Committees

A meeting of the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications Committee will take place in the Duthac Centre, Shandwick Street, Tain on Tuesday 21 December 2010 at 10.30 am.

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

Members are reminded that during determination of any item before this Committee they must be present throughout the whole of that item in order to be entitled to participate. 

Yours faithfully,

Susan Blease, Solicitor
(for Assistant 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

2. Confirmation of Minutes

There are submitted for confirmation as correct records the Minutes of Meetings of the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications Committee held on:

a)   9th November 2010

b)   16th November 2010

3. Planning Applications to be Determined

There are circulated Reports Nos PLC/052/10 - PLC/055/10 by the Area Planning and Building Standards Manager as follows:-

3.1   Applicant: Ms Fiona Scott and Mr William Beattie (10/02884/PIP) (PLC-052-10 (378kb pdf))
Location:  Site 1 Fox Farm Woodland, Ardross
Nature of Development: Erection of House and Installation of Sewage System.
Recommendation: Grant.

3.2   Applicant:   Highland Homeless Trust (10/03344/FUL AND 10/03346/LBC) (PLC-053-10 (722kb pdf))
Location:  The Sutor Inn, High Street, Invergordon
Nature of Development:  Conversion of Residential Premises Above Former Pub to Three Flats
Recommendation: Grant. 

3.3   Applicant:   Mrs H Cook (09/00511/FULSU) (PLC-054-10 (570kb pdf))
Location:  The Old Orchard, Skiach, Evanton
Nature of Development: Removal of Condition (2) Attached to Permission 04/00460/OUTRC and Condition (1) Attached to Permission 07/00576/REMRC
Recommendation: Refuse.

3.4   Applicant:   Ben Loyal Estate (10/04149/PIP, 10/04159/PIP and 10/04161/PIP) (PLC-055-10 (221kb pdf))
Location:  3 No. House Sites to South of Tongue Village
Nature of Development: (1) 10/04149/PIP Erection of a Single Dwelling House (Plot 2) at Land 70m South of Fir Chlis, Tongue – Middle Site, (2) 10/04159/PIP Erection of a Single Dwelling House (Plot 3) at Land 125 m North East of Aquila Cottage, Tongue – Northern Site and (3) 10/04161/PIP Erection of a Single Dwelling House (Plot 1) at Land 150 m South of Fir Chlis, Tongue – Southern Site.

Recommendation: Grant. 

4. Delegated Decisions and Performance

Members are asked to note the undernoted delegated decisions from 30 October to 9 December 2010.

Caithness:

Number of applications approved in period: 31
Number of applications refused: 1
Percentage of all applications determined in two months:  53.13%
Percentage of applications determined in two months since 1 January 2010:  65.51%

Sutherland and Easter Ross:

Number of applications approved in period:  56
Number of applications refused:  0
Percentage of all applications determined in two months:  78.57%
Percentage of applications determined in two months since 1 January 2010:  74.11%

CSER Total:

Number of applications approved in period:  87
Number of applications refused:  1
Percentage of all applications determined in two months:  69.32%
Percentage of applications determined in two months since 1 January 2010:  70.51%

Highland:

Percentage of applications determined in two months since 1 January 2010:  61.27%

A complete list can be viewed on the Planning pages of the website.