IS200A Business and Industrial Land : A

Development plan AFA 14/7 - Machrihanish Air Base Reporter: reference: Body or person(s) submitting a representation raising the issue (including reference number):

Mr Matthew Willis (01744) Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (01997) Highlands and Islands Enterprise (00047)

Provision of the development plan to which the issue relates: Planning authority’s summary of the representation(s): AFA 14/7 - Mr Matthew Willis (01744)

Supports the identification of the former RAF airbase at Machrihanish as an Area For Action (AFA 14/7)

AFA 14/7 - Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (01997)

Notes that the AFA 14/7 is covered by Civil Aviation Authority safeguarding policies relative to airport.

AFA 14/7 - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (00047)

Text on maps 5 and 6 in the LDP Proposals Maps covering Mid Argyll, and the Islands incorrectly states the site as “RAF Machrihanish”. The site has subsequently been sold and is now owned by a community company.

Modifications sought by those submitting representations: AFA 14/7 - Mr Matthew Willis (01744)

None.

AFA 14/7 - Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (01997)

Future development within the AFA 14/7 should involve consultation with Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.

AFA 14/7 - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (00047)

None stated.

Summary of responses (including reasons) by planning authority:

The location of the former RAF airbase and identified in the proposed LDP as an Area For Action (AFA 14/7). (Core Doc ref:xxx) Machrihanish airport is currently covered by a safeguarding zone and therefore any new development occurring within the AFA 14/7 (former airbase) would be subject to pre-existing consultation processes when planning applications within the AFA are submitted.

The reference to RAF Machrihanish on maps 5 and 6 in the Proposals Map folder is wording from the Ordnance Survey map base that was produced when Machrihanish was an RAF base and does not indicate the current ownership nor indeed the Council’s understanding of that ownership.

Reporter’s conclusions:

Reporter’s recommendations: