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Council turns attention to Buchanhaven conservation status

A local history society celebrates the heritage of Buchanhaven, including the former school where the centre is now housed.
A local history society celebrates the heritage of Buchanhaven, including the former school where the centre is now housed.

 

Residents of a historic north-east neighbourhood will gather to discuss the future of a local heritage area later today.

Aberdeenshire Council is currently undertaking a review of conservation areas across the region in a move that has proved unpopular.

In the Buchan coast village of Port Erroll, residents hastily convened a heritage society in a successful attempt to block the council’s plans to strip the area of it’s regulatory status.

In the village of Old Deer, councillors are working to extend the boundaries of the conservation area – which places strict planning applications on new developments and alterations to properties – in a move understood to be blocking a gypsy traveller camp.

Now the local authority has turned its attention to the Buchanhaven neighbourhood of Peterhead.

Formally a separate fishing community, Buchanhaven now forms part of the north-east biggest town but retains a strong community spirit.

A public drop in session with council officers is being held later today at the Buchanhaven Heritage Centre, from 3pm-7pm.

Local residents will have the opportunity to ask officers what the appraisal means for the area.

A statement posted by the Buchanhaven Heritage Society online says the groups “stance on the question posed is clear” but that it is up to all residents to make their views known.

“So if you live in the area, have family living here or lived here, or just have a love of Buchanhaven please head down to hear what Aberdeenshire Council Officers have to say and make your feelings known in a constructive way.”