Saturday 27 February 2010

Appearance at Appeal Inquiry

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THE INQUIRY in relation to THE APPEAL BY DEVERON HIGHLAND LTD AGAINST REFUSAL BY THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL OF 07-00188-OUTNA - DEVELOPMENT OF 550 HOUSES, BUSINESS PARK-TOURIST FACILITY, COMMUNITY USES, OPEN SPACE-RECREATION, AMENITY TREE PLANTING SANDOWN LANDS, NAIRN

Inquiry start date: 02 March 2010


Well the nerves are beginning to set in as APTSEC makes final preparations to give evidence at the above.

For those who have not seen much of me of late, perhaps a trip to this web page might give a hint as to my absence, with time spent reading what seems like an endless stream of paperwork and then adding to it by sourcing, copying and sending documentation as evidence APTSEC's Precognition . The views of all parties are presented in these web pages - Highland Council, Appellants, Local Community Councils and objectors. The Nairn Residents Concern Group NRCG, presented their 'Statement of Case' at the end of last year, and they have been working tirelessly.

The APTSEC precognition is here

No doubt the local press will keep us up-to-date as details of the Inquiry unfold and each main party states their case.

NRCG drew APTSEC's attention this morning to the following mail from the Reporters - click here

The proposed plan will soon be upon us!






The development plans team are considering the comments on the Main Issues Report as part of the preparation of the Highland wide Local Development Plan - Proposed Plan. Timescales for publication of this will be set out at the Planning, Environment and Development Committee meeting on 17th March 2009.

It would be nice if this information could be made public. I found it in response to a comment made on the Inverness City Vision blog.

P and J reports planning and home issues

House building in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in more than 20 years
VETERAN Highland councillors have been disturbed by the high number of successful planning appeals to the Scottish Government.House building in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in more than 20 years

A chance to view?

HIGHLAND councillors will be asked next week to agree to extend the authority’s use of webcasting to include all formal meetings at their Glenurquhart Road headquarters in Inverness once a test run ends in June.

Supermarket woes

HIGHLAND Council’s continuing deliberations on how best to invest a £250,000 contribution from Sainsbury’s towards Nairn’s town-centre regeneration programme are delaying construction of the supermarket, approved for a site on the east side of the resort.

Responses to the Highland wide Local Development Plan Main Issues Report

Over recent weeks the Development Plans Team has been looking through the responses to the Highland wide Local Development Plan - Main Issues Report, summarising the key points.

To visit the page that they state they will be 'populating' please click here

There are some interesting pieces from SEPA and the Scottish Government.