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Planning Application - Pitfodels
Cala Homes have recently submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to Aberdeen City Council in relation to a forthcoming planning application and related public consultation strategy for a proposal to provide new homes with associated works and supporting infrastructure on land at Pitfodels. This would include a new link road connecting Inchgarth Road and North Deeside Road.
The site comprises an area of approximately 10.4ha set in Pitfodels, with Cults to the west and Garthdee to the east. North Deeside Road runs along the northern site boundary and Inchgarth Road runs along the southern boundary. The Deeside Way cuts east-west across the middle of the site, occupying the route of the former railway line. The site is not in productive use and has become largely overgrown to form a mixed grassland and scrubland. A location plan and indicative visualisation of the site and proposal are provided below.
The site benefits from a Planning Permission for a residential development including retirement housing, a care home, retail/community space and the link road. This was approved on 24th March 2024 under planning ref: 181224/PPP. Efforts to secure a developer to deliver the approved scheme as it stands have not materialised due to viability constraints and prevailing market conditions. Cala are therefore proposing an alternative, viable, residential development for market and affordable homes as a means to deliver important road infrastructure that will help to ease pressure on the two historic bridges at Pitfodels Station Road and Westerton Road.
The proposal demonstrates Cala’s continued commitment to Aberdeen by creating a vibrant, sustainable neighbourhood with much needed new homes and important road improvements, while supporting more than 300 construction jobs. It represents an opportunity to deliver a link road connecting North Deeside Road and Inchgarth Road, acting as an alternative to the use of Westerton Road and Pitfodels Station Road, which rely on historic single track railway bridges to cross over the Deeside Way without footpath connections. The link road is a fundamental part of the existing planning permission for the site and Cala are committed to delivering its benefits, alleviating pressure on the existing road network and creating a new active travel and public transport connection.
Cala is committed to engaging with the local community in relation to the planned development and will be hosting two upcoming public drop-in exhibitions of the proposals to take place at the Marcliffe Hotel, Pitfodels on Tuesday 5th August and Monday 1st September 2025. Your views are being sought on the emerging plans and to help inform the forthcoming planning application and all feedback is welcomed and will be accepted up to Monday 25th August. Feedback received to the initial consultation event will be provided at the second.
The consultation materials due to be displayed at the public drop-in exhibitions will be made available for view and download on this website shortly before each of the above dates.
