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.

Councillors to sign off on vision for Buchan

Aberdeenshire Council
Aberdeenshire Council

Councillors in Buchan will next week be asked to sign off on a vision of housing and business development in the region for the next five years.

Aberdeenshire Council’s new local development plan, which will come into force in 2017, is the framework which will be used to make all major planning decisions.

A detailed draft of the plan has been sent to all councillors and is now available to the public.

On Tuesday, a special meeting of members from the Buchan area will debate the strategy for settlements like Peterhead and Mintlaw.

Both towns can expect major developments in the coming years. Space for more than 1,000 homes has been allocated for Mintlaw. Some of these developments are already underway.

In Peterhead, land for more than 2,000 houses and nearly 40 acres of commercial and employment development has been set aside.

Again, planning applications for many projects are already in the pipeline.

The draft settlement statements will go before the Buchan area committee on Tuesday for feedback from local members.

Each area committee has been asked for their input on settlements in their region, and all comments will be considered at a meeting of the full council in March.

Last week, the Press and Journal reported that a new policy to introduce a blanket 25% allocation for affordable housing for all new developments could be implemented as part of the local development plan.

Head of planning and building standards Robert Gray wants to address the housing shortage in the north-east by asking all developers to make a quarter of their developments affordable.

He told councillors he knew the policy change would be unpopular with many developers, but was required.