Plans for the supporting infrastructure for a potential 7,000-home “new centre for Bridge of Don” have been backed by council chiefs.
The approval of planning and road construction consent applications paves the way for work to begin on site later this year for the neighbourhood which will be called Laverock Braes in the new £1billion Grandhome development.
Work is expected to start this spring with further planning applications for residential development due to follow later in the year.
An announcement in respect of the infrastructure contractor to be awarded the project is expected imminently.
Grandhome occupies a 320-hectare site located six kilometres north-west of Aberdeen city centre.
The community is being planned and developed by The Grandhome Trust, a family-led group which has held the land for more than 300 years.
Laverock Braes will contain shops and business space for local people as well as a public square and a multi-purpose community hall.
Davidston Square is designed to be the focal point for the local community and will provide room for the Davidston Hall, which has been designed by award-winning Edinburgh-based practice Reiach and Hall Architects.
Bruce Smith, trustee and spokesman for the Grandhome Trust, said: “This is an important milestone for Grandhome with our place-making principles now embodied in detailed plans and endorsed by Aberdeen City Council.
“We now look forward to this translating into the initial phase of work on site this year as our first neighbourhood, Laverock Braes, takes shape.”
Grandhome is an allocated site within Aberdeen City Council’s adopted Local Development Plan of 2012, contributing significantly to the City’s housing and employment needs.
Three housebuilders – Bancon Homes, Cala Homes and Dandara – will construct the first part of the project.
It will comprise some 600 homes, to be completed over the next four to five years.
The 320-hectare site is forecast to support almost 600 construction jobs a year and the first five phases of development, equivalent to 4,700 homes, will accommodate 11,500 residents.
Eventually the site could encompass 7,000 homes, set across seven neighbourhoods by 2030.