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Planning Officer – Aoife Murphy

The Committee conducted a site visit prior to the hearing.  The Committee was addressed by Ms Aoife Murphy, 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 a residential development (circa 250 units) with associated infrastructure, open space, landscaping and community facilities at land At Tillyoch, Culter House Road, Peterculter.  The Convener explained that the first person to address the hearing would be Ms Aoife Murphy, 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 Aoife Murphy, who addressed the Committee in the following terms. 

Ms Murphy explained that the site was located to the north of Peterculter, extended to nearly 20 hectares and encompassed the existing Equestrian Centre and pet resort, grazing land and areas of ancient woodland to the south east and west, which were also covered by Tree Preservation Orders and noted to the south east was the Peterculter Local Nature Conservation Site.

Ms Murphy advised that the site was bound by Malcolm Road to the west, a minor road to the north, Culter House Road to the east, off which the existing access to the site was gained and to the south by Bucklerburn Road, a portion of which was also identified as Core Path 86, beyond which lay the residential area of Peterculter.

In terms of topography, Ms Murphy indicated that the site sat on the south, south western side of a slope and rose upwards from Malcolm Road towards the north of the site.  Malcolm Road sat at approximately 55m Above Ordnance Datum (AOD) and the centre of the site at approximately 95m AOD, equating to a level difference of 40m, with the very north of the site sitting at approximately 105m.

Ms Murphy explained that as the application was for planning permission in principle, no details of the final layout had been submitted for assessment.  The purpose of the application was to establish the principle of development with finalised details of layout and house types assessed at subsequent planning application stages, such as Matters Specified in Conditions.

Ms Murphy advised that the application constituted a major development as per the Development Management Regulations 2013 and as such the application required pre-application consultation, which was undertaken via a virtual means in September 2021. 

The application was also presented at the Pre Application Forum in September 2021.   Also in relation to the Environmental and Impact Regulations 2017, the proposal was screened by the Planning Service to establish the likely effects from the development on the environment and it was established that the application would  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.