Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Firm lose battle to build home in north-east village

Stuartfield
Stuartfield

The Scottish Government has knocked back an appeal to build a home in a north-east village.

Old Deer firm Baxter Design had taken its fight to win planning permission for a single house at Stuartfield, near Peterhead, to the Scottish Government after councillors blocked its plans last year.

But the firm, which was representing local man Geordie Burnett Stuart, has now been told the authority’s Buchan area committee was justified in making its decision.

Councillors had been concerned that the home, on the edge of the village, would create a precedent for applications on “protected ground”.

The site at Stuartfield, at Quartale House, had been given “protected” status in the local development plan in order to conserve the setting of the village.

It is the first thing visitors to the community see when driving into Stuartfield.

At the time of the application, Ryan Urquhart, a planner for Baxter Design, had suggested to councillors that the home would not affect this.

“Approval of a single house site would have minimal, if any, impact on the views and would fit in well with the pattern of development in the area,” he said.

The Scottish Government’s planning and environmental appeals division (DPEA) has, however, disagreed.

Trudi Craggs, a reporter for the DPEA, visited Stuartfield before making her decision on the application.

In her report, she said: “I consider that the loss of open space would be significant given the site’s immediate proximity to the settlement boundary and its important contribution to the setting of the village.

“I therefore conclude that the proposal would have an adverse impact on the overall quality and composition of the landscape character and would not comply with this supplementary guidance.”

The appeal’s collapse means that Baxter Design cannot progress with plans to build the home at the site.