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4. Site Details Name of the site Soutarhill, Westhill (Please use the LDP name if the site is already allocated) Site address Land at Soutarhill Farm, to the north of Westhill OS grid reference (if available) NJ827082 Site area/size Total site area 31.2 acres (housing site 14.6 acres, new park 6.2 acres, golf practice area 10.4 acres) Current land use Agricultural Brownfield/greenfield Greenfield Please include an Ordnance Survey map (1:1250 or 1:2500 base for larger sites, e.g. over 2ha) showing the location and extent of the site, points of access, means of drainage etc. 5. Ownership/Market Interest Ownership Sole Owner (Please list the owners in question 3 above) Is the site under option to a Yes developer? The site is under option to CALA Homes (North) Ltd Is the site being marketed? n/a 6. Legal Issues Are there any legal provisions in the title deeds No that may prevent or restrict development? (e.g. way leave for utility providers, restriction on use of land, right of way etc.) Are there any other legal factors that might No prevent or restrict development? (e.g. ransom strips/issues with accessing the site etc.) 7. Planning History Have you had any formal/informal No pre-application discussions with the If yes, please give details Planning Service and what was the response? Previous planning applications APP/2005/0672 – officer recommendation for delegated grant, only refused following Aberdeenshire Local Plan (ALP) Inquiry in 2006 and non-allocation of site. Previous ‘Call for sites’ history. Please provide Previous ‘Call for sites’/‘Bid’ reference See Main Issues Report 2013 at number: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp Ga054 Local Development Plan status Is the site currently allocated for any specific use in the www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp existing LDP? No If yes, do you wish to change the site description and or 2 allocation? N/A 8. Proposed Use Proposed use Housing, public park and practice area for Westhill Golf Club Housing Approx. no of units 70 Proposed mix of house Number of: types Detached: 60 % Semi-detached: 30% Flats: Terrace: 10% Other (e.g. Bungalows): Number of: 1 bedroom homes: 2 bedroom homes: 3 bedroom homes: 4 or more bedroom homes: TBC – mix of house sizes to meet market conditions Tenure Private / Low Cost Home Ownership, Mid-Market (Delete as appropriate) Rent or Affordable Rented (RSL) Affordable housing 25 % proportion Employment Business and offices n/a General industrial n/a Storage and distribution n/a Do you have a specific n/a occupier for the site? Other Proposed use (please New park and golf practice area over and above specify) and floor space open space requirements for the development site. Do you have a specific n/a occupier for the site? Is the area of each proposed use noted Yes in the OS site plan? 9. Delivery Timescales We expect to adopt the new LDP in 2021. 0-5 years Commence years 1-2 How many years after this date would you 6-10 years expect development to begin? (please tick) 10+ years When would you expect the development 0-5 years Completed years 2-4 to be finished? (please tick) 6-10 years + 10years Have discussions taken place with Yes financiers? Will funding be in place to cover If yes, please give details (e.g. bank facility, grant all the costs of development within these funding, secured loan etc.) timescales No impediment to development, fully owned by L&G one of biggest companies in UK with full support to build. Are there any other risk or threats (other No 3 than finance) to you delivering your If yes, please give details and indicate how you proposed development might overcome them: 10. Natural Heritage Is the site located in or within 500m of a RAMSAR Site No nature conservation site, or affect a Special Area of Conservation No protected species? Special Protection Area No Priority habitat (Annex 1) No Please tick any that apply and provide European Protected Species No details. Other protected species No Site of Special Scientific Interest No You can find details of these designations at: National Nature Reserve No https://www.environment.gov.scot/ Ancient Woodland No EU priority habitats at Trees, hedgerows and woodland No – trees http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/sitelink/index (including trees with a Tree to be .jsp Preservation Order) retained UK or Local priority habitats at Priority habitat (UK or Local No http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk/a Biodiversity Action Plan) dvice-and-resources/habitat- Local Nature Conservation Site No definitions/priority/) Local Nature Reserve No Local Nature Conservation Sites in the If yes, please give details of how you plan to LDP’s Supplementary Guidance No. 5 at mitigate the impact of the proposed www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp development: Biodiversity enhancement Please state what benefits for biodiversity Restoration of habitats Yes – tree this proposal will bring (as per paragraph belts 194 in Scottish Planning Policy), retained http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/004538 Habitat creation in public open Yes 27.pdf) by ticking all that apply. Please space provide details. Avoids fragmentation or isolation Yes of habitats See Planning Advice 5/2015 on Provides bird/bat/insect n/a Opportunities for biodiversity enhancement boxes/Swift bricks (internal or at: external) www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/19598/20 Native tree planting Yes 15_05-opportunities-for-biodiversty- Drystone wall Retained enhancement-in-new-development.pdf where existing Advice is also available from Scottish Living roofs No Natural Heritage at: Ponds and soakaways Yes https://www.snh.scot/professional- Habitat walls/fences advice/planning-and-development/natural- Wildflowers in verges Where heritage-advice-planners-and-developers applicable and http://www.nesbiodiversity.org.uk/. Use of nectar rich plant species Where applicable Buffer strips along watercourses Where applicable 4 Show home demonstration area Yes Other (please state): If yes, please provide details: 11. Historic environment Historic environment enhancement Please state if there will be benefits for the No historic environment. If yes, please give details: Does the site contain/is within/can affect any Scheduled Monument or their No of the following historic environment assets? setting Please tick any that apply and provide Locally important archaeological site No details. held on the Sites and Monuments You can find details of these designations at: Record http://historicscotland.maps.arcgis.com/a Listed Building and/or their setting No pps/Viewer/index.html?appid=18d2608ac Conservation Area (e.g. will it result No 1284066ba3927312710d16d in the demolition of any buildings) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/ Inventory Gardens and Designed No https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrp Landscapes ub/master/default.aspx?Authority=Aberd Inventory Historic Battlefields No eenshire If yes, please give details of how you plan to mitigate the impact of the proposed development 12. Landscape Impact Is the site within a Special Landscape Area No (SLA)? If yes, please state which SLA your site is located (You can find details in Supplementary within and provide details of how you plan to mitigate Guidance 9 at the impact of the proposed development: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp) SLAs include the consideration of landscape If your site is not within an SLA, please use this character elements/features. The space to describe the effects of the site’s scale, characteristics of landscapes are defined in location or design on key natural landscape the Landscape Character Assessments elements/features, historic features or the produced by Scottish Natural Heritage (see composition or quality of the landscape character: below) or have been identified as Special Landscape Areas of local importance. The site is within the Agricultural heartlands SNH: Landscape Character Assessments landscape character, and specifically within the https://www.snh.scot/professional- ‘Central Wooded Estates’ character type, as advice/landscape-change/landscape- outlined in the SNH Landscape Character character-assessment Assessment. SNH (1996) Cairngorms landscape assessment The site is agricultural in nature, with woodlands http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/ and shelter belts a key component of the review/075.pdf landscape setting. The woodland a landscape SNH (1997) National programme of setting, and clear boundary to the north of the landscape character assessment: Banff site. Whilst the site is on a slope, the landscape and Buchan setting of woodland to the north and west 5 http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/ encloses the site. It is also seen in a context of review/037.pdf residential development. SNH (1998) South and Central Aberdeenshire landscape character Views to the site are limited, the site sits within a assessment woodland framework, and with residential http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/ development to the east and south. Its review/102.pdf development would not result in a significant landscape impact. 13. Flood Risk Is any part of the site identified as being at No risk of river or surface water flooding within If yes, please specify and explain how you intend to SEPA flood maps, and/or has any part of the mitigate this risk: site previously flooded? n/a (You can view the SEPA flood maps at http://map.sepa.org.uk/floodmap/map.htm) Could development on the site result in No additional flood risk elsewhere? If yes, please specify and explain how you intend to mitigate or avoid this risk: n/a Could development of the site help alleviate No any existing flooding problems in the area? If yes, please provide details: n/a 14. Infrastructure a. Water / Drainage Is there water/waste water capacity for the Water Yes proposed development (based on Scottish Invercannie and Storage tank in Water asset capacity search tool Mannofield WTW Westhill undergoing http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/business/Conn planned investment ections/Connecting-your-property/Asset- 2015-2021.