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North Lanarkshire Council North Lanarkshire Council DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Planning Applications for consideration of Planning and Development Committee Committee Dote :17th March 1999 --I--’ -.. AGENDA EMNO, ;-ruturJo*r Ordnance Survey maps reproduced from Ordnance Survey with the permission of HMSO Crown Copyright reserved APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 17TH MARCH 1999 nge No. Application NO. Applicant DevelopmentlLocus Recommendation N/98/01187/FUL Mr Norman Egan Demolition of Existing Buildings and Grant Formation of 2 No. Mews Cottages With Access Road and Parking Land to Rear of 20-24 Main Street, The Village, Cumbernauld 2 N/98/01193/CON Mr Norman Egan Demolition of Existing Buildings and Grant Formation of 2 No. Mews Cottages With Access Road and Parking Land to Rear of 20-24 Main Street, The Village, Cumbernauld 17 N/98/01467/OUT T J Turner Erection of a Dwellinghouse (In Refuse Outline) - Bentend Steading, Tak-Ma-Doon Road, Kilsyth 21 N/98/01579/FUL A L Bankier Erection of Double Garage - Site Grant Adjacent to The Craigs, Banton, Kilsyth 25 N/98/01615/FUL Maurice W King Siting of a Mobile Snack Bar on the Grant Public Road - Public Road 150 Metres from Mollins Road Junction, Drum Mains Park Road, Orchardton Woods, Cumbernauld 28 N/98/0 1673fFUL John Russell Formation of Dormer Windows to Refuse Front and Rear of the Property 4 Second Avenue Stepps G33 6JS 32 N/98/01712/FUL Mr Gordon Donald & Change of Use of Public Open Space Grant Mrs Ann Louise to Private Garden Ground Donald 22 Lomond Court Condorrat Cumbemauld G67 4JQ 37 N/98/01734/0UT Mr & Mrs T Harvey Erection of Dwelling (In Outline) Refuse (P) Site Adjacent to 65 Mount Harriet Drive, Stepps 43 N/99/00047/FUL William Hill Organisation Ltd Proposed External Staircase & Grant Aluminium Shopfront and Door 8 Clyde Walk, Town Centre Cumbernauld G67 IBH 47 John Sutherland Extension to Dwellinghouse Grant 8 Green Bank Road, Balloch, Cumbernauld G68 9BY 51 Mr A Norris Siting of a Mobile Snack Bar - Parking Grant Area at Glencryan Business Centre, 11 Glencryan Road, Cumbernauld Grant (P) 54 Tarmac Heavy Building Extraction of Hardrock Minerals Materials (Retrospective) - Airdriehill Quarry, Airdriehill Road, Airdrie 63 Mr & Mrs McAllister First Floor Extension to Kennel Refuse (PI Administration Block to Form Flatted Dwellinghouse, Whinrigg Farm Riggend, Airdrie 3 APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 17TH MARCH 1999 Page No. Application No. Applicant DeveIopment/Locus Recommendation 66 C/98/01480/FUL Mr Michael Hart Erection of Conservatory Grant The Mint, 16 Academy Street, Coatbridge 73 C/98/01527/LBC J D Wetherspoon PLC Listed Building Consent for Alterations Grant (P) to Shop Front and Extension to Rear at 12 Bank Street, Airdrie C/98/01529/FUL J D Wetherspoon PLC Listed Building Consent for Alterations Grant to Shop Front and Extension to Rear at 12 Bank Street, Airdrie 80 C/98/01701/FUL Kelvin Homes Ltd Erection of 66 Dwelinghouses Grant and 16 Flats and Associated Access Roads, Landscaping and Play Areas Land South of Marshal1 Street, Coatbridge 89 C/99/00016/OUT The Diocese of Erection of 11 No. Dwellinghouses Refuse (PI Motherwell (In Outline), Mainhill Road, Bargeddie, Coatbridge 93 C/99/00030/FUL Anduff Holdings Ltd Demolition of Garage and Erection of Grant Carwash With Vacuum Facilities - Mainway Service Station, 42 Clark Street. Airdrie 97 C/99/00082/FUL Mr Walter Jarvie Extension to Clubhouse at Grant Greengairs Bowling Club - 219 Greengairs Road, Greengairs, Airdrie 101 C/99/00101/FUL Steven Mahoney Erection of Two Dwellinghouses at Grant 6-12 Donaldson Place, Airdrie 106 C/99/00128/NID NLC Housing Dept Change of Use from Housing Grant (PI to Care Office 81 Accommodation at Redbridge Court, Coatbridge -'O S/98/00969/MIN LAW Mining Ltd Extraction of Coal by Opencast Methods Grant (PI - Badallan Farms, Shotts 154 S/98/0 1390/FUL Zubida Aslam Erection of 5 Flatted Dwellings Grant 65 Coltness Road, Wishaw 160 S/98/01654/FUL Mr Ian May Erection of Seven Dwellinghouses Grant 6 Gill Road, Wishaw 168 S/98/01666/FUL Miller Homes Erection of 44 Dwellinghouses - Land Grant Opposite Garrion Business Park, Smith Avenue, Wishaw 175 S/99/00158/FuL Mr Wm Nelson Part Change of Use of Shop to Hot Food Grant Take Away - 220 Hamilton Road, Motherwell 4 APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 17TH MARCH 1999 Page No. Application No. Applicant Development/Locus Recommendation (P) N/98/01734/OUTIf Approved, Application to be referred to Secretary of State (P) C/98/00638/MIN If Approved Section 75 & Bond to be adjusted (P) C/98/01106/FUL If Approved, Section 75 to be concuded (P) C/98/01527/LBC If Approved, Application to be referred to Historic Scotland (P) C/99/00016/OUTIf Approved, Application to be referred to Secretary of State (P) C/99/00128/NID If Approved, Application to be referred to Secretary of State (P) S/98/00969/FUL If Approved, Application to be referred to Secretary of State; Section 75 Agreement required; Bond of Caution required Application No.: N/98/01187/FUL Date Registered: 24th August 1998 APPLICANT: MR. NORMAN EGAN, 11 ROADSIDE, CUMBERNAULD, G67 2SS Agent: The Morrison Partnership, 106 Ormonde Crescent, Glasgow, G44 3sw DEVELOPMENT: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND FORMATION OF 2 NO. MEWS COTTAGES WITH ACCESS ROAD AND PARKING LOCATION: LAND TO REAR OF 20-24 MAIN STREET THE VILLAGE CUMBERNAULD Ward: 52 Grid Reference: 276833 676130 File Reference: N/98/0 1187PUL Site History: No Applications of Relevance Development Plan Curnbernauld Local Plan Contrary to Development Plan: No CONSULTATIONS: Objection: Architectural Heritage Society Of Scotland No Objection: East Of Scotland Water West Of Scotland Water British Gas Transco Conditions: The Scottish Civic Trust Historic Scotland No Reply: REPRESENTATIONS: Neighbours: No Response Newspaper Advertisement: No Response COMMENTS: The applicant proposes to demolish a number of outbuildings to the rear of this property on Main Street and convert and extend one remaining outbuilding to form a mews courtyard development of two attached cottages. The site is accessed via a pend from The Wynd. No objections were received either as a result of the press advertisement or the neighbour notification process. Adverse consultation responses were received in respect of the original design but satisfactory amended proposals have now been submitted. The related application, Reference N/98/01193/CON, for Conservation Area Consent in relation to the demolitions, is also being reported for consideration at this Committee. RECOMMENDATION: Grant, subject to the following conditions: 1. That the development hereby permitted shall be started within five years of the date of this permission. Reason: To accord with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. 2. That the existing gates as shown on the approved plan shall be set back no less than six metres from the north elevation of the existing stone building. Reason: In the interests of traffic safety. 3. That before the dwellinghouses hereby permitted are occupied the 3 car parking spaces indicated on the approved plans shall be provided within the site and thereafter shall be maintained as parking spaces. Reason: In the interests of traffic safety and the amenity of the site and the Conservation Area. 4. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a scheme of landscaping, including details of all boundary treatments, planting and hard landscape treatments, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, including any modifications as may be required. Reason: In the interests of amenity of the site and the Conservation Area. 5. That within one year of the completion of the dwellings hereby permitted, all boundary treatments, hard surfacing and planting included in the scheme approved under the terms of Condition 4, above shall be completed and any planting which dies, is removed, damaged or becomes diseased, shall be replaced within the following year with others of a similar size and species. Reason: In the interests of amenity of the site and the Conservation Area. 6. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a sample of the natural slate to be used for roofwork shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, including any modifications as may be required. Reason: To enable the Planning Authority to consider this aspect in detail and in the interest of the amenity of the buildings and the Conservation Area. 7. That, as shown on the approved plans all windows and doors shall be of timber construction and that the windows shall replicate the external appearance o traditional sliding sash and casement windows. Reason: In the interest of the amenity of the buildings and the Conservation Area. 8. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a sample of the precast concrete to be used for skews, cills and lintels shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, including any modifications as may be required. Reason: To enable the Planning Authority to consider this aspect in detail and in the interest of the amenity of the buildings and the Conservation Area. 9. That the remaining original stonework shall have a traditional limewash finish, as shown on the approved plans, whilst the new build extension shall be finished in a traditional smooth render, except as may otherwise be agreed in writing by the Planning Authority. Reason: In the interest of the amenity of the buildings and the Conservation Area. 10. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a sample or details of the final colours of all external paintwork shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, including any modifications as may be required. Reason: To enable the Planning Authority to consider this aspect in detail and in the interest of the amenity of the buildings and the Conservation Area.
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