Main Issues Report 2013 - Preparation

This page provides links to information that we have used in the development of the Main Issues Report. Fundamentally six processes have been used to inform that document:

• The Bid process - to view the bids and find out about the process click on the link.
• Technical review of the existing policies. This resulted in the summary provided in Position Paper 10 and can be viewed through the above link;
• Stakeholder engagement on what the Main Issues might be;
• Development of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (PDF 4.90MB); and
• Completion of a "monitoring statement" (PDF 253KB) as required by section 16 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.
• Completion of a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (2.9MB).

The first 3 stages were used to determine what the 'Main Issues' should be. Position Papers have been preprared for each 'Main Issue' to provide further analysis of what the issues are and what the options may be to resolve them (The position papers are also referred to in the Main Issues Report).

These position papers have been referred to in the Main Issues Report.

• PP1 Climate Change (697KB)
• PP2 Green Networks (251KB)
• PP3 Town Centres (233KB)
• PP4 Rural Development (273KB)
• PP5 Renewable Energy (including Appendices 1-3) (3.92MB) and Appendix 4 (7.04MB)
• PP6 Housing for people on modest incomes (244KB)
• PP7 Flooding and Erosion (268KB)
• PP8 Local Nature Conservation Sites (LNCS) (64KB)
• PP9 Valued Views (404KB)
• PP10 Policy Review (300KB)
• PP11 Heat Networks (226KB)

Position Paper 8 (PP8) Appendices

• Appendix 1 (Sites 1-20) (8.31MB)
• Appendix 2 (Sites 21-40) (9.08MB)
• Appendix 3 (Sites 41-60) (9.71MB)
• Appendix 4 (Sites 61-79) (7.26MB)
• Appendix 5 (Sites 80-89) (8.75MB)
• Appendix 6 (Sites 90-95) (2.96MB)

The final version of the draft Report "Strategic Landscape capacity for wind turbines in Aberdeenshire" used to inform Position Paper 5 (PP5) Renewable Energy has now been published in full as Planning advice 1/2014

A Report "An Appraisal Of The Potential Effects Of A Proposed Inverurie Bypass Upon Keith Hall Designed Landscape And Other Cultural Heritage Features" (PDF 606KB) was used to inform Main Issue 15 "What are the implications of uncertainty regarding trunk road development in Inverurie".