We shared the news of multiple speculative drive-thru developments on land identified for high quality employment use last week. Having reviewed the multiple applications, we consider that residents should, if they wish, object to these precedent forming developments. These applications are the “thin-end of the wedge” and would not have been made had it not […]
On Friday 30th November a planning application was lodged with Aberdeenshire Council for a 24-hour Starbucks with drive through facility in the land at Arnhall at the entrance to Westhill . There is also an application for signage for a MacDonald‘s development on an adjacent site. These sites were zoned for high quality employment land […]
On the 28th November there was a public hearing into the application for the 3 eateries / drive-throughs adjacent to the vets on the A944. WAEPAL were represented and addressed the Aberdeen City Council Planning Committee. There were also representations made against the development by other members of the public, and Kingswells Community Council who […]
West Aberdeen Environmental Protection Association Limited was set up to protect the Green Belt and the Green Space Network across all areas west of Aberdeen. We provided feedback on the new Strategic Development Planning Authority (SDPA) for Aberdeen City and Shire in relation to the Main Issues report and have reviewed the Aberdeenshire bid proposals […]
WAEPAL has submitted a brief response to the main issues report for the next Strategic Development Plan for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. We’ve focused our response on the key issues affecting West Aberdeen: the A944 corridor and the significant impact of development on transport and congestion and the need for strategies to reduce this impact. […]
The Main Issues Report The current SDP for Aberdeen City and Shire was approved in March 2014 and both councils are in the process of reviewing this Plan to ensure it is kept up to date. The Main Issues Report is the first formal stage in the review process – it describes and invites discussion […]