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Members can view all representations in relation to the application by clicking on the link below and entering the planning reference number 231371.

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Planning Officer:  Lucy Greene

The Committee conducted a site visit prior to the hearing.  The Committee was addressed at the site by Ms Lucy Greene, Senior Planner, who summarised the proposal for the overall site.

The Convener explained that the Committee would return to the Town House to commence the hearing.

At the start of the hearing, the Committee heard from the Convener who began by welcoming those present at the hybrid Pre-Determination Hearing and providing information on the running order.  The Convener explained that the site under review at the hearing was for the proposed business/ industrial development (class 4/5/6), road infrastructure, active travel connections, landscaping and environmental works including drainage and other infrastructure at land at Coast Road, St Fittick’s Park/ Gregness Headland/ Doonies Farm Aberdeen, planning reference 231371.  The Convener explained that the first person to address the hearing would be Ms Lucy Greene, Senior Planner and asked that speakers adhere to their allocated time in order for the hearing to run smoothly and in a timely manner.

The Committee then heard from Ms Lucy Greene, who addressed the Committee in the following terms. 

Ms Greene advised that the application was for Planning Permission in Principle and as such further applications would be required for Matters Specified in Conditions prior to any commencement of development.  If approved, development would consist of the erection of buildings, and laying of external hard surfaced yard areas in business, office, industrial and or storage and distribution use and this would include creating level areas and buildings of relatively large footprint.  Ms Greene indicated that the site plan showed the three areas that were the subject of the application. 

Ms Greene advised that the application proposal included the following: 

At St Fittick’s (Zone A) indicative plans showed development platforms of overall size 73,000m2 (7.3ha) to the north and south of the East Tullos Burn which provided indicative 13,600 m2 gross floor area (GFA) in three buildings (the largest being a 10,000m2 unit to the west of the Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). Indicative building heights, which were used as the basis for a series of photomontage viewpoints, were 12m for the two smaller units to the north of the burn and 15m for the larger unit adjacent to the WWTW. These were indicatively envisaged as single storey industrial type units.

This would involve removal of:

·       An area of woodland to the west and north of the WWTW; 

·       A grassed recreational area to the west of the WWTW;

·       The East Tullos Burn would be realigned along the stretch to the north of the WWTW;

·       The Coast Road would be realigned into the area to the north of the burn, and would sweep west and then north, close to the south side of St Fittick’s Church and through the area currently used as a laydown area for the South Harbour, which was part of St Fittick’s Park.  The northern development site would be created to the north east of the realigned road, i.e. alongside the harbour.

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Members can view all representations in relation to the application by clicking on the link below and entering the planning reference number 230414.

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Planning Officer:  Lucy Greene

The Committee conducted a site visit prior to the hearing.  The Committee was addressed at the site by Ms Lucy Greene, Senior Planner, who summarised the proposal for the overall site.

The Convener explained that the Committee would return to the Town House to commence the hearing.

At the start of the hearing, the Committee heard from the Convener who began by welcoming those present at the hybrid Pre-Determination Hearing and providing information on the running order.  The Convener explained that the site under review at the hearing was for the erection of a mixed use restaurant (class 3) and takeaway (sui-generis) with car parking, landscaping, play frame and associated works including demolition at Rosehill House, 202 Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen, planning reference 230414.  The Convener explained that the first person to address the hearing would be Ms Lucy Greene, Senior Planner and asked that speakers adhere to their allocated time in order for the hearing to run smoothly and in a timely manner.

The Committee then heard from Ms Lucy Greene, who addressed the Committee in the following terms. 

Ms Greene explained that the proposed planning application was for Detailed Planning Permission for the erection of a mixed use restaurant (class 3) and takeaway (sui-generis) with car parking, landscaping, play frame and associated works including demolition.

The site lay on the junction of Ashgrove Road West and Anderson Drive adjacent to the former SSE Headquarters and close to the NHS Foresterhill site and Aberdeenshire Council’s Woodhill House lying to the south east and south respectively. Immediately to the north was a telephone exchange building and the site was roughly square shaped of approximately 0.54ha in size and occupied by a vacant former social care day centre building of one and two storeys, as well as a large number of mature trees. The building had a narrow, roughly ‘U’ shaped footprint and a small off-street car park lay within the northern area of the site. The building was most recently used as a temporary covid testing centre during 2021.

In terms of the proposal, Ms Greene indicated that the application proposal was for a single detached building to be used as restaurant and takeaway with click and collect service. This would be sited at the northern part of the site with car parking and internal road network proposed to the south. The building would provide a single storey of floorspace, with solar panels and plant accommodated on the roof and concealed behind extended elevations, resulting in a ‘stepped’ elevational appearance. A ‘corral’ area would be formed by an enclosure on the west side of the building. Externally there would also be ancillary structures including a playframe, patio with outdoor tables to the south and east of the building, fencing and lighting to the outdoor seating area and a cycle store to the front.

The restaurant would provide seating for seventy-six people, dining area of 78m2, within an overall floorspace of approximately 377m2. The ‘corral’ included areas for deliveries and also  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2