Residents were today delighted after plans for a permanent Travellers’ site were marked for rejection.
A report by Aberdeenshire Council officials said the site at Tillgreig near Udny could not be justified.
A report which urges councillors to reject the plan said there is no justification for the site to be used for Travellers.
Space for three caravans, a tarmac access and a patio area were put forward for the farmland, near Udny Station and Newmachar.
Today resident Fiona Milne, 43, who lives in a cottage opposite the site, said: “We welcomed the officers’ recommendation.
“It’s obviously good news – it would be out-of-keeping with the area, totally out of character.
“The cottages are traditional stone cottages. And the site was very near our home – right opposite our garden.”
Mrs Milne and husband Steve had objected, claiming the scheme would affect their privacy to the plan claiming they would lose privacy if the scheme went ahead.
The couple were also worried about noise pollution as caravans, cars and trucks moved on and off the site
accessing moving to and from the site.
Mrs Milne added: “It’s a single track road so with the extra vehicles, the road wouldn’t cope.
“It was also right in the middle of a Christmas tree plantation.”
Community councillor Brian McDougall, 62, of Pitmedden, was also pleased at the officials’ recommendation.
He said: “Lots of residents had big concerns about it – they thought it was in the wrong place. It would have been on a very narrow road, so it was not suitable for access. The site itself is also an old water board site, so it’s very damp and the water ends up in the Ythan Estuary. We were worried about that getting polluted.
“We’ve had many deserving people who want to build houses there getting turned down – so why should this be different?”
Architect and planning consultant Forbes Rowan Spence Marr, who represents the applicant, said he felt the reasons for refusal could not be justified.
He said: “Having just read through the paper, I did not accept as reasonable the reasons that have been offered to justify a refusal.
“I have made a request for an opportunity to make a presentation to the committee and I’m hoping I will be given the chance.”
Councillors are due to consider the plan at a meeting on Tuesday.
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