07 05 01
Crathes, Drumoak & Durris Community Council
(CDDCC)
Minutes of Meeting
Tuesday 1 May 2007 - Irvine Arms,
Drumoak from 19.30 hours
1. Sederunt
Community
Councillors:
Ward
Councillors: Jenny Watson, Sandy Wallace
DYP
Project:
Members
of Public:
Scottish
Water: Steve Scott
Apologies:
2. Minutes of April 2007 Meeting
Proposed:
Jenny Watson Seconded: Tony Butcher
3. Presentation by Scottish Water
Steve Scott said that his purpose was to describe
the forthcoming Scottish Water project to repair two water mains which brought
water from Invercannie (near Banchory) to Mannofield and to answer any
questions arising therefrom.
Salient points were:-
·
there are two mains running from Invercannie to
Mannofield
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one was laid in 1866; the other in 1924
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materials of construction were variously steel, cast
iron and concrete
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the mains run mostly parallel with the
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the objectives of the project were to improve water
quality and to reduce leakage
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the budget was £7 million
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Phase 1 would be to investigate joints and chambers
etc. and decide upon necessary actions (to be completed by Autumn 2007)
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Phase 2 would be to carry out the required works (start
April 2008: completion 2009)
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Work would start at Drumoak in about 2 weeks time:
this would be in roadside fields East and West of Drumoak, so traffic disruption
would be minor
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The crucial issue throughout the project would be to
ensure continuity of supply
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To provide a fall-back, the 1866 main would in
future carry raw water (to be treated at Mannofield) and the 1924 main would
carry treated water (treated at Invercannie)
·
Traffic disruption was expected to be minor, except
at the
Jenny
Watson observed that the reinstatement work done along the
Tony Butcher noted that contractors operating on
behalf of Scottish Water had undertaken surveying work on the Inchmarlo Golf
Course 6/8 weeks ago, without permission.
David Morrish asked what percentage of the average
annual flow was currently being extracted at Invercannie and what the maximum
permitted extraction was.
Steve Scott undertook to provide a response on all
these points by email to David Morrish (Action: Steve Scott)
4. Drumoak Youth Project
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To
forward to
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David
Morrish provided details of a contact for Shell
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Mark
Allen provided details of a contact for Talisman
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To
provide contact details for BP and Stena and for Aberdeenshire Council (Action: Sandy Wallace)
To provide
David
Morrish noted that no response had yet been received from
5.
Planning Issues
5.1
Crathes Housing
David
Morrish reported that the Marr Area Planners were apparently taking a hard
line, saying that the Planning Application was not acceptable, as it failed to comply
with the Development Brief.
5.2
Royal Deeside Railway
David
Morrish noted that CDDCC had attended the recent formal Opening of the platform
at the Milton of Crathes Station. Jenny
Watson, who also attended, noted that the retiring Provost of Aberdeenshire
(guest of honour at the Opening) had subsequently written to Christine Gove
asking that the stamped plans relating to the planning permission be - at long
last - sent to RDRPS. Within days, they
were.
5.3
Woodlands Housing
The
Planning Brief had been debated by the K&M Area Committee at its recent
meeting (at Kirkton Hall). Sandy Wallace
reported that the Scottish Executive Reporter had originally recommended 8
houses for this site: the Council had zoned it for 20 in the Local Plan and the
Developer had proposed 30. The Committee
opted for 20. The existing residents had
asked that no recycling centre be included in the plan. The Committee had agreed that there would be
a recycling centre, but not located adjacent to existing houses.
A
Planning Application would be the expected next stage.
5.4
Warehouse and Office to East of
Durrisdeer
The applicant
had asked to be permitted to address CDDCC.
David Morrish had - via email - regretted that this would not be possible
at the May meeting, but told the applicant that if he wished to provide further
information not already in the planning application, this would be possible at
the June meeting. No response had yet
been received to this offer.
5.5
CHAP Proposal for an Eco-Village at
“Park”
The
recent proposal by CHAP was discussed in the context of the forthcoming
Structure Plan. David Morrish described
the Structure Plan meeting that he and John Hopkins had attended at
Banchory. This was one of a series of
“stakeholder” meetings, focussing on the locations, timing and numbers of
houses to be built in Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire over the next 5, 10 and 20 years.
John
Hopkins mentioned some notes that he had circulated to CDDCC, attempting to
relate the CHAP Proposal and the forthcoming Structure Plan. These had concluded that would be premature
to react to the CHAP Proposal. Any
efforts to influence the situation (for or against the CHAP Proposal) would
need to concentrate at this stage on influencing the Structure Plan. To put these notes onto the website (Action: John Hopkins)
Jenny
Watson said that the CHAP proposal was a clear attempt to evade the
reinstatement conditions that had been attached by the Council to the Planning
Permission for the Quarry extension. The
sustainability arguments in the Proposal were, moreover, a sham.
Jenny
Watson proposed that, after the Election, the 4 new Councillors for Stonehaven
& Lower Deeside Ward (and the 3 for Banchory & Mid Deeside) be invited
to an early CDDCC meeting. (Action: David
Morrish)
To look
at the Structure Plan Consultation Process and determine whether the Community
Councils in the Stonehaven & Lower Deeside Ward (and those in the Banchory
& Mid Deeside Ward) could lobby jointly (Action: John Hopkins)
6. Jenny
Watson
It was
noted that Cllr. Jenny Watson would be retiring as Councillor on 2 May, after
19 years’ service. She was presented by David
Morrish, on behalf of CDDCC, with flowers and a card, in recognition of her
great efforts in support of CDDCC and of the local community over that time.
7. Access
Issues
7.1 Dalmaik
Farm
In Molly
Atkinson’s absence, there was no information about any response from Alastair
Fulwood about action on the proposed stile across the 7-strand barbed wire
fence.
7.2
David
Morrish reported that the barbed wire obstruction and padlock had been removed.
Ann Ross referred to some notes that had
been circulated by John Hopkins about the section parallel to the RDRPS
railway. She expressed concern about the
closure of the path whilst civil engineering work took place, given the
popularity of the Deeside Way and the volume of traffic using it and made the
point that a safe alternative route should be provided. Keith Whitehead proposed that, during these
works, users could be redirected via the old trackbed, i.e. the “original”
To
enquire of Mark Hagger the current situation in respect of Signage for the
8. Park
Quarry Liaison Meeting
To
progress matters via Stephen Marshall (Action:
9.
Bike Ride (26 May)
The route for the Bike Ride was
agreed. Two sections were incorporated;
one hilly, one not. Either or both
sections could be tackled. The start
times would probably be 10 a.m. from Crathes and 1 p.m. from Drumoak. To produce a poster. (Action:
10. Correspondence
It was
agreed that John Hopkins would be nominated as the Community Council representative
on the K&M Local Community Planning Group.
To
complete Aberdeenshire Council’s Gender Discrimination Survey (Action: Ann Ross)
It was
agreed - in the light of the increase from £10 to £25 in the annual membership
fee - that CDDCC would not renew its membership of Planning Aid for
11. Next Meeting
19.30 hours on 5th June at Irvine Arms
JFH 02/05/07
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Email |
Post |
by hand |
other |
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CDDCC Councillors |
Jenny Watson |
Park
Shop (via John Hopkins) |
Website
www.durris.net (also for previous
minutes) |
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Sandy Wallace |
Crathes Hall Notice Board (via David Humble) |
Drumoak
Post Office (via John Hopkins) |
Neighbourhood
Watch Co-ordinator – representative not known |
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Mr W Munro, Area Manager, Kincardine & Mearns |
Banchory
Public Library |
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Mr L Allen, Area Manager, Marr |
Community Police Officer (Drumoak/Durris/Crathes), c/o Banchory Police
Office |
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Rev.
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Drumoak Public Hall Notice Board (via Ian Pirie) |
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Drumoak Church Hall Notice Board (via Morag Keith) |
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Durris Hall Notice Board
(via Sheila Watt) |
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Steve
Scott, Scottish Water |
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