Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2010
Proposed Plan : Update 13th July 2010
The Proposed Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan is Aberdeenshire Council’s set view on
what new land should be made available for building in the period to 2016, and gives a firm
indication of what land should be brought forward for the period to 2023. It also contains policies
which will be used for assessing planning applications across Aberdeenshire. The proposed
plan itself is short, concise and map based document. Much of the detail has been presented in
seven volumes of supplementary guidance.
Copies of all the documents are available online at
On Aberdeenshire website, at local libraries or area offices, or main proposed new housing section can be downloaded from Torphins.org.
Planning Applications
One of the items that came up for discussion this week at the TCC meeting was an application to erect a 40m high wind speed monitoring mast on a hill behind Pitmurchie House. Although this isn't under Torphins TCC (Lumphann Community Council area), it may be of interest to Torphins Residents. The application is from Andrew Bradford (Kincardine House) and his agent Green Cat Renewables, Biggar.
Members of the community can comment directly on this application at the Aberdeenshire Website here, closing date is 8th July 2010.
Youth Meeting in Learney Hall : 24th June 2010
The event, organised by Torphins Community Council, was a continuation of the process of gathering the views of all sections of our
community in the build-up towards the production of the Torphins Community Action Plan and also a means
whereby we could engage with the youth of Torphins.
As part of this engagement in engaging the youth of the area, a number of activities were arranged in the main Hall whilst
in the small hall, there was a large wall post-it facility for expression of opinions and wishes on the matter
of the future of Torphins.
All present contributed enthusiastically and at the end, the post-it facility was full of
constructive and interesting comments. In addition they enjoyed the Coka Cola, Irn Bru, pizza and crisps which we
provided.
A very special vote of gratitude goes to Liz Moore for the very hard work she put into organising the event and in
addition for the provision of the food and refreshments.
Thanks also to Anna Fraser, Emma Pattullo, Rona, and the Council Youth workers and all the other volunteer who helped in making this event the success it was.
A report on the event and other Council Action Plan matters will be reviewed by the community Council. |
Learney Challenge Race
This year's race will be part of the Torphins Gala celebrations on Saturday 21st August and will start at 2pm from Torphins Park. The cost will be £6 per person (over 18s only).
Last year's race was won by Andrew Allday in 52mins 27secs. The first female was Laura Petrie in 1hr 7mins 48secs.
Anyone interested in competing should contact me on 013398 82097 / 07774 877818 or e-mail Dave McGregor. | 
Learney Challenge 2009 |
