Some key points from last night’s Newtonhill, Muchalls and Cammachmore Community Council meeting:
– Stagecoach North Scotland managing director Mark Whitelocks will attend the next meeting in the Skateraw Hall on Wednesday 21 March. Local residents will be invited to put their questions to Mr Whitelocks about the company’s bus services.
– A masterplan for the proposed Barratt development to the south of Park Place will be discussed by the Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee on Tuesday. The masterplan and the planners’ report can be found by following this link and scrolling down to Item 7E on the agenda: http://committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/committees.aspx?commid=8&meetid=18838
– The community council, the village association and Aberdeenshire Council have been working together to provide new play equipment costing £51,000 in Newtonhill Park. This will be for toddlers and primary children. Newtonhill residents will be asked for their views, possibly via a leaflet delivered with the next Newsey.
– The middle tree beside the tennis courts and a number of other mature trees to the south of Newtonhill park are to be felled after discussions between the community council and Aberdeenshire Council.
– Scottish Water is to allow pedestrian access again after the padlocking of a gate across its access track prompted opposition in Muchalls. The track leads to a pumping station near the Pheppie Burn.
– The community council agreed to give a £200 donation towards the replacement of the Portlethen and District Community Ambulance Association’s four-year-old vehicle. The association has been providing a minibus for 35 years. The group will be one of the good causes for donations at Tesco later this year.
– More trees are to be planted in the Coastal Park.
– Muchalls community councillor Moira Cameron has stepped down. A volunteer to take her place would be welcome.
Is there a valid reason for cutting down mature trees in the park.
There have been complaints from neighbours on the south side of the park, saying they block light and fallen leaves cause a nuisance. In terms of the tree at the tennis courts, its branches overhang the courts and the children’s play area, which causes some concerns.