Decision Maker: Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee

Outcome: Grant

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: September 3, 2024

Purpose: Application recommended for refusal as it fails to meet the requirements for Policy R2 of LDP and Policy 17 of NPF4 as planning permission for an essential workers house has already been granted under APP/2007/2555 for which construction had already begun making this permission extant. As there is no justification for a third dwellinghouse to support the business, the previous consent implemented on site would require to be revoked should the applicant wish for the current proposal to be supported as an additional dwellinghouse for the purpose of an essential worker on site.

Content: Committee agreed to grant as a departure Full Planning Permission with planning conditions delegated to Planning as on balance Members were content that the applicant had demonstrated the immediate requirement of the proposed dwelling house to support the efficient boarding operation of the kennels would supersede the policy position in this instance given the essential nature of the dwelling house required and can’t be fulfilled by the existing extant constraint.