Minute of the meeting held on Monday November 17th at 7.30pm in Maryculter Community Hall.
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Maryculter |
Netherley |
Banchory-Devenick |
Aberdeenshire Councillors |
Bill Fraser Philip Smart - Chairman Mike Birch Sandy Wallace
Jill Greenlees Rob Winmill – Vice Chairman Kate Kleppang (Lower Deeside)
Robert Keeler - Secretary Duncan Petrie. Michael Sullivan
Raymond Cowan - Treasurer Bob McKinney (Stonehaven North & Fetteresso)
3 Members of the Public
Composting – Johannah Long Master Composter Project Officer Aberdeen Forward Ltd, gave a presentation on home composting. There were compsters available at reduced prices, of £10 and £20(instead of £40 or £50 retail) They can be collected from Inverurie or delivered if people are prepared to wait.
APOLOGIES – Avril Tulloch, Kevin Park
MINUTES of the meeting of October 27th were approved, subject to an amendment to Apologies, as Duncan Petrie had not been informed of the revised date. The secretary apologised for the omission.
1. MATTERS ARISING
Web site – Kevin was requested to add new members on the website.
Western Peripheral Route – Copies of the route were viewed and discussed, the managing agents had been appointed. An aerial survey of the routes will be done in 2004. Planning applications within the (approx) 300m wide corridor have to be referred to the Scottish Executive. Even applications that had previously been agreed were to be called in, together with one application where only the corner of the garden was possibly within the corridor. Aberdeen city are happy to divulge the proposed corridor route but Aberdeenshire seem shy. Philip will seek a meeting with Roads Dept to discover if there is a more specific detailed route yet.
Roads – Rob mentioned that the council had stated there were funds of £15,000 for edging work on the Portlethen - Durris road , although there had been some patching work nothing else had been done. We will write to query. Banchory-Devenick crossroads should be considered for speed reduction . Philip said that the council had funds to make 20mph limits outside all schools. Sandy suggested a site visit with the Banchory-Devenick councillors and the roads dept, that way there was a chance that local views would be taken into account, possibly changing priority of the crossroads could help. Duncan mentioned that stones from the roadside dykes were being dislodged into the road probably by lorries causing damage to vehicles. Ultimately the landowner was responsible for upkeep of the dykes.
Portlethen development – Philip would write expressing our concerns
Blairs Hearing – There had been a site visit by the council, followed by a Special Hearing. A total of 7 speakers including NKRCC. The SNH had now written to the council expressing concern about sewage disposal, and its effects on the river as the River Dee area is a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC).
New School – The successful bidders for building and running the school were Robertson Capital Projects Group. There was to be a meeting of the consultation group for the new school on 20th November, Avril will attend. It was believed that there was a significant gap between what the Council requirs and funds available in the overall £35m package. It was suggested that a competition amongst both school pupils should be un to find a suitable name for the new school.
2. PLANNING
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Local Plan – Public Inquiry. The public hearing has been postponed until 19 January due to an error by the council. It will last until April/May. The Reporter’s final recommendations are not binding on the council but most are accepted. His report due in Autumn/Winter 2004.
Rupert Lumsden - had presented draft plans for a development of 10 houses opposite Banchory-Devenick school for NKRCC’s information. Kate,Mike and Duncan to try to assess residents reaction.
3. FINANCE
The annual grant had been received £476.
200 Club Draw – October Draw £5 no.101 L Osugo £10 no. 27 L. Grainger
and £15 no.207 S Grieve
4. CORRESPONDENCE
Police report: No specific report but Robert summarised the weekly reports;
One of the recognised measures within Grampian Police's South Aberdeenshire Command Area, is to reduce housebreaking , and assist in achieving this, is the annual implementation of the Winter Domestic Housebreaking campaign within our ongoing community safety initiative, Operation Neighbourhood.
The campaign aims to educate the local communities in relation to crime prevention issues, so that they are better placed to reduce opportunities for crime. For example, Officers will identify domestic dwellings sitting in darkness and appearing to be unoccupied, or that are otherwise obviously vulnerable to housebreaking, and will leave a leaflet for the occupant. The leaflet highlights the vulnerability and suggests action points that the occupant could implement to reduce the risk of their home being targeted.
The previous four years campaigns have worked well, jointly contributing to a 75% reduction in break-ins and attempted break-ins to homes during the winter period.
1998/1999 (No campaign) 141 1999/2000 115 2000/2001 102
2001/2002 59 2002/2003 35
Bill had spoken to Scottish Rights of Way who had suggested they meet the Council, about the Right of Way at Haugh of Ardoe, without any other parties present. He would liase further with Scotways after their meeting
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