Hard landscaping and outdoor seating at 3 Kirk Road, Bearsden

Summary of planning committee decision

Decided by East Dunbartonshire Planning Board on 31 Mar 2026.

TP/ED/25/0456Approved

What was proposed

The application sought hard landscaping, a storage container, acoustic fencing and gate, and partly retrospective outdoor seating on hardstanding.

“SUBJECT TITLE: HARD LANDSCAPING, STORAGE CONTAINER, ACOUSTIC FENCE AND GATE, AND PART USE OF HARDSTANDING AS SEATING AREA (PART RETROSPECTIVE) AT 3 KIRK ROAD, BEARSDEN”

Officer report

The site and visit

The application concerned 3 Kirk Road, Bearsden, and the Board visited the site before considering it.

“TP/ED/25/0456 – Hard Landscaping, Storage Container, Acoustic Fence and Gate and Part Use of Hardstanding as Seating Area (Part Retrospective) at 3 Kirk Road, Bearsden, G61 3RG This Application had been the subject of a Site Visit earlier today. M. Lanigan, Planner, provided the Board with further detail in respect of the Application, and was heard in response to Members’ questions on various aspects of the Report, such as:- the noise impact assessment;”

Minutes

Earlier applications and enforcement

Members discussed previous applications, previously refused applications and the difficulty of enforcing possible future breaches.

“Councillor Reid was heard in relation to the terms of his amendment, and he referred to the potential for noise and vertical drinking which he felt could impact on local neighbours. He also referred to the previously refused applications and the difficulty with enforcement, should it be required.”

Minutes

The officer recommendation

Officers recommended granting the application subject to conditions in the Development Quality Report.

“It is recommended that the Planning Board:”

“Grants the Application subject to the conditions contained within the Development Quality Report (Appendix 1).”

Officer report

The final decision

The Board granted the application with the report’s conditions and an additional condition keeping patio-facing windows as windows rather than doorways.

“Following consideration, Councillor McNally, seconded by Councillor Gibbons, moved the Recommendations contained within the Report to grant the Application, subject to the conditions contained within the Report and the inclusion of a further condition in respect of the windows that faced onto the patio area remaining as windows and not being converted into a doorway.”

Minutes

Sources

  • East Dunbartonshire Planning Board minutes, 31 March 2026
  • Agenda and papers (council website)

Source: Plota analysis of East Dunbartonshire's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.

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At the meeting

Date
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Recommendation
Officers recommended approval
Committee decided
Approved
Minutes
The council's minutes
Meeting
Agenda and papers (council website)

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