240927DraftPlanningMinutes

Draft Minutes of Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Meet­ing Held 27 Septem­ber 2024

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Present Chris Beat­tie (Con­vener) Sandy Brem­ner Dr Peter Cos­grove Dr Han­nah Grist John Kirk Xan­der McDade Steve Mickle­wright Ann Ross

Elean­or Mack­in­tosh (Deputy Con­vener) Geva Black­ett Paul Gibb Rus­sell Jones Bill Lob­ban Dr Fiona McLean Duncan Miller Derek Ross

Apo­lo­gies Jack­ie Brier­ton Lauren MacCallum

Kenny Deans

In Attend­ance Gav­in Miles, Dir­ect­or of Plan­ning and Place Dav­id Berry, Head of Plan­ning and Chief Plan­ning Officer Emma Bryce, Plan­ning Man­ager, Devel­op­ment Man­ager Emma Green­lees, Plan­ning Sup­port Officer Kar­en John­stone, Clerk to the Board

Agenda Item 1 and 2

Wel­come and Apologies

1. The Plan­ning Con­vener wel­comed all present, not­ing that Dav­id Berry, the new Head of Plan­ning and Chief Plan­ning Officer was in attend­ance too. The Plan­ning Con­vener thanked Xan­der McDade for his time and ser­vice on the Park Author­ity Board not­ing this would be his last meet­ing as a member.

2. Apo­lo­gies were noted.

Agenda Item 3

Declar­a­tions of Interest

1. There were no declar­a­tions of interest

Agenda Item 4

Minutes of pre­vi­ous meet­ing and mat­ters arising

1. The minutes of the pre­vi­ous meet­ing on 09 August 2024 held at Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity, Grant­own on Spey and Hybrid were approved with no amendments.
2. Mat­ters Arising: a) There were no mat­ters arising

Agenda Item 5

1. Pre-Applic­a­tion Con­sulta­tion 2024/0205/PAC (ECU00005150) Rothes III Wind Farm
2. Emma Bryce, Plan­ning Man­ager, Devel­op­ment Man­ager presen­ted the paper to the committee.
3. The Com­mit­tee were invited to ask for clar­ity, and the fol­low­ing points were raised: a) None

John Kirk joined the meet­ing at 11.12am

1. The Com­mit­tee were invited to dis­cuss the report. The fol­low­ing points were raised: a) Dir­ect­or of Plan­ning and Place noted that John Kirk had just joined the meet­ing fol­low­ing the present­a­tion so would not be able to take part in the dis­cus­sion. b) A board mem­ber noted that this is only a minor adjust­ment to the work already con­sen­ted, there­fore no reas­on to object.

2. The Com­mit­tee agreed the Officer’s recom­mend­a­tion of no objection.

3. Action Points arising: None

Agenda Item 6 AOCB

1. There were no items presented.

2. Motion to take next items in con­fid­en­tial session.

3. The pub­lic part of the meet­ing closed at 11.13am.

4. Date of the next meet­ing is 08 Novem­ber 2024