Formartine Councillors met on SKYPE for the first time today due to the current Coronavirus situation – with few issues and all matters dealt with. The opening papers were on Education – first of all discussion was had on the revised and updated Draft Council Policy on ‘Promoting and reducing exclusions in Aberdeenshire schools’ – […]

Today Formartine Area Committee convened at the Ellon Baptist Church – a meeting with a relatively short agenda. For me, it was my first appearance since my illness issues flared up nine months ago – it was very nice to be back, and it was equally nice to be joined by our newly appointed acting […]

Formartine Area Committee met this morning for our March meeting at Kirk Centre, Ellon. We began the meeting with some Planning Applications. Firstly, we deliberated Full Planning Permission for Mineral Extraction (Sand and Gravel) and Associated Infrastructure at Muirtack near Ellon (APP/2017/2425). As this site is in the Buchan Area, we were asked to give […]

Formartine Area Committee convened today for our latest meeting at the Kirk Centre in Ellon. Our first discussion was on a Planning Application for an 800kW Wind Turbine near Blairfowl Farm, Fyvie.  After much discussion around the Planners’ report, we deferred the application determination for a site visit. Our second item of business was an […]

Formartine Area Committee convened this morning at the Kirk Centre in Ellon. (Mid Formartine specific points in BOLD) We were greeted this morning on arrival by some Donald Trump Protestors, I cannot comment on what they were there for but I do thank them for their efforts to make their point. The first item on […]

Formartine Area Committee convened at the Kirk Centre, Ellon for the first meeting of 2018 today. The first main item on the agenda was a discussion on the Aberdeen Health & Social Care Partnership Performance & Outcomes Framework Quarter 2 Report (July-September 2017). A largely positive report for this period, although I did ask a […]

Formartine Area Committee returned to Ellon this morning for the latest meeting. The first item for discussion was the Police Scotland – Performance Monitoring and Operational Update. Formartine generally remains a relatively safe place – with “area” figures being widely very good and showing reductions. I raised concerns with more ward-specific figures,Petty (Common) assualts going […]

Today, The Formartine Area Committee convened at the Baden Powell Centre in Turriff. The meeting began with a discussion with Piers Blaxter on the Draft Development Plan Scheme 2018.  Mr Blaxter is currently working his way around the Community Councils for their input into the important document. We then discussed several planning applications, which resulted […]

The Formartine Area Committee met in Ellon this morning with a quite varied agenda. We began discussions on the subject of the Local Development Plan 2017 Supplementary Guidance Document and minuted several comments for forwarding to the Infrastructure Service Committee for final deliberation on a future date. We discussed some planning applications: APP/2017/0869 – 2 Wind […]

Formartine Area Committee Convened today at Ellon, with a meeting dominated by Turriff issues. We began by discussing the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Performance Report 1st April-30th June 2017. We then agreed the Masterplan Addendum for the Land to the North of Meadowbank Road in Turriff for site OP2 – deferred at the last […]