Development bids were the discussed in depth at tonight’s North Kincardine Rural Community Council meeting in Lairhillock School.
Around 600 bids have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council to allocate land for housing or industry in the next Local Development Plan. Locally the biggest bid is for development at Banchory Devenick, which has sparked local opposition.
Tomorrow community council representatives will be meeting Aberdeenshire Council’s Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee to discuss the local bids. However this is a long process and in due course there will be an opportunity for the public to comment.
Other topics discussed included local schools, plans to mark the impending opening of the Aberdeen bypass, planning applications, Portlethen and District Men’s Shed (now open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 1pm), estate shooting, verge trimming, particularly around the South Deeside Road.
It was also the community council’s annual general meeting, with two new members being co-opted: Phil Allan and Graham Norrie. Christopher Hakkennes and Ben Talter also became associate members. The officer bearers all stayed in post.