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Could a petrol station near Aberdeen International Airport be allowed to sell alcohol?

Drink driving rates in the north-east are higher than other regions.
Drink driving rates in the north-east are higher than other regions.

A decision will be made today on a controversial plan which could mean a north-east petrol station can sell booze.

The Shell Aberdeen Airport petrol station has applied for a provisional premises license, which would mean it could operate as an off-license from 10am-10pm.

The city’s licensing board will decide whether to back the plans at a meeting this morning.

But opponents of the controversial plan claim it will encourage drink-driving and lead to an increase in booze-fuelled antisocial behaviour at the airport.

Under Scottish Government legislation a garage is permitted to sell alcohol if it serves nearby residents who are reliant on the facility for their groceries.

A research report carried out by Taylor McKenzie Research and Marketing on behalf of Certas Energy, who run the Argyll Road site, argues there is a local demand for the station to sell drink.

But NHS Grampian, Aberdeen City Council, and Dyce and Stoneywood Community Council have maintained their opposition to the proposals.

The health board has dismissed the findings of the research report and said it failed to justify alcohol provision.

In its response, the board states: “The service station already provides fuel and groceries and the supply of alcohol has not been included in any of the survey questions.

“All responses are based on current provision and provide no supporting evidence that alcohol should be sold at the premises.”

And the community council has raised concerns the proposals could “endanger public safety”.

In a letter to the board, the group’s secretary, Bill Harrison, also claimed the scheme could lead to “antisocial behaviour and crime and disorder” at the station and at the airport terminal.

And the council’s special licensing objections sub-committee has also objected to the proposals.

The licensing board will also make a decision on whether to grant Joe’s Coffee House, in the airport, a premises license.

The proposal has received objections from Police Scotland and the community council.