A charity has teamed up with a housing developer to create affordable homes for people in Aberdeen.
Carnoustie Links Development is seeking planning permission for an affordable housing development, initially of 30 houses, at Sunnyfield in Kingswells.
The homes would be built in conjunction with the LAR Housing Trust.
Set up in 2015, the charity has plans to build 1,000 homes across villages, towns and cities in Scotland in the next five years – and allow people to “live affordably” in their own communities.
The proposals for Kingswells show the 30 units would comprise of three-bedroomed terraced and semi-detached housing units, along with a proposed access road and public open space.
The planning application states: “The site is currently rough grassland which is bounded to the west by rear boundary fences of properties within the existing Kingswells settlement and to the south by the Lang Stracht, with drystone walls along the boundaries to the north and south.
“All of these stone dykes are on the boundaries of the site and, as such, would be retained as part of any development here, with the creation of an entrance feature in the dyke forming the boundary with the Old Lang Stracht to the south.”
However, the site the homes are proposed to be built on is green belt land – an issue of contention which may cause difficulty in getting the plans approved.
The planning application states: “It is accepted that the starting point for the assessment of the application is the fact that the balance of the site is located within the green belt.
“In this regard it is important to consider the purpose of the green belt which is to maintain the distinct identity of Aberdeen and the communities within and around the city by defining their physical boundaries clearly, with the green belt to be safeguarded in order to avoid coalescence of settlements and sprawling development on the edge of the city, maintaining Aberdeen’s landscape setting and providing access to open space.
“At the same time, the green belt is intended to direct planned growth to the most appropriate locations and support regeneration.”
On the other side of the Old Lang Stracht, plans are also in place for a new residential development of 46 units.
