Agenda item

The Committee had before it a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development which recommended:-

That the Committee approve the application in respect of the erection of a helicopter hangar at Aberdeen Airport Sports and Social Club, Farburn Terrace, Dyce, subject to the following conditions:-

(1) that the development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the car parking areas hereby granted planning permission have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with drawing No. B219 004 Rev B of the plans hereby approved or such other drawing as may subsequently be submitted and approved in writing by the planning authority. Such areas shall not thereafter be used for any other purpose other than the purpose of the parking of cars ancillary to the development and use thereby granted approval - in the interests of public safety and the free flow of traffic; (2) that the development hereby granted planning permission shall not be occupied unless all drainage works detailed on Plan No B9917 100, or such other plan as may subsequently be approved in writing by the planning authority for the purpose, have been installed in complete accordance with the said plan - in order to safeguard water qualities in adjacent watercourses and to ensure that the proposed development can be adequately drained; (3) that development shall not commence until a bird hazard management plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  The submitted plan shall include details of any flat/shallow pitched/green roofs which may be attractive to nesting, roosting and "loafing" birds.  The management plan shall comply with the Advice Note 8 'Potential Bird Hazards from Building Design'.  The Bird Hazard Management Plan shall be implemented, as approved, on completion of the development and shall remain in force for the life of the buildings.  No subsequent alterations to the plan are to take place unless first submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority - it is necessary to manage the site in order to minimise its attractiveness to birds which could endanger the safe movement of aircraft and the operation of Aberdeen Airport; (4) that no development shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing a detailed Green Transport Plan, which outlines sustainable measures to deter the use of the private car, in particular single occupant trips and provides detailed monitoring arrangements, modal split targets and associated penalties for not meeting targets - in order to encourage more sustainable forms of travel to the development; (5) that the maximum development height shall be 70.183m AOD.  In the event that during construction, cranage or scaffolding is required, then their use must be subject to separate consultation with Aberdeen International Airport (AIA).  The applicant should ensure that the requirements of the British Standard Code of Practice for the safe use of cranes is adhered to, and for crane operators to consult the aerodrome before erecting a crane in close proximity to an aerodrome - in the interests of the safe movement of aircraft and the operation of Aberdeen Airport; and (6) that no development shall take place unless a scheme for proposed external lighting has been submitted to and approved in writing.  Thereafter the agreed scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the details as so agreed - in order to ensure safe movement of aircraft and the operation of Aberdeen Airport.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application, subject to the conditions set out in the report.