PLANS for alterations and an extension at a Craobh Haven property have been approved by councillors despite 12 objections from the public.
The proposal by a Mrs Faulkes for 30 The Green, in the village on the Craignish Peninsula, also attracted three expressions of support to Argyll and Bute Council during the planning process.
Council officials recommended in advance of a meeting that planning permission should be granted, saying that the effects of the proposal would not cause harm to residential amenity.
Members of the council’s planning, protective services and licensing committee unanimously agreed to approve the application at the meeting on Tuesday, September 15.
A council officer said in a handling report: “There is no objection in principle to altering and extending an existing dwelling within the established settlement.
“The determining considerations are therefore whether the particular development proposed is acceptable in design, scale, character, mass and impacts on amenity.
“The application has attracted significant public opposition. The number and detail of representations are acknowledged.
“The planning authority has had regard to all representations received, including the detailed objections concerning daylight and sunlight, residential amenity, design, character, excavation, construction disturbance, use, renewable energy, boundaries and private rights. The concerns raised are understood, and where material, have been taken into account.
“Nevertheless, the planning system requires the application to be determined against the statutory development plan and other material considerations rather than according to the number of representations received.
“Having undertaken that assessment, officers conclude that the proposed alterations and extension are acceptable in terms of their principle, siting, scale, massing, design and relationship with the host dwelling and surrounding settlement.”
The report added: “While the development would result in a perceptible change in the relationship between number 30 and adjoining property, particularly number 28, the effects are not considered to reach a level which would constitute harm to residential amenity.”
