Issue - meetings

(i)        to note the terms of the Report;

(ii)       to note the Deeside Way is valued as a Core Path, National Cycle Route and a wildlife corridor designated as a Local Nature Conservation Site and as such the general public’s right to make use of it, primarily for walking and cycling both recreationally, and as a means of commuting to include disabled access and horse riding;

(iii)      to note paragraph 3.5 of the report confirms “There are no general rights of access for motorised vehicles over the Deeside Way”;

(iv)      to note Aberdeen City Council (Parks and Outdoor Areas) Management Rules number 4 as adopted by virtue of S112 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; and

(v)       to note 3.9 and 3.10 of the report which supports the fact that use is currently restricted, and therefore instructs the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord to restrict use on the Deeside Way to: (1) maintenance/refuse collection by the Council and its contractors, (2) access for statutory undertakers, utility companies and telecommunication companies (in emergency and non-emergency situations); (3) emergency services vehicles; and (4) any appropriate non-emergency services vehicles required to attend to matters of public safety or Health & Safety, and prohibit any other access by any other vehicle for any other purpose without consent from the City Growth and Resources Committee.

With reference to article 5 of the minute of the previous meeting of 26 September 2019, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which provided information regarding a Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Boulton relating to the restriction of future vehicular access to the Deeside Way.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee agree that there is no change required to the current position, whereby any temporary access required to the Deeside Way for all purposes, including construction vehicles to facilitate development, is strictly controlled under the Delegated Power granted to the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord, for the issuing of Licences of Temporary Occupancy, and that these current practices are considered to work effectively and provide robust control of vehicular access to the Deeside Way, without the need to further prohibit the majority of vehicles.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to note the terms of the report;

(ii)       to note that the Deeside Way is valued as a Core Path, National Cycle Route and a wildlife corridor designated as a Local Nature Conservation Site and as such the general public’s right to make use of it, primarily for walking and cycling both recreationally, and as a means of commuting to include disabled access and horse riding;

(iii)      to note that paragraph 3.5 of the report confirms “There are no general rights of access for motorised vehicles over the Deeside Way”;

(iv)      to note that Aberdeen City Council (Parks and Outdoor Areas) Management Rules number 4 as adopted by virtue of S112 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982; and

(v)       to note 3.9 and 3.10 of the report which supports the fact that use is currently restricted, and therefore instructs the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord to restrict use on the Deeside Way to: (1) maintenance/refuse collection by the Council and its contractors, (2) access for statutory undertakers, utility companies and telecommunication companies (in emergency and non-emergency situations); (3) emergency services vehicles; and (4) any appropriate non-emergency services vehicles required to attend to matters of public safety or Health & Safety, and prohibit any other access by any other vehicle for any other purpose without consent from the City Growth and Resources Committee.