Midday and not long back home after dashing out and I decided to have a quick look at the web cast of the PED meeting to see how far the Agenda had progressed.
The meeting was covering what seemed to be the end of Agenda Item 3
3. Notice of Amendment
(Planning) - Planning Application (09/00038/OUTIN)
Tornagrain New Town
(to review the decision on the planning application)
What Happened next?
A motion to uphold the previous decision of the South Planning Committee was proposed by Cllr Gray
An amendment was proposed by Cllr Crawford - essentially to delay permission until more details sorted out (had missed all prior discussion so hope this is correct take on amendment that was written out)
The Clerk explained the voting process, Press 1 for motion, 2 for amendment, 3 to abstain...
The votes were cast and the vote then closed at 12.23
The Clerk confirmed that the correct number of votes had been cast
The web cast was paused at 12.23 and has just returned at 12.36 with the words from the chair, possibly to the effect(only heard the words once and very suddenly as the web cast sprang back into life)
"...yes we are quorate so we don't need to worry about that..."(?)
The meeting then moved on to item 4, with an apology to the guest speaker for item 4
No doubt we will have to wait until something appears on line or in the press
The Inverness Courier has a page set up here
I expect that there will be a press release on the Highland Council home page here
Today's meeting web cast will be archived and then appear back in 24 hours or so on the page here
Update
12.51 And the BBC has the Scoop here
Extract from BBC on line
No doubt we will have to wait until something appears on line or in the press
The Inverness Courier has a page set up here
I expect that there will be a press release on the Highland Council home page here
Today's meeting web cast will be archived and then appear back in 24 hours or so on the page here
Update
12.51 And the BBC has the Scoop here
Extract from BBC on line
Highland councillors vote 17-3 in favour of Tornagrain
A Highland Council committee has voted in favour of plans for a new town that caused a row at an earlier meeting.
Last month, Highland Council's south planning applications committee approved the 4,960-home proposal without the matter going to a vote.
Officers told councillors that there were no sound legal grounds to oppose the plan for Tornagrain, near Nairn.
The planning, environment and development committee voted 17 to three in favour of the project.
The project has already been approved in the Highland-wide development plan.
