COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE

Minute of Meeting held in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Tuesday 19 June 2001 at 9.00am

PRESENT	Mr Donald Maclean (Chairman)
	Mr Archie K Campbell (Vice-Chairman)
	Mr Malcolm J Macleod	Mr James L McArthur
	Mr Alexander A MacDonald	Mrs Mary Bremner
	Mr Roderick J Murray	Mr Ronald J Mackinnon
	Mr Donald Macdonald	Mr Donald Manford

		PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Manufacturing Concrete Products and Builders Yard at 20 Claypark Road, Garrabost DS21.01	101*	Members of the Committee were afforded an opportunity to visit the site at 20 Claypark Road, Garrabost, Point, Isle of Lewis, prior to the meeting. With reference to item 88 of the Minute of Meeting of 30 May 2001 the Acting Director of Environmental Services submitted a Report concerning an application for change of use from builders yard to manufacturing concrete products and builders yard at 20 Claypark Road, Garrabost, Point, Isle of Lewis. The Report gave background information, commented on the application and indicated that representations had been received. It was recommended in the Report that the application for change of use from builders yard to manufacturing concrete products and builders yards at 20 Claypark Road, Garrabost, Point, Isle of Lewis be refused for the following reasons: (1) the Comhairle, as planning authority, considers that, by virtue of the noise, dust and disturbance likely to arise from the proposed development and given the lack of adequate on-site vehicle parking and manoeuvring space, the proposed development would not comply with detailed development control policies in the finalised Broadbay Local Plan and was therefore contrary to policies EC5 and DC1 of the Local Plan; and (2) the Comhairle, as planning authority, considers that the development would potentially give rise to an unacceptable adverse impact on the built and natural environment which would out weigh the benefits from the development and would therefore be contrary to policy ENV1 of the finalised Broadbay Local Plan. It was agreed to recommend that the Director for Sustainable Communities be authorised to grant planning permission for the change of use from builders yard to manufacturing concrete products and builders yard at 20 Claypark Road, Garrabost, Point, Isle of Lewis, subject to planning conditions to be determined by the Director for Sustainable Communities.