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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Jan Brown, Audrey Forrest, Kieron Green, Amanda Hampsey, Daniel Hampsey, Mark Irvine, Andrew Kain, Paul Kennedy, Liz McCabe and Dougie Philand. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982, THE CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982 (LICENSING OF SHORT-TERM LETS) ORDER 2022 (A HALO, KIRN, DUNOON) Report by Regulatory Services and Building Standards Manager Minutes: The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.Ìý In line with recent legislation for Civic
Government Hearings, the parties (and any representatives) were given the
options for participating in the meeting today.Ìý
The options available were by video call, by audio call or by written
submission.Ìý For this hearing the
Applicant opted to proceed by way of video call and Mrs Halo and her Agent, Ms
Peet joined the meeting by MS Teams. The Objector had advised that he did not wish to attend the hearing. The Chair invited the Licensing Standards Officer to speak to the terms
of the report. Thereafter the procedure set out in Appendix 6 of the report was
followed and the Chair invited the Applicant to speak in support of her
application. APPLICANT Ms Peet spoke on behalf of the Applicant.Ìý She advised that it was their understanding
that using a car to access the property would be ruled out.Ìý She pointed out that there were other bed and
breakfast establishments in place which stated that there was no parking
available which did not necessarily rule out visitors staying.Ìý She advised that Mrs Halo’s property was
close to the ferry and that there were also bus services at the bottom on the
hill on Marine Parade and that the property was close enough for visitors to
walk into town and walk to and from the ferry.Ìý
She said that Dunoon was a high profile tourist destination with a big
emphasis on outdoor pursuits.Ìý She
advised that Mrs Halo proposed promoting the area as a place to visit for
outdoor pursuits such as cycling, wild water swimming and walking.Ìý She advised that people could come by ferry
with their bicycles and arrive at the property that way.Ìý She advised that Mrs Halo also proposed a
minimum stay so there were less people coming every week. She advised that there may be room to allow this licence with these
plans in place which would bypass the issue of traffic.Ìý Recognising that it would be difficult to
police, she also suggested the installation of CCTV to monitor traffic coming
up and down the lane.Ìý Ms Peet advised that Mrs Halo had been all around the town taking
photographs of where cars had to come out of the same sort of junctions and it
had been noted that this happened quite a lot around the town and as far as
they were aware there have been no accidents.Ìý
She asked the Committee to consider granting the application on
condition that the property not be accessed by car and for Mrs Halo to make it
clear on her website that parking was not available.Ìý It could also be pointed out that there was
plenty of parking available on Marine Parade and Alexandra Parade so that those
who were physically fit could walk to the property in order to minimise traffic
on the narrow lane. MEMBERS’ QUESTIONS Councillor Howard asked how many residents
had cars that used the lane on a regular basis.Ìý
Ms Peet advised that there were 6 or 7 residents but not all used
cars.Ìý The property at the bottom of the
lane did not use the lane as access to their property was straight off the main
road.Ìý She said there were 4 properties
accessed by car via the lane. Councillor Howard sought and received
confirmation from Ms Peet that the property could be accessed from the top road
via a footpath.Ìý Ms Peet said she
regularly used that footpath rather than walk up from Marine Parade. Councillor Howard sought and received
confirmation from Ms Peet that there was a road and parking at the top of this
footpath. Councillor Wallace sought and received
confirmation from Ms Peet that this was a public road with no restrictions and
that it was used by local bus services. Councillor Wallace sought and received
confirmation from Ms Peet that the property was approximately 120 metres from
parking at Marine Parade and Alexandra Parade.Ìý
It was noted that access from the top road down the foot path would be
shorter.Ìý Mrs Halo presented a map on
screen to show the location of the property, the access road and the footpath
down from George Street. Councillor Howard asked if there were any
statistics of accidents in addition to the one mentioned by the Objector in the
paperwork before the Committee.Ìý Ms Peet
advised that she was not aware of any accidents in the 3.5 years she has lived
here, with the exception of the accident mentioned in the objection.Ìý She advised that she frequently turned left
and sometimes right to access the lane and has had no issues.Ìý She said that from personal experience she
has had no issues and that as long as you positioned yourself on the road and
signalled, people would wait.Ìý She said
she had not experienced anyone undertaking her. Councillor Blair sought and received
confirmation from Ms Peet that the speed limit on Marine Parade and Alexandra
Parade was 30 mph. Councillor Wallace sought and received
confirmation from Ms Peet that Mrs Halo did not own the access lane but had
shared right of access. Councillor Blair commented that he was aware
that there was a lot of parking available on Marine Parade.Ìý He asked the Applicant if any thought had
been given to installing lighting on the access road to assist people walking
up and down.Ìý Ms Peet advised that Mrs
Halo’s husband was an electrician and would happy to install some sort of
lighting if this was deemed necessary.Ìý Councillor Blair asked if other lane users
would have any difficulty with lighting being installed.Ìý Ms Halo advised that the other residents had
been approached about this and while they did not think it would be necessary,
they would not have any issue with lighting being installed. Councillor Howard asked if there was a pavement at the bottom of the lane beside the main road, as it did not look like there was from the aerial view ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |