A consultation is now underway on the Proposed Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Plan. The Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority agreed the Proposed Plan on 24th August. The Proposed Strategic Development Plan covers a number of key issues which will help to shape the Aberdeen City Region over the coming years. […]

Aa its meeting on 22nd March the Planning Committee gave planning permission to convert the former Morrisons’ store at the Seafield shops into a coffee shop. The approval of the planning application is subject to a number of conditions. You can read the report prepared by the council’s planners about this planning application here.

I have been asked by residents what the current status is of the planning application to build a care home on the empty site at the junction of Abergeldie Road and Holburn Street. I have checked with the council’s planning staff and, because there were only a small number of objections, the decision about whether […]

I have been contacted by a number of residents over the last few weeks asking what is happening at the Mannofield shops and why some of the shops are closing. Some people also asked whether there were any plans to replace the shops with flats. The renewal of leases for the shops is obviously a […]

Dandara Limited is holding a public consultation on their proposal to build 100-250 homes at ‘Hazlewood zone F’, the area of land on the north side of Countesswells Road opposite the Robert Gordon’s College playing fields, on Wednesday 22nd June. The proposal includes a retirement village. The consultation event is taking place between 3pm and […]

I was recently contacted by a number of residents concerned that several trees had been cut down on the west side of Craigielea Avenue. As Craigielea Avenue is part of a conservation area where landowners are supposed to contact the council before carrying out any work to trees, I raised the issue with council staff. I […]

Council staff have now spoken with  the owners of the Craigielea Gardens sheltered housing complex and told them that – because they are in a conservation area – they should not have cut down the trees facing Craigielea Avenue without first telling the council. The owners of Craigielea Gardens, Castlehill Housing Association, are taking action to “ensure no […]

Aberdeen City Council has just published the list of planning applications submitted over the last week. These include proposals to install digital advertising displays on two local bus shelters – one on Great Western Road and the other on Holburn Street. You can view information about all the planning applications submitted here.

Every Monday Aberdeen City Council publishes information on the planning applications submitted to it over the previous week. You can view a list of these planning applications here.

The Marischal Square development opposite Marichal College is a huge missed opportunity for Aberdeen. Like many other Aberdeen residents I was and remain very unhappy that this development was given approval. I believe that Aberdeen deserved much better on this key site in our city centre.  On 1st May 2013 my Liberal Democrat colleagues and […]