01/05/25 – ST CYRUS PEDESTIAN CROSSING UPDATE
Dear St Cyrus Community Council,
Thank you for your recent emails regarding the proposed zebra crossing of the A92 at St Cyrus which have been passed onto me by Fiona. I can provide the following update to the Community Council on the project.
The Council is required under Section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to give the public notice of a proposal to establish a pedestrian crossing. Prior to the public notice being issued, we informed local Ward Members and the Community Council of the proposal, and I am aware that you have received this information. The public notice period is live from 31.10.25-14.11.25 and is advertised via a notice displayed at the site and was published in the Mearns Leader on 31.10.25. The purpose of the notification period is to inform the community of the proposals and allow feedback to be received. All feedback received to date has been reviewed and whilst we note the comments, the points raised have already been considered during the development of the crossing design.
Aberdeenshire Council’s Strategy Manager met with Ward 19 members last week to provide an update on the scheme development. I attach a prepared briefing note which will hopefully provide further background information and explain why the crossing has been positioned at the location proposed, and why other locations suggested will not be possible.
I note your suggestion of a site meeting to explore other options, however as you will see the design considerations have been presented in the attached briefing note, and we are satisfied that the option presented in the proposal is the most suitable option and that the location complies with our Pedestrian Crossing policy.
Thank you for your engagement on the proposals, we will continue to review all feedback received during the public notice period.
05/11/25 – Aberdeenshire Council pavement parking enforcement release 3.11.25
Please find attached a media release confirming Aberdeenshire Council’s move into the enforcement phase of the pavement parking ban. This follows a significant period of education across the region during which more than 1,800 warnings were issued in a bid to encourage drivers to change their parking habits.
The article is also available online: https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2025/nov/praise-for-drivers-behavioural-change-as-pavement-parking-enforcement-begins-on-november-4
An audio clip of Cllr Alan Turner’s statement is also attached along with a selection of Safer Scotland graphics.
05/11/25 – KDP Bulletin – 4 November 2025
31/10/25 – Aberdeenshire Restaurant week
Here is how to take part
1. Visit www.aberdeenshirerestaurantweek.com opens in a new tab and click on the venues tab to see all of the food and drink venues taking part and use the filters to search for your preferred dining option; alternatively you can go to the map page and search by area.
2. Click on the venue profile to see their offer, menu or Ts & Cs
3. We recommend you contact your chosen venue in advance to book a table (if required) and to check availability
4. When you arrive at the venue, mention Aberdeenshire Restaurant Week, and enjoy your fabulous dining experience!
5. Don’t forget to share your experiences and tag us @Aberdeenshirerestaurantweek on Facebook and Instagram and the restaurant/cafe on your social media and help us spread the word about our wonderful food and drink establishments right here in Aberdeenshire.
16/10/25 – Proposed zebra crossing – A92 St Cyrus
ST CYRUS CROSSING
Please see below the proposed crossing for St Cyrus from Aberdeenshire Council.
Any comment should be sent to St Cyrus Community Council
Email address stcyruscommunitycouncil@gmail.com
ABERDEESHIRE EMAIL
Please find attached a design drawing for a new zebra crossing proposed for A92 St Cyrus. This proposed crossing is to be situated between Ecclesgreig Road and Beach Road and will improve safety for school children and other pedestrians crossing in this area.
A notice of the proposal in accordance with sub-section 23(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 will be issued shortly giving the public notice of the proposal.
16/10/25 – Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm – Project Update Letter and Upcoming Virtual Consultation
Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm Limited is developing the Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm (the Bellrock Project), located 120 km to the east of Stonehaven. In April 2024, Scottish Ministers may have invited your organisation to comment on the Bellrock Project’s Wind Farm Development Area (WFDA) Scoping Request (which can be downloaded here: https://bellrockwind.co.uk/library/bellrock-wfda-scoping-report/). A Scoping Opinion was subsequently issued by Scottish Ministers on 8 August 2024.
Please find attached a consultation letter which outlines the key updates on the Bellrock Project since Scoping. As we progress the Bellrock WFDA Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) this year and expect to submit the WFDA consent applications around March 2026, we welcome comments on these updates and also invite your organisation to join our virtual consultation in November.
The virtual consultation event can be accessed via the Bellrock Project’s website (www.bellrockwind.co.uk) from 10am on Monday 17 November 2025 and will include a number of live Q&A sessions with our development team. We invite your comments on the consultation to be submitted no later than midnight Sunday 30 November 2025.
The virtual consultation event will provide information on, and provide an opportunity for you to provide feedback on, the following matters:
- Updates to the design of the Bellrock Project;
- Details on the preliminary environmental impact of the Bellrock WFDA;
- Updates to some EIA assessment methodologies; and
- The Bellrock Offshore Transmission Development Area (OfTDA), Area of Search.
If you are unable to attend the virtual consultation event, we would be pleased to receive your feedback on any matter presented within this letter by midnight Sunday 30 November 2025 at the following e-mail address: info@bellrockwind.co.uk
16/10/25- KINTORE TO TEALING OVERHEAD LINE
Kintore to Tealing 400kV Connection Object Now
Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who came along today. As promised here is a link to the AI TKUP Objection that I hope you find useful.
16/10/25 – Movement towards a Sustainable Estate – Phase 3
The Learning Estate Strategy, Movement Towards a Sustainable Estate was agreed at Education and Children’s Services Committee on 1 February 2024. Subsequently engagement with the Banff, Ellon, Meldrum, Mintlaw, Turriff and Westhill Clusters has taken place.
Today at Education & Children’s Services Committee it was agreed that officers should commence engagement with the Kemnay, Laurencekirk and Peterhead clusters.
An infographic and survey will be sent to the schools and Parent Council Chairs within these clusters in early November. A copy of the information will also be forwarded to Community Councils.
Officers from the Learning Estates Team will be inviting you to attend an online meeting at 6.30pm on 13 November 2025 to discuss the information. A link to the meeting will be provided prior to the meeting.
16/10/25 – Grampian PIN – Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership – Draft Strategic Plan 2025 – 2035
Please see the link below which ACHSCP kindly shared with us. This link will take you to their website where you can get more information about alternative ways of responding including accessible versions and an electronic survey.
https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/health-and-social-care-in-aberdeenshire
If you have any further queries, please contact the AHSCP – details can be found via the link above.
16/10/25 – Community Hospitals – Engagement Sessions, Oct and Nov
16/10/25 – Kincardine and Mearns Community Planning E-bulletin Autumn 2025
16/10/25 – Weekly Planning Applications
06/10/26 Latest KDP Bulletin
02/10/25 – Essential maintenance work on A90 Upper North Water Bridge begins Monday 13th October
Amey is undertaking essential maintenance on the A90 Upper North Water Bridge located between Stracathro and Laurencekirk from Monday 13th October.
The bridge carries A90 trunk road traffic over the River North Esk at the border between Angus and Aberdeenshire.
The maintenance work, which Amey is undertaking on behalf of Transport Scotland, will include resurfacing, waterproofing, bridge joint replacement and safety barrier upgrades on the bridge’s southbound carriageway.
This essential maintenance is required to maintain the safety and integrity of the bridge and is scheduled to last for 10 weeks.
To ensure the safety of roadworkers and motorists the essential maintenance will be carried out using a contraflow, with one lane running in each direction on the northbound carriageway.
The contraflow will be in place from approximately one kilometre south of Upper North Water Bridge to 750 metres north of the structure.
Traffic travelling northbound on the A90 will still be able to enter and exit at the Edzell/Fettercairn/Edzell Woods junction as normal.
Traffic travelling southbound on the A90 will not have access to this junction during the work. Traffic can continue south to Stracathro, where they can turn and access the A90 northbound.
The work will benefit more than 18,200 vehicles who use this route each day.
Please note, all schemes are weather dependent and may be cancelled or rescheduled if weather conditions are not favourable.
- A free Road Work Alerts service is available from our website. An email address is all that is required to sign up for the service.
- To report a problem on the network please visit: https://netrunkroads.scot/report-a-problem/.
- Real-time journey information can be obtained by visiting www.trafficscotland.org or via X: @TrafficScotland.
For media enquires please contact Amey’s press office on 01865 713240 or by email: press.office@amey.co.uk. Follow us on X @NETrunkRoads.
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Notes to editors:
Key facts about Scottish North East Trunk Roads Unit
These services include maintenance of motorways and trunk roads, the design of road safety schemes, looking after bridges and structures, as well as inspections to ensure the routes remain safe and well maintained.
Amey also provide winter maintenance, carrying out salting and snow clearing, alongside gully cleaning, cyclic maintenance and the repair of motorway lighting and traffic signals.
Amey’s incident response teams are the first point of contact for anyone who may have problems when travelling on the network. The teams look after drivers’ safety and get people moving again as quickly as possible.
A key priority is to achieve Transport Scotland’s net zero targets and measures are being undertaken to lower carbon emissions on the trunk road network, including utilising ultra-low emission fleet.
Amey also provide work experience and professional training opportunities across north east Scotland, helping create sustainable futures in local communities where the company works.
The North East trunk road network covers some of Scotland’s major cities, including Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen, across nine different Scottish north east regions. The network covers 593km of trunk road, including 485 bridges and structures, including Friarton Bridge, carrying the M90 over the River Tay.
About Amey
We are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.
Our purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions, enhancing life, protecting our shared future.
We combine exceptional expertise in Consulting & Design, Advisory & Analytics, Transport Infrastructure and Complex Facilities to design, manage, and maintain clients’ assets throughout their lifetime.
Our leading data and analytics capability enables us to create transformative solutions that strengthen resilience and drive sustainable improvements.
For more information please visit our website: amey.co.uk
01/10/25 – Engage page for the Aberdeen Rapid Transit project
Please find below a link to the Engage page for the Aberdeen Rapid Transit project engagement.
Here you will find all the information on the engagement including drop in events, an online event and also a survey.
https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/aberdeen-rapid-transit
26/09/25 – 20mph Speed limit
As you may have seen, we have issued a reminder around the roll-out of the new 20mph programme this coming Monday (Sept 22nd).
We’re encouraging people to familiarise themselves with the streets being made 20s and we have maps for all villages and towns and FAQs for sharing at https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/20mph
As you know, the roll-out follows the Scottish Government’s commitment to see all appropriate roads in built-up areas having a safer speed limit of 20mph by the end of 2025 and all associated costs are being covered by Transport Scotland.
Most housing developments built from 2000 onwards already have 20mph limits or speed-reducing measures such as road humps.
The new 20mph programme extends these limits into village and town centres and other roads where there is a good case for lowering the speed limit.
We’ve set up a monitoring programme from the start of the 20mph roll-out to monitor road traffic speeds, road casualties and public perceptions. We will compare speed surveys from before the introduction of the 20mph and afterwards to measure the immediate impact.
We will also continue to monitor the 20mph network to determine speed and casualty trends over a longer period of time and consider adjustments if necessary.
22/09/25 – Affordable Housing 2025
Creating quality, innovative housing and communities
Webinar 06/11/25 2pm-5pm
With the current poverty crisis and the long term social, economic and environmental impacts brought about by lockdown and the pandemic, the importance of a supply of stable, high quality affordable homes has never been more important for our environmental, physical and economic wellbeing. The current shortage of affordable homes, for which estimates vary vastly but, is in the hundreds of thousands has impacts on poverty levels, child poverty homelessness, barriers to investment and more.
The Scottish Government has set a target of the delivery of 110,000 by 2032, with an investment of £3.5 billion in this parliament to push towards this long term goal. This event will explore what innovtions and strategies will be needed to make sure that this and, future, investments can deliver these much needed homes and create a fairer, healthier, wealthier Scotland.
The topics covered in this event will include:
- Investment and funding
- Innovations in strategy
- Healthier, wealthier communities
- Infrastructure
- Amenities
- Inclusivity
This event is an ideal opportunity for all those involved in the housing sector, including local and national government officers, elected representatives at local and national level, private sector organisations, community organisations, housing associations, charities, social enterprises, government agencies, planners, architects, developers, representative bodies and membership organisations among others to engage with other thought leaders and potential partners that can help forge solutions to the challenges we currently face.
We have set aside a limited number of Early Bird tickets available for this event for just £35 (reduced from a full rate of £60). These wille be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis so we recommend booking early if you don’t want to miss out.
You can find the full agenda and book tickets on Eventbrite via the button below.
We hope you can make it!
10/09/25 Latest KDP Bulletin
15/08/25 – Aberdeenshire Council grit bin removal update
Further to Aberdeenshire Council’s announcement on the process for removal of around 1,200 grit bins as part of agreed budget savings, additional information has been provided by the Roads and Infrastructure Service at:
The decision on grit bins, approved at Full Council back in February, comes amid continuing financial pressures facing the local authority and forms part of wider efforts to maintain statutory services while delivering essential savings.
An article is also available online: https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2025/jul/council-confirms-removal-of-grit-bins-as-part-of-agreed-budget-savings
15/08/25 – Latest Crime Alert
18/07/25 – Notification of next meetings
07/07/25 Public Conveniences Survey
Prior to the Public Convenience Strategy being presented to Area Committees and then Business Services Committee later this year, we are inviting members of the public to engage with us to gather their thoughts on what the operation of Public Conveniences could look like in the future. Whilst not a statutory service, we are very much committed to continuing to provide this facility and future proofing it where possible in light of budgetary challenges.
The Survey has gone live today, please see below link for your information:
https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/public-toilet-survey
03/07/25 – Approval
19/06/25 – Next Community Council Meeting
There will be no St Cyrus Community Council meeting in July, next meeting will be Tuesday 12th August in St Cyrus Village Hall at 7:30 pm
12/06/25 – KDP Bulletin & AGM Reminder
Please also remember that it is the KDP AGM next Thursday, 19th June. It kicks off at 7pm at The Dickson Hall in Laurencekirk. If you haven’t already confirmed your attendance, please contact margo@kdp.scot.
09/06/2025 Inverbervie Medical Practice
Inverbervie Patient Participation Group working in partnership with Inverbervie Medical Practice
Invite you to an event on Wednesday the 25th of June 2025 at 6.15pm to 7.30pm in the Inverbervie Medical Practice Surgery. The event is:
Come along and see the new Community Information Point.
A talk on the work of a Community Link Worker and an introduction to Social Prescribing
We look forward to seeing you there
A polite request to all attending, the event is not for complaints. If you have a complaint, please use the following email address:
gram.inverbervieaskpm@nhs.scot
30/05/2025 – Latest KDP News
26/05/2025 – Community Council AGM
26/05/2025 Beach Road Fence
17/05/2025 – Inverbervie Medial Centre
Inverbervie Medical Practice has building work starting on Monday 7th April 25. The date was only agreed this afternoon.
The work is to create a new consultation room and additional space in the back office.
The work will approximately take 5 weeks.
Due to the high noise level and the relocation of the back office we are asking where possible that you complete an e-consult form especially over the next 5 weeks . We will have a limited phone system and would like that kept for patients who require urgent medical care.
E- consults are available on berviemedical.com
We will have a temporary reception desk and only encourage you to attend the surgery when you have an appointment and not to walk in looking for advice if you cannot get through on the telephone .
We apologise for the inconvenience that this is going to cause and we thank you for your patience.
17/05/2025 – Cyber Alert – Scam emails
13/05/2025 – Latest KDP Bulletin
09/04/2025 – Message from Scottish Water – Tell us what you think
Scottish Water is trusted to care for the water on which Scotland depends and is proud of the service we provide.
The water and wastewater services we deliver are vital to the daily lives of 2.61 million households and more than 150,000 business premises and support a flourishing Scotland.
Our focus is on delivering an excellent service, providing great value for money, and reducing our effect on the environment, going beyond net zero emissions.
Continual innovation means we can evolve and adapt our work on Scotland’s behalf, and as a key stakeholder and representative on behalf of your community, we would value your feedback. Please can you spare a few minutes to take part in our short online survey? It’s confidential – unless you would like to hear from one of our team on a specific topic.
https://survey.websurveycreator.com/s/swscem24
25/03/25 Latest KDP Bulletin
10/03/25 – Latest KDP Bulletin
03/03/25 – Bus update
Following requests received, including those raised through the bus forum held in Stonehaven on 28 November 2024, Stagecoach East Scotland have confirmed minor timing changes along with the revisions listed below on the commercial service X7 (Dundee – Aberdeen via Montrose and Stonehaven) to be implemented as from 24 March 2025.
- All southbound journeys will be re-routed from the A92 via the unclassified road past Stonehaven golf club to serve the bus stop located at Cowie (Stonehaven) following requests by residents.
- All northbound and southbound journeys will additionally serve the bus stops located on the A92, at and opposite West Park, Inverbervie. Currently the service only serves the two bus stops located in the north end of the settlement.
My apologies to those on the Kincardine & Mearns Area Bus Forum Correspondence List for if these changes to the Service X7 (Dundee to Aberdeen via Montrose) do not affect you.
03/03/2025 Park Survey
I am delighted to inform you that we now have a live survey on Engage Aberdeenshire re some renovations that are to be carried out to:
- Queen Elizabeth Park, Stonehaven
- Hamish Playpark, Stonehaven
- Memorial Park, Laurencekirk.
This is using the Scottish Government funding for 2024/25.
Please see link below
I have also attached a QR code that will take you directly to the survey.
Can I ask you all to spread this on your social media pages so we can achieve as high a response rate as possible.
Although people will be required to register to vote this is to allow us to obtain as fair a result as possible.
If anyone is having issues logging their vote can you please put them in touch with myself directly and I will assist them.
Thanks Neil
Neil West
Landscape Services Officer
Kincardine and Mearns
Aberdeenshire Council
Unit 21/22 Spurryhillock Ind Est
Stonehaven
AB39 2NH
Tel :- 01467537673
Mob :- 07879435833
04/02/25 – Road Closure
04/02/25 – Latest KDP Bulletin
28/01/25 – An update from Planning colleagues re the Hurlie Substation planning application
28/01/25 Digital Switchover
28/01/25 – Doorstep Callers and Scams Bulletin No. 105
28/01/25 – Stagecoach update
Dear Area Bus Forum Member,
Stagecoach have undertaken a recent review of commercial services following previous revisions implemented in August 2024, whereby further changes will be implemented as from 3 February 2025 to address reliability and following requests received from passengers. These include on services as below:
Service 4A/4C (Stonehaven Town Service),
Service 107 (Stonehaven – Montrose),
Services 8A (Aberdeen – Newtonhill) and X9 (Portlethen – Inverurie via Aberdeen).
For further information, Stagecoach have updated their website with a summary of the revisions with updated timetables to follow within the next two weeks. Please find attached link for the service summary: Aberdeenshire Bus Service Updates – Are Aberdeenshire Buses Running Today? | Stagecoach
28/01/25 – Kintore to Tealing 400kV overhead line connection project.
I am emailing to advise of upcoming public engagement events for our Kintore to Tealing 400kV overhead line connection project.
Following the public engagement events regarding potential and alternative alignments in September/October 2024, we are preparing to host a further series of face-to-face drop-in events across the project route.
What we are engaging on
During our upcoming events throughout February and March 2025, we will be sharing our final proposed alignment for the overhead line between Kintore and Tealing and indicative tower positions, presented in our visualisations. You can submit your final formal comments to us before our feedback period closes on Friday 28th March.
Please see the attached poster for all dates, times and locations.
Advertising the events
We will shortly be issuing a mailshot to over 56,000 properties advising of the events, and we’ll also be advertising in the Press & Journal, The Courier, Angus County Press & West End as well as sending out a notification to all stakeholders signed up for updates, advertising on our social media channels and distributing posters locally.
We know local community Facebook pages are a great tool for sharing information regarding upcoming local events and therefore would warmly welcome Community Councillors to share copies of our poster (attached) online or locally.
Finding out more
Our public events are a great opportunity to find out more about our proposals by meeting the team in person, viewing our information materials and asking any questions you may have. For those unable to attend the events, all the information we’ll be sharing at the events is available to download from the ‘Documents’ section of the project webpage which will be updated ahead of the events.
You will also find some additional information regarding our most frequently asked questions available from our ‘Project FAQs’ tab, with additional handouts also available to download from the ‘Documents’ section of our project webpage and available at the in-person events.
Should you wish to discuss the scope of the consultation event or any of the materials available from the project further in advance of the consultation, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at tkup@sse.com and we can look to arrange a call with members of the project team.
We look forward to seeing you at the events to talk through our proposals.
Report on Consultation
We will be publishing our Report on Consultation shortly, which documents the last round of consultation process undertaken in September and October 2024. This Report on Consultation will show how the Proposed Alignment taken forward to the next stage has been informed by this process. The Report on Consultation will be available to download from the Documents tab of the project website as well as a summary report. We will update you when this has been published.
As a Community Council we will be again offering a briefing call on the Report on Consultation to discuss any questions you may have. We anticipate this would be in early February.
Overhead Line Update Webinar
Following the publication of the Report on Consultation, we will be hosting a stakeholder webinar on Tuesday 4 February between 2pm and 3.30pm, within which members of SSEN Transmission will provide:
- A recap on the history of the Pathway to 2030 overhead line projects to date
- An outline of the key highlights contained within the Report on Consultation
- Detail what can be expected from upcoming consultation events and submission of planning applications
- Advise of how we would approach moving from the development to delivery phase should planning consent be received.
The webinar will be recorded and available on our website to view after the event. To register attendance for the webinar and submit your questions for the Q&A, please click the following link: Pathway to 2030 – Overhead Line Project Update Webinar Invitation
21/01/25 – Latest KDP Bulletin
13/01/25 – Police Community Council Reports
09/01/2025 Latest KDP Bulletin
07/01/2025 – Latest Crime Alert
07/01/25 – Tall Ships
Hello! I’d like to wish you and everyone at the community councils a very Happy New Year and all great things for 2025. I am new in post with the Tall Ships Aberdeen team and I’m emailing to let you know that there’s still time for young people to apply to be a Sail Trainee before applications close on 31st January 2025!
This summer, Sail Trainees will experience an adventure of a lifetime as they sail Europe during the Tall Ships Races 2025. This opportunity will provide successful applicants with brand new skills, lifelong global friendships, CV boosting experience and a unique opportunity to live life on the high seas. Everyone aged between 15 and 25 living within Aberdeenshire is encouraged to apply. There are 100 fully funded places available and the option of self-funded too. This opportunity accommodates complex needs and is accessible to all.
04/01/25 – Joint winter resilience message issued to north-east communities
16/12/2024 – Mearns Court, Sheltered Housing Vacancies, K&M
16/12/2024 – SSEN Transmission East Coast Phase 2 Projects Update
16/12/2024 – Online app for noise disturbances
16/12/2024 First Local Place Plans
05/12/2024 – KDP Bulletin – 4 December 2024
29/11/2024 – Call goes out to get involved with Tall Ships Aberdeen
29/11/2024 Festive Season Shopping – Watch Out for Online Scams!
25/11/2024 Trading Standards Scams Bulletin no. 101
25/11/2024 Latest KDP Bulletin
13/11/24 – Bus Forum
12/11/24 – Nestrans Community Sustainable Travel Grant – Open to Applications from Community Groups, Charities and Social Enterprises
12/11/24 Energy Consultation
As you may be aware the UK Government is holding a consultation on the energy infrastructure consenting process in Scotland. The consultation period ends on the 29th November, 2024 at 11:59pm. This will have consequences for infrastructure such as pylons, windfarms etc.
Could you please circulate the link below to your community so that any member of the public can take part in the consultation. All of the background information and the consultation itself can be found at https://www.gov.uk/…/electricity-infrastructure….
Yours sincerely,
Mairi
Mairi Gougeon MSP
12/11/24 Latest KDP Bulletin
https://www.kdp.scot/kdp-bulletin-11-november-2024/?utm_source=KDP+Bulletin&utm_campaign=7b6ef7908e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_01_09_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_764b19c244-7b6ef7908e-119240475
07/11/24 Community Buzz Newsletter – Nov 2024
25/10/24 Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP)
The Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) is recruiting Stakeholder Members from the Aberdeenshire community to attend regular meetings as part of the Integration Joint Board (IJB).
You can find more details about this opportunity and apply using the link below:
IJB Stakeholder Member – ABS42947 | Aberdeenshire Council | myjobscotland
25/10/24 Pension Credit
The ASAT team are trying to promote Pension Credit to Aberdeenshire residents who are state pension age or older and encouraging them to apply. The reason for this is that as well as many other benefits of having Pension Credit, they would be entitled to the Winter Fuel Payment. Customers need to apply before December 21st.
Please find attached some posters about Pension Credit, including a fact sheet and how to apply.
22/10/24 KDP Bulletin – 21 October 2024
22/10/24 – Aberdeenshire Council Winter Maintenance Release and extra info
22/10/24 – Aberdeen council – Gearing up for the winter ahead
https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2024/oct/gearing-up-to-tackle-the-winter-season-ahead
11/10/24 – CRIMEALERT North East and Scottish Police Community Report
11/10/2024 – Breakfast Club
| Water Safety Scotland – Advice Regarding Flooding |
https://schemelookup.neighbourhoodwatchscotland.co.uk/Alerts/A/203431
11/10/2024 – Kincardine & Mearns A2B dial-a-bus Revisions from 28 Oct 2024
We would like to to advise that due to a change in the drivers allocated to the two Council minibuses that operate the Kincardine & Mearns A2B dial-a-bus services, it will be necessary to revise the A2B dial-a-bus services from Mon 28 October 2024.
All the existing A2B shopper services will be maintained with minor timetable changes that should have very little effect on passengers.
The more significant impact relates to the Stonehaven Town service which will need to be reduced from three days to two. The normal town service will be withdrawn on Thursdays, which has lowest usage of the three operating days with an average of only five passengers per day, but customers can opt to travel on Wednesdays and/or Fridays instead. On Thursdays we should be able to offer some transport in the town during the early afternoon. If travelling for shopping on Thursdays, Stonehaven residents have the option of travelling by A2B minibus to either Newtonhill (Tesco) or Portlethen (shopping centre).
Details of the new timetables are attached to this email and will be available on the Council’s website at https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/public-transport/a2b-dial-a-bus/kincardine-and-mearns-a2b/ from 28 October.
20/09/2024 Rural Community Led Local Development
The Aberdeenshire Local Action Group is offering advice and support opportunities for:
- Community groups wishing to develop new routes and paths in their local areas
- Business planning and financial consultancy support for third sector organisations, social enterprises and local charities
Applications must be submitted by 20th October 2024.
View the community led local development privacy notice (PDF 129KB).
Community path and route development
Community groups can benefit from specialist active travel and path development consultancy, in order to develop new routes in their area.
Groups will be offered around 10 to 15 days support from a consultant to develop a selection of the following:
- Identifying and undertaking option appraisals/feasibility studies on selected routes
- Path survey and design work, including drawings and specifications
- Cost reports and estimates, including bills of quantities
- Preparing, issuing and evaluating tender documents
- Engineering studies (such as bridge design, drainage)
- Mapping work using GIS where required (such as production of route maps)
- Negotiation with landowners and drafting landowner agreements
- Planning advice and the submission of planning applications (planning fees would not be part of the contract)
Paths must be located within Aberdeenshire, excluding areas within the Cairngorms National Park.
To apply for support please complete the form, available in two formats:
- Community path support application form (PDF 60KB)
- Community path support application form (DOCX 54KB)
Please return completed forms to externalfunding@aberdeenshire.gov.uk by 20th October 2024.
Successful applicants will be notified by 30th November 2024.
Business planning and financial consultancy
Business planning and financial consultancy support is available to third sector organisations, social enterprises and local charities.
The exact nature of support will be determined by each organisation, but could include:
- Analysing current operations and business models
- Assessing expenditure and making recommendations for efficiency savings
- Identifying opportunities for increasing revenue
- Assessing and analysing staffing resource and structure
- Making recommendations for investment and identifying funding or finance opportunities
- Developing and preparing organisational or project business plans
- Developing and preparing business cases for specific projects
- Providing general advice on operations, finance, management
The consultant will provide a fixed number of days support (up to 10) to each selected organisation between November 2024 and March 2025.
Organisations must be located within Aberdeenshire, excluding areas within the Cairngorms National Park.
To apply for support please complete the form, available in two formats:
- Business consultancy support application form (PDF 60KB)
- Business consultancy support application form (DOCX 59KB)
Please return completed forms to externalfunding@aberdeenshire.gov.uk by 20th October 2024.
Successful applicants will be notified by 30th November 2024.
Contact
If you have any queries, please contact us at externalfunding@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.
Further information can be found here :-https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/business/business-support/funding/community-led-local-development/
20/09/2024 Scam Share information
02/09/2024 Next Community Council Meeting
The next meeting of Community Council is Tuesday 10th September at 7:30 pm in St Cyrus Village Hall. Last meeting of present committee.
30/08/2024 Community Council Elections
30/08/2024 – Research on Private water supply
This is the link to the survey: https://forms.office.com/e/4LvZqeU64J
23/08/2024 Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan Evidence Report Topic papers
National Planning Framework 4 and the Local Development Plan Guidance provides us with a general framework for the issues that the Local Development Plan should contain and the types of information that it should consider.
We are also required to ensure that we engage with people on the compilation of the Evidence Report.
In response to these instructions, Aberdeenshire Council is producing themed “topic papers” on each of the subjects we are required to consider. We are publishing these to make sure that we have identified and examined the right information, and that our conclusions on what that information might mean for the content of the Local Development Plan is appropriate.
We would like to draw your attention to three new “topic papers” that we have published on the EngageAberdeenshire LDPHub on which we would welcome your views.
This is your chance for your Community Council to get involved in this process and tell us what information we should be considering. It is also an opportunity for you to consider what the implications for the overall strategy of the Local Development Plan might be, whether you agree with our conclusions on this, and the criteria we should be using to influence that decision.
We have just published topic papers on :
that explores the evidence relating to Community Wealth Building within Aberdeenshire. It looks at the Community Wealth Building priorities within Aberdeenshire and provides an overview of key mechanisms which can aid in its delivery ( https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp-evidence-report-community-wealth-building)
Zero Waste, that presents an analysis of the datasets considered essential for understanding and improving Zero Waste (reduce, reuse, recycle) in Aberdeenshire. The analysis focuses on key themes such as waste targets, increasing capacity for waste re-processing and changing requirements for service vehicles (https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp-evidence-report-zero-waste); and
Flood Risk and Water Management presents an analysis of the spatial implications of the need to avoid areas at risk from flooding and coastal erosion and considers other relevant issues such as flood risk management, developing urban brownfield sites, water supply and utilising blue and green infrastructure to manage drainage and surface water (https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp-evidence-report-flooding-and-flood-risk
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Please direct any queries you have on any of the Topic Papers to LDP@Aberdeenshire.gov.uk
A formal part of what we must do is to submit our Evidence Report to the Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals for assessment. This assessment will look at those matters where people such as yourselves “dispute” the evidence that we have collected and will examine whether there are additional data sets that should be included in the process. We would like to think that we are comprehensive in our collection and assessment of evidence, only considering information that is appropriate to the Local Development Plan and that is sufficient in its scope to add value to the process.
After the consultation period for each topic paper of six weeks we will review the comments made and consider any actions that we may need to take to improve our data and its interpretation. In those cases where we cannot agree with views presented on the data that we have examined; we will record disputes for transfer to the Evidence Report Gate Check assessment. We will publish a report of the views submitted and our response after the close of each survey, again on the Engage Aberdeenshire LDP hub.
It may be that you have no interest in the topics that we discuss, and that is perfectly OK. On the Engage Aberdeenshire LDP hub we present a summary of the issues that are raised by our analysis, as well as access to the full topic paper. Here you will be able to read these to see if the matters considered are relevant to your interests. The scope of all the topic papers that we will be producing has been published in our Development Plan Scheme 2024-25, approved by Infrastructure Services Committee on 16 May 2024.
We think that the Local Development Plan is an important strategic document that will influence where we all live, work and play, and helps us to come to a view about where the right place is for new development, and what we should be trying to achieve within our communities over the period 2029 to 2039. I hope that you too can recognise that value and choose to participate in its content.
23/08/2024 – SSEN Transmission publishes report on the public consultation undertaken in March and April 2024 on the proposed Kintore to Tealing 400kV overhead line
We have today published our report on the public consultation we undertook in March and April 2024 on the proposed Kintore to Tealing 400kV overhead line. This ‘Report on Consultation’ confirms the overhead line routes that are now being taken forward to the next stage of development and includes community and landowner proposals around Careston, Drumoak and Echt.
These stakeholder-led proposals are now being progressed in parallel with other overhead line route options that were consulted on in March and April 2024. Potential overhead line alignments along the full Kintore-Tealing route are being finalised ahead of the next round of public consultations which are scheduled to take place in September and October.
The Report on Consultation is now available to download from the Documents tab of the dedicated project website and provides a summary of the extensive feedback received, how that feedback has been considered and confirmation of which overhead line routes are now being taken forward to the next stage of development. As well as the full report we have also published a summary report.
The dates and venues for the September and October public consultations can be found on our events page.
We would once again like to thank all stakeholders who took the time to engage with our consultation process.
Please do not hesitate to contact us via the dedicated project inbox, tkup@sse.com if you have any questions.
12/02/24 – Community Council Elections
Please find attached information about the upcoming Community Council Elections
Information below on the Summer Surgery being held at the St Cyrus Village hall tomorrow with Tess White MSP.
What are your views about our local parks?
Over the past 12 months, an audit of open space within towns and villages across Aberdeenshire was undertaken, and we now want to hear the views of people who live near these places as to whether the conclusions of the audit are accurate.
The article is also online at https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2024/jun/what-are-your-views-on-aberdeenshire-s-public-open-spaces
The direct link to the survey is https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp-evidence-report-play-recreation-and-sport
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