Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Planning Review Body will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Wednesday 12 August 2015 at 10.30 am.

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 17 June 2015

There are circulated for confirmation Minutes of Meeting of 17 June 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. Notices of Review Previously Considered

5.1 (not circulated)

The substance of this item was discussed at previous meetings of the Review Board. As Dr D Alston, Mr D Fallows, Mr G Farlow and Mrs I McCallum were not present at those meetings, they will be unable to participate.

As Mr T Prag is a Member for Ward 20, he will also be unable to participate.

Ward: Inverness South (20)
Applicant: J and DI Alexander, 14/00047/RBREF (RB-6-15)
Location: Land North of Gatehouse, Blackpark Farm, Westhill, Inverness IV2 5BP (Planning Application ref: 14/04354/FUL)
Nature of Development: Erection of House
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

Members will recall that at its meeting on 17 June 2015, the Review Body dismissed the Notice of Review as the application no longer met the terms of the Council’s Planning Policies. A verbal update will be provided.

6. New Notices of Review To Be Determined

There are circulated Notices of Review as follows:-

6.1 (Booklet A)

Open to all Members (Except Mrs I Campbell and Dr A Sinclair as Members for Ward 6) to participate

Ward: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (6)
Applicant: Mr R Munro, 15/00022/RBREF (RB-23-15)
Location: The Smiddy, Main Street, Contin, IV14 9ES
Nature of Development: Erection of Garage with Disabled Access
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

6.2 (Booklet B)

Open to all Members (Except Thomas Prag as a Member for Ward 20) to participate

Ward: Inverness South (20)
Applicant: Mr A Cross, 15/00028/RBREF (RB-24-15)
Location: 18 Towerhill Drive, Inverness, IV2 5FD
Nature of Development: Extension to Property
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

6.3 (Booklet C)

Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Landward Caithness (4)
Applicant: Miss A Hutt, 15/00030/RBREF (RB-25-15)
Location: Land 150M West of Castlehill Croft, Dunbeath
Nature of Development: Erection of house, installation of septic tank and soakaway
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

6.4 (Booklet D)

Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Landward Caithness (4)
Applicant: Mr S Sutherland, 15/00031/RBREF (RB-26-15)
Location: Land 315M SE of Sibmister Farm, Murkle, Thurso
Nature of Development: Erection of a single 400kW wind turbine with a height to blade tip of 46m, with height to hub of 28.4m and a rotor diameter of 34m. Formation of a temporary construction compound, access track, erection of electrical control building, crane hardstanding and erection of a temporary anemometer mast.
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer.

6.5 (Booklet E)

Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Badenoch and Strathspey (21)
Applicant: Mrs D Smith, 15/00034/RBREF (RB-27-15)
Location: 29 Craigie Avenue, Boat of Garten, PH24 3BL
Nature of Development: Erection of disabled access extension
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer.