Committees

A special meeting of the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications Committee will take place in the Assembly Rooms, Sinclair Terrace, Wick on Tuesday, 29th March 2011 and will commence with a site visit at 10.30 am followed by the Committee meeting in the Assembly Rooms, Wick at 12.30 pm.

 

Members are invited to assemble at the Assembly Rooms, Sinclair Terrace, Wick, where they will board a bus at 10.30 am, which will take them to the application site.    Tea and coffee will be available for Members only, at the Assembly Rooms, Wick from 10.00 am.  Members are respectfully reminded to wear clothing appropriate to the weather conditions.

 

At the conclusion of the site inspection, the bus will return to the Assembly Rooms where the meeting will commence no earlier than 12.30 pm. 

 

Members are reminded that in the determination of a planning application, to be entitled to participate, they must be present throughout all of the proceedings, including the site inspection.  Please note a copy of the Guidance Notes for the Conduct of a Hearing is attached for information. Hearings Procedure (14kb pdf)

 

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

 

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. Hearing

 

2.1   Applicant:   Npower Renewables Ltd (06/00676/FUL) (PLC-013-11 (429kb pdf))
Location:  Land at Burn of Whilk, Caithness 
Nature of Development: Erection of Wind Farm Comprising 9 Wind Turbines, Control and Welfare Building, Permanent Anemometry Mast, Temporary Construction Compound, Access Tracks etc
Recommendation: Grant