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Planning Reference – 250479

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Planning Officer:  Dineke Brasier

(i)             to note that Councillor Blake would email over her concerns in relation to the travel plan to the planning service as soon as possible; and

(ii)            to approve the application conditionally.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for Detailed Planning Permission for the erection of a secondary school community campus with associated external amenities, including landscaping, parking and sports pitches, including demolition of the existing school and associated buildings, at Hazlehead Academy, Groats Road Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

(01)    DURATION OF PERMISSION

The development to which this notice relates must be begun not later than the expiration of 3 years beginning with the date of this notice. If development has not begun at the expiration of the 3-year period, the planning permission lapses.

Reason - in accordance with section 58 (duration of planning permission) of the 1997 act.

(02)    MATERIALS

That no development pursuant to the academy school building shall take place unless a scheme and/or samples detailing all external finishing materials to the roof, walls and windows of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority and thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the details so agreed. This shall include clarification of colour of mortar and bonds used in the brickwork

Reason - In the interests of visual amenity.

(03)    BAT SURVEY

That a preliminary bat roost assessment and summer bat survey shall be undertaken during the survey season in 2026, and that the recommendations as set out in that bat survey shall be implemented in full prior to demolition of the three school buildings located along the southern site boundary.

Reason – To ensure the demolition of the three buildings with moderate bat roosting potential will have no adverse impact on the bat population in the surrounding area. 

(04)    BAT MITIGATION MEASURES

That a detailed scheme providing as a minimum eight bat boxes in the proximity of the three school buildings located in the southern part of the site or in the woodland immediately to the south of the application site shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall subsequently be installed during 2026.

Reason – To ensure that the demolition of the three buildings with moderate bat roosting potential will have no adverse impact on the bat population in the surrounding area.

(05)    BIODIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT MEASURES

That prior to occupation of the development hereby approved, biodiversity improvement measures as specified in section 4.4 of the Biodiversity Net Gain Feasibility Assessment by EnviroCentre, dated July 2025 shall be implemented in full and that photographic evidence of implementation of these measures have been provided to the Planning Authority.

Reason – To ensure an improvement to biodiversity across the site.

(06)    LANDSCAPING SCHEME (IMPLEMENTATION)

That all planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping as shown in the hereby approved drawing 8461-RYD-00-EX_00-D-L-001906/Rev02 shall be carried out in the first planting season following the completion of the development and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10