Future development options for the Milltimber area were considered at a planning consultation event at Milltimber Primary School on Wednesday.

The options were set out in the Aberdeen Local Development Plan Main Issues Report which was published by Aberdeen City Council last month.

The consultation event was one of 10 being held across the city, giving local people the opportunity to consider where development may take place in and around their communities.

The council is working on a new Local Development Plan for Aberdeen which must show where future housing and employment land might be provided to meet the needs of the city over the next 10-20 years. The focus is on promoting sustainable development.


Before deciding on which sites should go into the new plan, however, the council wants to hear everyone's opinions about the options discussed in the Main Issues Report.

Earlier this year, the council invited developers, landowners and others to suggest where development land might be identified. In response, 126 sites were put forward as options. These have now been assessed by city planners and the outcome of these assessments is contained in the report.

The Main Issues Report sets out proposed options for more than 20,000 homes on greenfield sites, 4,500 homes on brownfield sites and over 175 hectares of business land.

These development requirements were set out in the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Structure Plan which was approved by Scottish Ministers in August of this year.

The report suggests that a site at Oldfold Farm to the east of Milltimber has the potential to accommodate roughly 550 homes between now and 2023. Small sites at Edgehill Road and Culter House Road are also considered as desirable options for a few homes.

Various other options to develop significant sites on the south side of Milltimber, between North Deeside Road and the Dee valley were assessed as being undesirable.

(CD/BMcC)