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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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