Kirkwood Homes submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) to Aberdeenshire Council on 8th May 2025 for “Proposed Residential Development of approximately 175 houses, including 25% affordable, with Associated Infrastructure, Access, Landscaping, Drainage, SUDS and Open Space” on Land at Kirkton Heights, Phase 2 Development, Fraserburgh. The PoAN is the first public stage in the preparation of an application for planning permission and the prospective applicants are seeking comments on the development proposals.
This PoAN site was previously allocated as one part of site OP1 in the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2017. OP1 ‘Kirkton Development’ was allocated for 600 homes, 4 hectares of employment land and sites for a new primary school, health centre and cemetery. Historically, this reflects the earlier Local Development Plan 2012 M1 allocation for a similar range of uses.
A Masterplan was agreed for the OP1 site by Banff and Buchan Area Committee in November 2014. The Masterplan was produced to demonstrate integration with the existing town and to set out where the housing, school, health centre, cemetery and employment land would be accommodated on the site. Subsequently, an updated Masterplan was agreed in 2016 with a revised phasing plan. Phase 1 of the approved Masterplan commenced with construction of 120 homes, starting in 2017 (APP/2016/0618).
