This meeting was scheduled to include a discussion of a planning application for the former Harmony Hotel site on Alexandra Parade in Dunoon.

01/01878/DET - Former Harmony Hotel Site, Alexandra Parade, Dunoon

The meeting was scheduled to include consideration of a supplementary report on application 01/01878/DET, an application for the Erection of 24 Flats and Provision of Car Parking, Demolition of Offices and Modification & Relocation of Existing Car Parking .

The report, prepared by planning officer Dafydd Jones, explains that:

Further to the departments original report dated 24th December 2001 duly considered by Members on the 16th January 2002, it was resolved to grant planing permission subject to the conclusion of a section 75 agreement and planning conditions.

A Section 75 Agreement is an agreement between a developer and a planning authority in Scotland used to mitigate the impact of a development.

The report goes on to explain that the title search for the site revealed an existing right of access for the owners of the former Royal Bank premises on Argyll Street to parking spaces 53 and 54.

The applicant, DGM (Scotland) Ltd, submitted an amended plan showing a modified layout, with spaces 53 and 54 being relocated elsewhere within the site.

The report notes that:

Although the loss of space allocated for motor bikes is unfortunate this has to be balanced against the fact that there is no specific parking for motor bikes at present.

The report recommends that members agree to the amended plans.