4. Site Details Name of the site Land at Cairntack (West), Belhelvie (Please use the LDP name if the site is already allocated) Site address Land at Cairntack (West), Belhelvie OS grid reference (if NJ 947 171 available) Site area/size 3.78 hectares Current land use Currently used for agricultural purposes 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. Location Plan attached along with Indicative Layout Plan. 5. Ownership/Market Interest Ownership Scotia Homes Ltd has an option to acquire the site from (Please list the owners in the landowner listed in question 3 above. question 3 above) Is the site under option to a Yes to Scotia Homes. developer? Is the site being marketed? No. As the site is controlled by the developer. If allocated in the replacement LDP, and granted planning permission, Scotia Homes would commence development and market the units at that time. 6. Legal Issues Are there any legal provisions in the title No deeds that may prevent or restrict development? If yes, please give details (e.g. way leave for utility providers, restriction on use of land, right of way etc.) N/A Are there any other legal factors that might No prevent or restrict development? (e.g. ransom strips/issues with accessing If yes, please give details the site etc.) N/A 3 7. Planning History Have you had any No formal/informal pre-application If yes, please give details: discussions with the Planning Service and what was the The site was promoted for development as part of response? the preparation of the current LDP – see details below. Previous planning applications Please provide application reference number(s), description(s) of the development, and whether planning permission was approved or refused: N/A Previous ‘Call for sites’ history. Please provide Previous ‘Call for sites’/‘Bid’ See Main Issues Report 2013 at reference number: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp Site Ref: FM050 – Land at Cairntack (West), Belhelvie Local Development Plan status Is the site currently allocated for any specific use in www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp the existing LDP? No If yes, do you wish to change the site description and or allocation? N/A 8. Proposed Use Proposed use Housing/employment/mixed use/other (please specify): Housing Approx. no of units 50 Proposed mix of house Number of: types Detached: Semi-detached: Flats: Terrace: Other (e.g. Bungalows): The mix of housing types and sizes will be determined as part of future planning 4 application, no specific numbers assigned to specific house types at this time. Number of: 1 bedroom homes: 2 bedroom homes: 3 bedroom homes: 4 or more bedroom homes: Mix of housing types and size to be determined as part of future planning application, no specific numbers assigned to specific house types at this time. Indicative Layout Plan enclosed in support of this submission. Tenure Private/Rented/Self-Build/Supported houses (Delete as appropriate) (e.g. for elderly)/Other (please specify): Not known at this stage, but likely to be Private. The siting and design of the new housing would take account of its setting, the surrounding landscape, and the established housing to the east. The aim would be to create a development in keeping with the scale and character of the existing settlement, whilst ensuring that the new development has a distinct character and identity, promoting a well-integrated, and well-designed mix of new housing of different types and tenures. Affordable housing 25% proportion Employment Business and offices Indicative floor space: N/A General industrial Indicative floor space: N/A Storage and Indicative floor space: N/A distribution Do you have a specific Yes/No N/A occupier for the site? Other Proposed use (please N/A specify) and floor space Do you have a specific Yes/No N/A occupier for the site? 5 Is the area of each proposed use Yes and an Indicative Layout Plan has also noted in the OS site plan? been provided. 9. Delivery Timescales We expect to adopt the new LDP in 0-5 years 2021. How many years after this date 6-10 years would you expect development to 10+ years begin? (please tick) When would you expect the 0-5 years development to be finished? (please 6-10 years tick) + 10years Have discussions taken place with Yes financiers? Will funding be in place to cover all the costs of development within If yes, please give details (e.g. bank facility, these timescales grant funding, secured loan etc.) The site is in the control of a successful housebuilder and funding will be in place to cover all the costs of the development within the timescales stated. Are there any other risk or threats (other No than finance) to you delivering your If yes, please give details and indicate how proposed development you might overcome them: N/A 10. Natural Heritage Is the site located in or within 500m of a RAMSAR Site nature conservation site, or affect a Special Area of Conservation protected species? Special Protection Area Priority habitat (Annex 1) Please tick any that apply and provide European Protected Species details. Other protected species Site of Special Scientific Interest You can find details of these National Nature Reserve designations at: Ancient Woodland https://www.environment.gov.scot/ Trees, hedgerows and woodland EU priority habitats at (including trees with a Tree http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/sitelink/i Preservation Order) 6 ndex.jsp Priority habitat (UK or Local UK or Local priority habitats at Biodiversity Action Plan) http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov. Local Nature Conservation Site uk/advice-and-resources/habitat- Local Nature Reserve definitions/priority/) If yes, please give details of how you plan to Local Nature Conservation Sites in mitigate the impact of the proposed the LDP’s Supplementary Guidance development: No. 5 at www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp The proposed access may require the removal of selected mature trees along the Belhelvie to Potterton Road. If this is required, compensatory planting would be included as part of the landscape proposals for the development. Balmedie Quarry SSSI lies over 500 metres to the north of the site but would not be affected by the proposed development. Despite the greenfield nature of this site, there are no nature conservation constraints to its development. The site has limited ecological value, and there are no relevant European, regional or local nature conservation sites in close proximity of the site, and no nature conservation sites will be affected by the proposed development. Biodiversity enhancement Please state what benefits for Restoration of habitats biodiversity this proposal will bring (as Habitat creation in public open per paragraph 194 in Scottish Planning space Policy), Avoids fragmentation or isolation http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/004 of habitats 53827.pdf) by ticking all that apply. Provides bird/bat/insect Please provide details. boxes/Swift bricks (internal or external) See Planning Advice 5/2015 on Native tree planting Opportunities for biodiversity Drystone wall enhancement at: Living roofs www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/19598 Ponds and soakaways /2015_05-opportunities-for-biodiversty- Habitat walls/fences enhancement-in-new-development.pdf Wildflowers in verges Use of nectar rich plant species Advice is also available from Scottish Buffer strips along watercourses 7 Natural Heritage at: Show home demonstration area https://www.snh.scot/professional- Other (please state): advice/planning-and- development/natural-heritage-advice- Please provide details: planners-and-developers and http://www.nesbiodiversity.org.uk/. Biodiversity enhancement will be fully considered at the planning application stage for the development and will be fully informed by appropriate studies and guidance. 11. Historic environment Historic environment enhancement Please state if there will be benefits for No the historic environment. If yes, please give details: N/A Does the site contain/is within/can affect Scheduled Monument or their any of the following historic setting environment assets? Locally important archaeological Please tick any that apply and provide site held on the Sites and details. Monuments Record You can find details of these Listed Building and/or their designations at: setting http://historicscotland.maps.arcgis.co Conservation Area (e.g. will it m/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=18 result in the demolition of any d2608ac1284066ba3927312710d16d buildings) http://portal.historicenvironment.scot Inventory Gardens and Designed / Landscapes https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/s Inventory Historic Battlefields mrpub/master/default.aspx?Authority If yes, please give details of how you plan to =Aberdeenshire mitigate the impact of the proposed development: The listed Belhelvie Lodge lies over 200m to the west of the site but this would not be impacted by the proposed development due to intervening landscaping, woodland and topography. 8 12. Landscape Impact Is the site within a Special Landscape No Area (SLA)? If yes, please state which SLA your site is (You can find details in Supplementary located within and provide details of how you Guidance 9 at plan to mitigate the impact of the proposed www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp) development: N/A SLAs include the consideration of If your site is not within an SLA, please use landscape character elements/features. this space to describe the effects of the site’s The characteristics of landscapes are scale, location or design on key natural defined in the Landscape Character landscape elements/features, historic features Assessments produced by Scottish or the composition or quality of the Natural Heritage (see below) or have landscape character: been identified as Special Landscape Areas of local importance. This site is a logical extension of the current SNH: Landscape Character settlement and would complement the Assessments existing established housing to the east.