Appeal bid after holiday park rejection

PKC’s own policies at heart of matter

An agent acting for a company director who wants to create an “eco camp” near Moneydie has asked the Scottish Government to overrule a council committee’s decision to deny him planning permission.

In a letter to the government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) Craig Miles claims the committee’s decision to withhold its consent for the proposed holiday park north east of Kinvaid Farm went against the local authority’s own policies.

Its planning and development management committee unanimously refused to grant consent for the park back in January after interim development quality manager, Anne Condliffe, admitted a key claim in her report of handling recommending the application be is assigned to consider his client’s appeal ought to respect the “professional judgement” of Ms Condliffe and approve the application as she had originally recommended.

“It is evident that the planning and development management committee have failed to properly consider the merits of the proposals in the context of their own policies,” Mr Miles letter, written on behalf of the applicant, Eco Camp Scotland, says.

“The professional judgement of the council’s interim development quality manager was that planning permission should be granted and is detailed in the accompanying committee report.”

Mr Miles has sent the DPEA the exact same report as the one that was presented to the planning and development management committee in January containing Ms Condliffe’s false claim about the core path and the main access into the site.

The case has yet to be allocated to a reporter.