How to Object

This has become a numbers game.

The planners have the unenviable task of having to find sites for thousands of new homes and business's. Countering this, we have local communities justifiably nervous about the siting of developments.

It is a hard numbers versus emotive response game – the two are difficult to balance against each other.

The law is on the side of the guys who count the numbers.

Feedback to Aberdeenshire Council

The Proposed Local Development Plan has been released to gather opinion regarding the developments. We are encouraged to fill out response forms to let the council know our feelings.

The response forms are the only method of letting them know your opinions and the deadline for feedback is 5pm October 1st 2010.

You can complete a response form online here or download a copy to fill in from here and submit it by post to...

The Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan
Woodhill House
Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
Tel: 01224 664221
Fax: 01224 664679
Web: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/ldp
E-mail: ldp@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Or failing all that - we have a bundle availble on request you can fill in by hand.

If you have any difficulty completing these then please contact us (info@savetorphins.org).

Because we have to play the numbers game this should be done both in high quantity and high quality. We have to act to 

We should reply in quantity regarding the loss of visual amenity, loss of character, swamping of village populations, etc, etc. Express our concerns for the disturbance to the community at all levels.

We are also working on reviewing the contents of the planners submissions.