North Lanarkshire Council Planning Applications for consideration of Plann i n g and Transport at io n Com mit t ee Committee Date: 17 April 201 3 Ordnance Survey maps reproduced from Ordnance Survey with permission of HMSO Crown Copyright reserved 1 APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 17th April 2013 Page Application No Applicant DevelopmentlSite Recommendation No 5 11/00531/FUL Alona Ground Re-profiling, Refuse (P) Properties Extension of Car Park - Limited Erection of 2.5 Metre High Fence Greenside Depot Biggar Road Newarthill Motherwell 13 12/00648/FU L Mr & Mrs Removal of Planning Grant (P) McA II i st e r Condition 4 of C/95/608 (Restrictive Occupancy) Arcadia Pet Hotel Whinrigg Farm 555 Stirling Road Airdrie 20 12/00745/FU L Scottish Power Proposal to Extend the Grant Existing Substation to Accommodate New Transformers and a New Indoor Substation Electricity Sub Station Castlehill Road Gow kth rap p I e Wishaw 28 12/01 118/ADV BDW Trading Temporary Erection of Grant Ltd Advertisement Signs, Hoardings & Flags Associated with Housing Development in Retrospect Cairnhill Park Cairnhill Road Cairnhill Airdrie 35 12/01260/MSC Taylor Wimpey Erection of 97 No. Grant West Scotland Dwellinghouses Incorporating Associated Roads, Drainage Works and Landscaping Land At Ravenscliff Road Ravensc rai g Motherwell 2 47 12/0 1335/P P P Ogilvie Homes Residential Development Grant Lt d with Associated Works (In Request for Site Principle) Hearing and Visit Site At St Andrews Drive Westerwood Cumbernauld 60 12/0 1355/FU L NHS Construction of New Grant Lanarkshire Community Health Centre Containing One Large GP Practice, a Dental Practice and NHS Community Health Service Accommodation with Associated Car Parking and Service Yard Shared with the Adjacent Kilsyth Swimming Pool Land Adjacent To Kilsyth Swimming Pool 1 Airdrie Road Kilsyth 74 12/01364/FUL Mr John Change of Use of Vacant Grant Stewart Land to Market Garden Business with Joiners Workshop & Potting Shed and Two Associated Temporary Residential Properties Site To Rear Of Old School House Telegraph Road Longriggend 83 13/00085/FUL Mr Leslie Formation of Driveway Grant Cumming 25 Kenilworth Drive Clarkston Airdrie North Lanarkshire ML6 7EY 88 13/00130/AMD Mr Umar Extension to Existing Grant Farooq Retail Unit, Adding a Flat and Storage to the First Floor 71 - 73 Rosebank Terrace Bargeddie Glasgow 95 13/00 133/P PP Mrs Geraldine Residential Development Refuse (P) Easton (3 storey Flats) 2 Nethercroy Road Croy Glasgow 3 101 13/00218/FUL TJ Erection of Class 1 Retail Grant Morris/Dawn Unit, Together with Developments Access, Servicing Car Parking & External Works Site Adjacent To Lid1 Store Garrell Road Kilsyth 110 13/00254/FUL NLC Housing Lane Closure with Ground Grant Services being Incorporated into Adjoining Gardens of Council Tenancies and Allotment Site Lane Between Loch Road & Kennelburn Road Chapelhall 115 13/00335/FU L Mr James Change of Use of Open Grant Goudie Space to Garden Ground 14 Mossywood Place Westfield Cumbernauld Glasgow ( p> 11/00531/FUL: If minded to grant,needs to be referred to the Scottish ministers due to an objection by SEPA 12/00648/FUL: If minded to grant S75 legal agreement required to restrict any additional dwellings associated with the pet hotel. 13/00133/PPP: If minded to grant needs to be referred to Scottish Ministers who have objected in relation to the Antonine Wall World heritage Site. 4 Application No: Proposed Development: 11/00531/FUL Ground Re-profiling, Extension of Car Park & Erection of 2.5 Metre High Fence Site Address: Greenside Depot Biggar Road Newarthill Motherwell MLI 5SS Date Registered: 29th June 201 1 Applicant: Agent: Alona Properties Limited John McLaughlin Biggar Road Mining And Planning Newarthill 13 Mary Street MLl 5SS Hamilton ML3 6PX Application Level: Contrary to Development Plan: Local Application Yes Ward: Representations: 01 5 Mossend And Holytown No letters of representation received. David Baird, James Coyle, Frank McNally, Recommendation: Refuse Reasoned Justification: The proposed development is contrary to Policies NBE 3A, Policy NBEI 6, and DSP 4 of the North Lanarkshire Local Plan, Supplementary Planning Guidance 07 (Green Belt), 09 (Flooding & Drainage) and 20 (Biodiversity & Development), as the proposals would have an unacceptable impact on the character and appearance of the Green Belt. The applicant has also failed to demonstrate whether any potential exists for risk to Protected Species and flooding and if applicable, means for their mitigation, and the means to treat surface water. 5 Planning Application 111011531IF UL Produced by Reptodud by permission Alona Properties Limited d the Ovchance Suwey on Planning and Development behaifofHMSO. @Crown Greenside Depot, Biggar Road, Newarthill, E nviron menta I Se N ices Copyngtt and database tie Motherwell, MLI 5SS North Lanarkshire Council aW9. All rights resrw d. Gmund Repmfiling, Extension of Car Park Fleming House Ordnance Suwey 8 Erection of2.5 Metre High Fence 2 Tryst Road Liceme number 100023396. Cumbernsuld , G67 IJW v Recommendation: Refuse for the Following Reasons:- 1. By virtue of the nature, scale and location, the proposed development represents an unacceptable incursion into the Green Belt that would adversely affect its natural landscape character and appearance and is therefore contrary to the terms of policy NBE 3A (Assessing Development in the Green Belt), and DSP4 (Quality of Development) in the Adopted North Lanarkshire Local Plan (2012), and to Supplementary Planning Guidance 07 (Assessing Development in the Green Belt). 2. The proposed development is contrary to SPG 09 (Flooding & Drainage) in that the applicant has failed to demonstrate whether any potential exists for flood risk and if applicable, means for mitigation and the means to treat surface water. 3. The proposed development is contrary to Policy NBE1 6 and SPG 20 (Biodiversity & Development) in that the applicant has failed to demonstrate whether any potential exists for risk to European Protected Species and if applicable, means for their protection or suitable mitigation. Note to Committee Should committee be minded to grant the proposals, it should be noted that under the terms of the Notification of Applications Direction 2009, the decision would require to be deferred to the Scottish Ministers in light of the standing objection from SEPA. 7 Backaround PaDers: Representation Letters None received. Consultation Responses: Memo from Transportation received 22ndJulx 201 1 Memo from Protective Services received 12' July 201 1 Memos from Greenspace received lgthJuly 201 1,21" September 2012 & IdhMarch 2013 Letter from SEPA received 16IhAugust 201 1 Contact Information: Any person wishing to inspect these documents should contact Mrs Joanne Delaney at 01236 632647. Report Date: 28th March 2013 8 APPLICATION NO. 11/00531/FUL REPORT 1. Site Description 1.1 The site is located within an area of open countryside off Biggar Road which connects Newarthill with Newhouse. The site lies directly adjacent to the south of the applicant’s plant & tool hire business and stretches to the limit of the Legbrannock Burn. The site slopes gently downward from north to south and currently comprises rough scrubland with perimeter hedgerows and sporadic trees/bushes. The site is entirely surrounded by open fields, although the Co-op distribution unit and housing at Newhouse are visible in the distance on the brow of the hill. 2. Proposed Development 2.1 Consent is sought to level the majority of the site on a gentle 2.5% gradient to enable connection with the existing yard to provide additional car and plant parking areas. A 2.5 metres high fence is proposed to enclose this area. A wedge of land approximately 14 metres wide along the south and western edges will not be developed for parking but will be re-profiled to a steeper slope to address the 5 metres level difference in this area resulting from the extent of the proposed parking levelling works. 3. Applicant’s Supportina Information 3.1 The agent advised that the company is required to expand the service and repair of the hired machines. To achieve this, it is required to have a larger area for parking of plant prior to, and after servicing and repair of the machines. It is not possible to develop the land to the north as this falls within different ownership. The applicant contends that the development will not adversely affect the landscape at this location as other industrial units exist, and the proposals would be of benefit in bringing an area of ground into productive use. 4. Site Historv 4.1 No previous planning history exists for the application site. The site of the existing plant and tool hire business previously operated as a bus depot for MacPhails’ coaches from approximately 1949 until 2005 when it became a mechanical engineering and plant hire depot. Previous planning consents have been granted on the existing depot site for: 05/01 174/FUL - Erection of Workshop & Office Accommodation with Ancillary Parking for Storage Depot, granted 14‘h December 2005. 09/00232/FUL - Erection of Two Galvanised Metal Storage Buildings (Retrospective), granted 8thJuly 2009. 5. Development Plan 5.1 The site is zoned as NBE 3A,(Green Belt) in the Adopted North Lanarkshire Local Plan (2012). 9 6. 6.1 Transportation raised no concerns subject to existing visibility splays being maintained and adequate turning being provided within the site. 6.2 Protective Services raised no concerns and made advisory comments relating to any contamination that may be encountered during development. 6.3 Greenspace request that protected species reports be submitted with respect to water voles and otters. They also requested retention and improvement to the boundary hedgerow to the south and west, in order to retain the rural character of the landscape around the site. 6.4 SEPA objects to the development on the grounds that insufficient information has been submitted with respect to surface water drainage for the site.