross-shire. The Committee is invited to note the terms of the letter.

6. Planning Appeal: Erection of house and garage, in outline, with
    extension to track at land to east of Mosshill Cottage, Mosshill,
    Brora

There is circulated Letter dated 5 June 2007 from the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit upholding the appeal against refusal of planning permission for the erection of house and garage, in outline, with extension to track at land to east of Mosshill Cottage, Mosshill, Brora.  The Committee is invited to note the terms of the letter.

7. Weekly Planning Lists

The Committee is invited to note that details of the weekly planning lists detailing applications approved under delegated powers are available on the Council’s website via the following link: