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 […]

Full Council met at Woodhill House for the first time since the summer recess today. The 2016/17 Annual Accounts for the Council’s Charitable Trusts and the external auditors report were endorsed, with an additional action that the Procedures Committee are now tased with considering whether and how to achieve any savings. Interestingly, the accounts show […]

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 […]

Tonight I attended the Formartine Area Bus Forum for the first time since the Council election in May – where finally I could relate to a number of the issues residents have raised with me during the election campaign and the weeks since the election. The main points of note to Mid Formartine were as […]

Communities Committee met on 7th September for the first meeting since Summer Recess. We acknowledged and discussed the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service Aberdeenshire Performance Report 1st April – 30th June 2017. In Mid Formartine: there was only one accidental dwelling fire this term, down three on the same period last year There were no […]

Mid Formartine hosted the Formartine Area Committee meeting for the first time in quite a while – when we convened at the Royal British Legion Hall in Oldmeldrum. At the meeting (Mid Formartine-relevant items in BOLD): –  We noted the content of the Integration Joint Board Performance report for Quarter 4. –  We discussed a […]

The 3ft deep hole at the Claymore Homes Building Site in Udny Station has been covered by the developer. The hole has provided a Safety issue – flagged up at Foveran Community Council meetings since before I was elected, and following the contact I made with them I welcome Claymore Homes action to address the […]

The local NHS Board met today to take action on the recommendations put forward following the recent review into dispensary services across Aberdeenshire. A press release has this evening been distributed with the decisions of the meeting, and the Board have rubber-stamped the decisions proposed for the Udny Station practise. It reads as follows: “The […]

Today, Full Council met for the second time since the election. The meeting began with a Notice of Motion from Cllr Ford asking the Chief Executive to write to the Scottish Government expressing the Council’s support for the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system for future Scottish Parliament elections. The motion passed – I voted […]

Tonight, I attended a briefing at Aberdeen Town House on the AWPR – which continues to make steady progress. The steel beams have now been implemented on the Blackdog bridges – and work is progressing on the Balmedie junction underpass, along with linkages to the sideroads at Balmedie and Tipperty. Further information on the AWPR can be found […]