Agenda item

Planning Reference – 231371

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Planning Officer:  Lucy Greene

Willingness to approve conditionally, subject to referral to the Scottish Ministers due to SEPA objection, with conditions 20 and 22 amended to read:-

20       Mitigations

That no development shall take place to any individual plot within St Fittick’s / Zone A unless there has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority by way of a matters specified in conditions application, details of the proposed mitigations for that development plot. (It is expected that all the listed mitigations, or similar as agreed based on the approved drawings, would be implemented for development of Zone A and they are split proportionately between the plots within the zone.). Mitigation works shall be carried out in accordance with the timing agreed in condition 4 (Phasing) above.

Details shall include a description of community consultation that has taken place on the proposed mitigations, a statement of the impact on public health based on the Population Health Chapter of the EIA report, and location, layout and elevational plans as required, details of materials, planting, seed mixes and maintenance of landscaped spaces.

a)    Improvements to existing green and brownfield open spaces within Torry /Balnagask; as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

b)    St Fittick’s Church interpretation and repair works - details to include Conservation Management Plan and plans of interpretation board(s); as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

c)    Path network enhancements and wayfinding features in St Fittick’s Park inside and outside the site – details to include schedule of works to the paths  as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

d)    Improving water quality in East Tullos Burn – details to be agreed through condition 8 as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

e)    Tullos Wood – access and pathway improvements, including more direct and legible entrance(s) and landscaping; as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

f)      Enhancing play and recreational equipment and areas, based on the list of off-site mitigation and compensation on the ‘Illustrative Play and Recreation Masterplan Visualisation – Zone A Oct 2024 2391330’ which includes enhancement / extension to the existing skate park and provision of ‘pump’ track – details to include specifications and layout plans.

g)    Enhancing habitats with pollinator planting and management for biodiversity; as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

h)    Replacement sports pitch at Tullos Primary School playing fields and enhancing recreational and leisure provision to complement the existing Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA); as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

i)      Enhancement to coastal path connections leading northwards to Torry Battery and south via Gregness as indicatively shown on Illustrative Masterplan Visualisation Oct 2024-2391329

Reason: To provide mitigation for loss of greenspace, recreational facilities, paths and path space; in accordance with Policies NE2 and NE3 in the LDP 2023 and the ETZ Masterplan.

22  Protective Fencing during construction

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a site protection plan for historic environment features has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority by way of a matters specified in conditions application. Site protection measures shall be shown on a layout plan accompanied by descriptive text and shall include:

a) The location of the historic environment features to be protected during construction works; and

b) The position and details of the warning signs and protective fencing to be erected.

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless the site protection measures have been implemented in full in accordance with the approved details. All protective fencing and warning signs shall be retained during the construction period in accordance with the approved details and no works shall take place at any time within the protected areas.

Reason: In the interests of protecting known features of the historic environment.