Prior to May Meeting of the Belhelvie Community Council an extraordinary meeting will be held to cover the above proposed Data Centre Development.
To allow for the anticipated interest in this subject the meeting will start at 6.00pm and is scheduled to last until 7.30pm if required.
This meeting was organised jointly by Belhelvie Community Council and Blackdog Residents Association as an early opportunity for Information Sharing and is not a public consultation meeting which will still have to take place if this project develops towards a formal Planning Application.
Several questions have already been submitted to the developer primarily from the Blackdog Residents Association. The meeting will be attended by Steven McArva of Ashfield Land who are the proposed developer.
Meeting Date – Monday 25 May 2026
Time - 6.00pm
Location - Balmedie Leisure Centre
The meeting has been convened jointly between Belhelvie Community Council and Blackdog Residents Association and shall cover the following:
1 Introductions
2 Presentation by Steven McArva Managing Director North, Ashfield Land
3 Response from Ashfield North to questions raised primarily by Blackdog Residents Association
4 Questions from members of the public present.
This meeting is open to all members of the public across the full Belhelvie Parish Area
Any queries should be addressed to belhelviecommunitycouncil@hotmail.com
Introduction of attendees & welcome to visitors, apologies
Chairman’s opening remarks - for example
- New BCC protocols / processes
- Changes to the Community Council Election process
- Issues to raise with Aberdeenshire Council
Declaration of any conflicts of interest to agenda items
Visitor / resident items - as submitted prior to the meeting
External presentations
Reports from Council members
- Resilience planning
- Community crime issues / Police matters
- Planning reporter’s monthly report
- Treasurer’s monthly report
Funded projects status update
Comments/approval of previous meeting minutes
Matters arising from the previous meeting minutes
General projects update - for example
- Local community centres / facilities
- Noticeboards
- Benches
- New project development suggestions
External meeting report back - for example
- Belhelvie Community Trust
- Blackdog Residents Association
- Potterton Green Fingers group
- Potterton Volunteers
- Balmedie Country Park
- Formartine Community Council Forum
- Formartine Community Planning Group (Aberdeenshire Council)
- Formartine Community Speed Watch Initiative
- Formartine Rural Partnership
- Community Council Training
Attendance nomination for future external meetings
New correspondence
Any other related business