Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Planning Review Body will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on Tuesday 27 January 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 27 November 2014

There are circulated for confirmation Minutes of Meeting of 27 November 2014.

4.      Notices of Review Previously Considered

4.1 (Booklet A Parts 1 and 2)
Open to all Members to participate, (except Mrs I McCallum who has declared an interest in this item) - the substance of this Notice of Review was not discussed at the meeting on 2 October 2014.

Ward: Landward Caithness (4)
Applicant: Wind Harvest (PRB ref: 14/00030/RBREF) (RB-1-15)
Location: Clyth Mains, Occumster, Lybster, KW3 6AK
Nature of Development: Erection of a 500kw wind turbine and associated infrastructure (Planning Application ref: 13/01215/FUL)
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of application by appointed officer.

4.2 (Booklet B - Parts 1 and 2)
Open to all Members to participate – the substance of this Notice of Review was not discussed at the meeting on 27 November 2014.

Ward: Nairn (19)
Applicant: Mr D MacIntosh14/00036/8WKNA (RB-2-15)
Location: Park Farm, Nairn, IV12 5RZ
Nature of Development: Partial Steading Conversion to form 1 No. Dwelling (Planning Application ref: 14/01514/FUL)
Reason for Notice of Review: Non-determination of the application within 8 weeks.

5.      New Notices of Review to be Determined

There are circulated Notices of Review as follows:-

5.1 (Booklet C - Parts 1, 2 and 3)
Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Landward Caithness (4)
Applicant: Fine Energy, (PRB ref: 14/00029/RBREF) (RB-3-15)
Location: Land 340m NW of Eriska Achow, Lybster
Nature of Development: Erection of Single 50kw Turbine, height to tip 34.2m, height to hub of 24m, rotor diameter 19.2m with associated infrastructure, temporary access track and sub control electrical cabinets (Planning Application ref: 14/01316/FUL)
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

5.2 (Booklet D and disk)
Open to all Members to participate

Ward: Landward Caithness (4)
Applicant: Fine Energy (Halkirk), (PORB ref: 14/00034/RBREF) (RB-4-15)
Location: Land 540m SE of Sibster Burn Farm, Halkirk
Nature of Development: Erection of Single 50kw Turbine, height to blade tip of 34.4m, height to hub of 24m, and electrical cabinet and access track (Planning Application ref: 14/01087/FUL)
Reason for Notice of Review: Refusal of Application by Appointed Officer

5.3 (Booklet E)
Open to all Members (Except Mr T Prag as a Member for Ward 20) to participate

Ward: Inverness South (20)
Applicant: J and DI Alexander, 14/00047/RBREF (RB-5-15)
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