Areas Safeguarded Or Identified As Areas of Search for Minerals Development

AREAS SAFEGUARDED OR IDENTIFIED AS AREAS OF SEARCH FOR MINERALS DEVELOPMENT

APRIL 2017 Supplementary Guidance

Areas safeguarded or identified as areas of search for minerals development

Policy PR1 of the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan identifies important mineral safeguarded sites, where other forms of development should not generally be allowed, and wider areas of search where mineral reserves should not be sterilised by inappropriate developments.

These are shown on the “Safeguarding Resources” proposals map of the Local Development Plan. That map is insufficiently detailed to allow the identification of specific boundaries and the following maps allow the boundaries of this area to be accurately defined. These boundaries reflect the local application of this policy area and do not impact on either the principle of the policy (which is established by Policy SR1), or the spatial strategy of the wider plan area.

These sites are shown on the proposals maps

Table 1 Areas of search for minerals (sand and gravel reserves)

Map Map Number Number Memsie West 1 Bo, Turriff 18 Memsie North 2 Tyrie 19 Newmill West 2 Castleton, Turriff 20 Catterline 3 Bracklamore, New Pitsligo 21 Roughilly, Portsoy 4 Aberchirder West 22 New Aberdour West 5 Tarwathie, Strichen 23 New Aberdour North 5 New Leeds 24 New Aberdour East 5 Brownhill, Fetterangus 25 Peathill 6 North Garmond 26 Fordyce Hill, Fordyce 7 Turriff West 27 Banff West 8 Turriff South 28 Auchlin, Turriff 9 Idoch, Cuminestown 29 Gaval, Fetterangus 10 Craigie, Ythanbank 30 Hatton West 11 Hill of Logie, Ellon 31 Hatton South 11 Old Crow Wood, Monymusk 32 Auchenblae East 12 Cairnie Woods, Garlogie 33 Auchenblae West 12 Criggie, Stonehaven 34 Hill of Kinnoir, Huntly 13 Gallow Hill, Fettercairn 35 Lumsden North 14 Ruthven 36 Kirkton of Durris 15 Rhynie 37 Auchlin 16 Woodhead, Alford 38 Cotton Hill, Fordyce 17 Tillydrine, Kincardine O’Neil 39

– 1 – MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP KEY 6 A98 5 1 4 8 A98 2 17 7 16

18 19 23 20 9 Moray 21 24 26 25 22 36 29 10 27 28 13 A952

11 30

31 37

A90 14

38 A90 32 A96

Aberdeen City

A90 A93 39 15

Cairngorms National Park

3 12

Angus

A92

0 5 10 20 KM (c) Crown Copyright. OS Licence No. 0100020767

– 2 – MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 1

Memsie West

0205 410 820 m

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Memsie North

Newmill West

0205 410 820 m

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Catterline

0205 410 820 m

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Roughilly, Portsoy

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 5

New Aberdour North

New Aberdour East

New Aberdour West

0225 450 900 m

– 6 – MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 6

Peathill

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 7

Fordyce Hill, Fordyce

0200 400 800 m

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Banff West

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 9

Auchlinn, Turriff

0200 400 800 m

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Gaval, Fetterangus

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 11

Hatton West

Hatton South

0200 400 800 m

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Auchenblae East

Auchenblae West

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 13

Hill of Kinnoir, Huntly

0200 400 800 m

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Lumsden North

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 15

Kirkton of Durris

0200 400 800 m

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Cotton Hill, Fordyce

Auchlin

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 18 MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 19

Tyrie

Bo, Turriff

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Castleton, Turriff

Bracklamore, New Pitsligo

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 22 MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 23

Tarwathie, Strichen

Aberchirder West

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Brownhill, Fetterangus

New Leeds

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 26 MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 27

Turriff West North Garmond

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Turriff South Idoch, Cuminestown

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 30 MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 31

Craigie, Ythanbank Hill of Logie, Ellon

0 200 400 800 m 04200 00800m

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Cairnie Woods, Garlogie Old Crow Wood, Monymusk

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 34 MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 35

Criggie, Stonehaven

Gallow Hill, Fettercairn

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Ruthven

Rhynie

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 38 MINERALS - AREAS OF SEARCH MAP 39

Woodhead, Alford Tillydrine, Kincardine O' Neil

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Name Coordinates Map Number Arthrath, NJ39768372 Commercially viable Platinum and 1 Ellon precious metal deposits Nickel Foudland NJ 590 327 Large deposits availble for slate 2 to NJ 620 further exploitation. Many 340 quarries covered with large tips. Depths of workings greater than other quarries. Access is medium - good track to high level quarries, others distant. Low environ sensitivity as are remote from habitation. Quality varies (poorer between upper and lower level quarries) Paradise, NJ 7377 Disused. Light silver-grey light silver- 3 Kemnay 1693 colour, widely exported (e.g. grey granite Queen Victoria Memorial, London and Forth Railway Bridge 1885). Used as cladding for Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh (2004). Tom’s NJ 762 170 Foliated muscovite-biotite foliated 3 Forest, granite. Active, producing muscovite- Kintore crushed rock aggregate biotite granite

Corskie, NJ 533 328 Historic quarry in slate. slate 4 Gartly Large deposits covering most of the Hill of Corskie. Resources within quarry area estimated as medium assuming no change in quality along strike. Further exploitation possible at greater depth. Medium access, forest roads. Low environ sensitivity as are remote from all habitation. Cottonhill, NJ 724 639 Active. Macduff Formation. Macduff 5 Macduff Crushed rock aggregate Formation (metamorphic)

Peathill, NJ 8872 Historic quarries used for light grey 6 New Pitsligo 5504 building. Light grey, porphyritic porphyritic granite granite Aikey Brae, NJ 96244781 Disused. Pink and grey pink and grey 7 Old Deer speckled granite speckled granite

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Name Coordinates Map Number Cairngall, NK 052 471 Disused. ‘Blue Peterhead’, Blue 8 Longside muscovite-biotite granite, Peterhead' some of the rock foliated, muscovite- was widely used for biotite granite decorative work and large monoliths. Savock, NK 066 425 Active. Collieston Formation. Collieston 9 Longside Crushed rock aggregate, Formation armourstone and other (metamorphic) products (sub base). Stirlinghill NK 1230 Active. Peterhead Granite. pink with grey 10 (Admiralty 4150 Pink with grey granite. 'Peterhead No 1), Historic quarry, now Granite' Peterhead producing aggregate and building stone. Blackhills, NK 1150 Active, producing crushed red-brown 11 Longhaven, 3920 rock aggregate and 'Peterhead Peterhead dimension stone. Peterhead Granite' Granite, reddish-brown colour, widely exported during 19th century, throughout UK and abroad (e.g. Calton Club, London) Smiddyburn, NJ 738 331 Active. Macduff Formation. Macduff 12 Cross of Crushed rock aggregate Formation Jackston (metamorphic)

Woodlands, NJ 796 328 Active. Macduff Formation. Macduff 13 Old Meldrum Crushed rock aggregate, Formation roadstone and other (metamorphic) products. Balmedie, NJ 944 181 Active, Gabbro and norite. gabbro and 14 Belhelvie Belhelvie Basic Intrusion. norite of the Crushed rock aggregate and Belhelvie other products (coated Basic roadstone, sub-base) Intrusion Pitcaple, NJ 729 268 Active. Norite and Norite and 15 Inverurie gabbronorite (Insch Mass). Gabbronorite Crushed rock aggregate, of the Insch coated roadstone, sub base. Mass Lochhills, Active aggregate quarry 16 Parkhill Corrennie, NJ 6415 Active. Currently producing red-pink 17 Tillyfourie 1192 crushed rock aggregate, granite dimension stone, and armourstone. Distinctive red-pink colour with aligned fabric; stone was widely exported (e.g. Glasgow Municipal Buildings, 1887) Tillyfourie, NJ 6457 Extensive disused workings grey granite 17 Tillyfourie 1285 in grey granite.

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Name Coordinates Map Number North Mains, NO 9425 Active granite 18 Findon 9862

Mains of NO3622 Sandstone, Teith Formation Sandstone 19 Balfour, 7735 Fettercairn Pitcarry, NJ38267739 Sandstone Catterline 20 Inverbervie formation

Forth Hill, NJ3771`7698 Sandstone, Scone Sandstone 21 Laurencekirk Formation

Littlemill, Commercially viable Platinum and 22 Ruthven precious metal deposits Nickel Avochie, NJ54194702 Active. Granite. Producing foliated biotite 23 Milton of crushed rock aggregate and granite Rothiemay building stone Kirkney, NJ 503 317 Historic quarry in slate slate 24 Gartly to NJ 510 worked superficially. Very 320 large deposits. Resources at least medium in size. Further extraction possible along strike ENE 075deg, assuming no change in quality. Further exploitation possible to greater depth. Second, less significant set of workings on south of hill at 350m. Main workings situated on north slopes. Poor access, no roads. Low environ sensitivity. Wishach, NJ 577 331 Historic quarry in slate. slate 25 Gartly to NJ 579 Large (Plenty) of resources 334 for future exploration within the confines of each quarry and continuing along strike. Poor access, no road, but close forestry road although dense vegetation. Low environ sensitvity as are remote. Quarry Hill, NJ 4913 Quarry Hill 26 Rhynie 2543 Sandstone Formation (white, cemented freestone) Quarryfield, NJ 4543 White, well-cemented Quarry Hill 27 Kildrummy 1837 freestone used extensively Sandstone for building in the district Formation (white, cemented freestone)

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Name Coordinates Map Number Craiglash, NO 621 987 Active. Queens Hill Queens Hill 28 Kincardine Formation. Crushed rock Formation O’Neil aggregate and other (metamorphic) products (sub base, sea defences, coated roadstone) Skares, NJ 590 327 Large deposits availble for slate 29 Foundland to NJ 620 further exploitation. Many 340 quarries covered with large tips. Depths of workings greater than other quarries. Access is medium - good track to high level quarries, others distant. Low environ sensitivity as are remote from habitation. Quality varies (poorer between upper and lower level quarries)

– 21 – MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP KEY A98 A98 5

Moray A98 6

7 22 23 8 A952 9 10 1 11

29 4 25 2 12 13 24

15 26 A90

14 27 3 16 A90 A96 17

Aberdeen City

A90 A93 28 18

Cairngorms National Park

A90

19 20 Angus 21

A92

0 5 10 20 KM (c) Crown Copyright. OS Licence No. 0100020767

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Arthrath, Ellon

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 2

Foudland, Foudland

0200 400 800 m (c) Crown Copyright. OS Licence No. 0100020767 ±

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Paradise, Kemnay Tom Forest, Kintore

0200 400 800 m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 4

Corskie, Gartly, Huntly

0200 400 800 m

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Cottonhill, Macduff Peathill, New Pitsligo

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 7 MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 8

Aikey Brae, Old Deer

Cairngall, Longside

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Stirlinghill, Peterhead

Savock, Longside

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 11 MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 12

Blackhills, Peterhead

Smiddyburn, Cross of Jackson

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Woodlands, Oldmeldrum Balmedie, Belhelvie

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 15 MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 16

Lochhills Quarry, Parkhill Dyce Pitcaple, Inverurie

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Tillyfourie, Tillyfourie

North Mains, Findon

Corrennie, Tillyfourie

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 19 MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 20

Mains of Balfour,Fettercairn Pitcarry, Inverbervie

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Littlemill, Ruthven

Forth Hill, Laurencekirk

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 23 MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 24

Kirkney, Gartly, Huntly

Avochie, Milton of Rothiemay

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Wishach, Gartly, Huntly

Quarryhill, Rhynie

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 27 MINERALS - SAFEGUARDING MAP 28

Quarryfield, Kildrummy Craiglash, Kincardine O'Neil

04200 00800m 04200 00800m

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Skares, Foudland

04200 00800m

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