Kingswells Community Council

Article by By Calum Ross

Aberdeen City Council is on the brink of bowing to public pressure and abandoning deeply unpopular plans to create four travellers halting sites, the Press and Journal can reveal.

Fierce opposition to the plans - and claims of death threats and intimidation by one councillor - has prompted the local authority's political leaders to ask officials to go back to the drawing board.

Kingswells Community Council is in the process of arranging carol singing at the Community Centre and would like to have some bagpipe music as part of the event. If you play the bagpipes and would like to help out then please contact Colleen.

AREA INSPECTOR'S ASSESSMENT

It is disheartening to report that there have been four reported Vandalisms across the Community during this reporting period; they remain undetected at this time.

A Theft by Housebreaking to a dwelling house in the community and a Housebreaking With Intent To Steal at the old Kingswells primary school in Fairley Road similarly remain undetected at this time. Enquiries, however, are very much in hand.

Fiona and All,

The comment in the minutes refers to a change in funding where the grant is given out in April rather than January as it was last year. That raises the question of when the current grant needs to be spent December or March. This has now been clarified – December.

Please be assured that KCC do not intend losing any of the grant money.

Not all of the suggestions put forward are good from the grant point of view. KCC have identified some of this on the KCC website.

Since the end of the consultation on the cycle track between Kingswells and Bucksburn it has come to the attention of KCC that one of the proposed gypsy halting sites is Redmyres. This can be seen on the attached image (click to see enlarged image). The proposal would include a new access track that will run north from the site to Newhills.

Dear Sir or Madam

The Final Draft Core Paths Plan

After studying the above document and maps, Kingswells Community Council (KCC) now wishes to make the following comments.

We feel that this has been a well researched, clearly documented piece of work.

The aims and initiatives are clearly beneficial to the people of Aberdeen encouraging recreation, education and healthy outdoor pursuits.

Dear Sir or Madam

Public consultation on Kingswells to Bucksburn link

Agenda 

Kingswells Community Council

13^th October, 2008 

Kingswells Community Centre at 8pm

 

1.     Introduction by Chair

2.     Police