Finalised Structure Plan: Living in the North East3

Local plans shall identify new sites, for which planning permission may be granted before December 2005 for the stated number of houses in the following locations. All of these sites should be capable of becoming effective. Local plans may incorporate policies to ensure there is a sequential release of development land.

In the Aberdeen Housing Market Area
Aberdeen City brownfield	1500
Aberdeen greenfield	400
Westhill	400
Portlethen	400
Blackburn	300
Inverurie	450
Banchory	50
Kintore	150
Ellon	20
Stonehaven	25
Other Aberdeenshire settlements	290
Total	3985


In Aberdeenshire Rural Housing Market Area

In Banff and Buchan Area:
Banff and Macduff	170
Fraserburgh	150
Other settlements*	50

In Buchan Area:
Peterhead	120
Mintlaw	50
Other settlements*	50

In Formartine Area:
Turriff	0
Other settlements*	50

In Garioch Area:
Insch	150
Other settlements*	20

In Kincardine and Mearns Area:
Laurencekirk	60
Other settlements*	50

In Marr Area:
Aboyne	90
Alford	150
Huntly	175
Other settlements*	50

Total	1385

* Development which local plans identify in other settlements should be small scale and in support of economic development or local services.

The additional contribution made towards meeting the housing requirement from the effective housing land supply and constrained sites is shown in Tables 4a and 4b.

Table 4a Effective Housing Land Supply, New Allocations and Constrained Sites
Aberdeen Housing Market Area

Table 4a (242KB)

Table 4b Effective Housing Land Supply, New Allocations and Constrained Sites
Aberdeenshire Rural Housing Market Area

Table 4b (260KB)

Policy 9

Housing Allocations: January 2006 to December 2010

Local plans shall safeguard the following indicative housing land allocations. These will meet the expected need for permissions to be granted in the period January 2006 to December 2010. These allocations are subject to review when the structure plan is reviewed, either in five years time, or earlier should monitoring show this to be necessary. Planning permission will not be granted for development of these sites until that review is complete.

In the Aberdeen Housing Market Area
Aberdeen City brownfield	3,000
Aberdeen greenfield	800
Westhill	500
Inverurie	500
Portlethen	400
Banchory	200
Other Aberdeenshire settlements*	500
Total	5,900


In Aberdeenshire Rural Housing Market Area

In Banff and Buchan Area:
Banff and Macduff	200
Fraserburgh	200
Other settlements*	100

In Buchan Area:
Peterhead	300
Mintlaw	150
Other settlements*	100

In Formartine Area:
Turriff	150
Other settlements*	100

In Garioch Area:
Insch	150
Other settlements*	50

In Kincardine and Mearns Area:
Laurencekirk	150
Other settlements*	100

In Marr Area:
Aboyne	150
Alford	150
Huntly	150
Other settlements*	100

Total	2,300

* Development which local plans identify in other settlements should be small scale and in support of economic development or local services.

Policy 10

Indicative Housing Distribution: 2011 to 2015

Strategic housing land reserves sufficient to accommodate 5,700 houses in the Aberdeen Housing Market Area and 2,200 houses in the Aberdeenshire Rural Housing Market Area are required. These land reserves shall allow for an anticipated 3,000 houses on brownfield land in Aberdeen, with the remainder distributed amongst accessible greenfield locations adjacent to the urban area of Aberdeen and in main service centres in Aberdeenshire. Local plans may, where possible, indicate where this housing should be accommodated, based on the capacity of settlements and in accordance with their function and roles as set out in Table 1 of the Strategy section, and all in the same broad proportions that are set out in Policy 9. These indicative allocations will be subject to review through the development plan process, as part of our commitment to continuous plan making.

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