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The proposed Local Development Plan for Aberdeenshire is now online and will be discussed at the Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee and Infrastructure Services Committee meetings on March 9th and 10th. See the Community Council web site for more information.

The draft Local Development Plan for Aberdeenshire is now online. Stonehaven/Dunnottar/Touks and Kinneff are covered in the Kincardine Settlements Statement Part 2, and Catterline is mentioned in the Housing and business development in the Countryside document. Full details can be found here.

The proposals are being presented to the Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee and Infrastructure Services Committee on March 9th and 10th. According to the Aberdeenshire web site, "these draft LDP settlement and site proposals are based on internal and external stakeholder consultation and submissions from the public consultation on the Main Issues Report. These are likely to change as they progress through the Area Committees and Infrastructure Services Committee".

Just in case anyone wants to report a badly potholed road...

To report Road Defects or Street Lighting faults, contact Aberdeenshire Council's Roads Team by Phone, Email or Text Message.

• Email: roads@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
• Phone: 08456 08 12 05
• Text: 07624 82 07 22

The first meeting of the provisionally entitled "Catterline Rowing Club" was held at the Creel Inn last Sunday, and the from the seven people attending, plus offers of support from several others who could not be there on the night, it was clear that there is enough interest to make the project viable. Consequently, it was agreed to go ahead and build a boat!

There is currently nowhere to build the boat - a St Ayles Skiff - but Rob Plummer is planning to demolish and rebuild his barn at Gallaton. In the absence of any other location becoming available before then, the plan is to start building the boat there in Autumn, which would hopefully mean that it could be launched in spring 2011.

In the mean time there is still a lot of preparation to be done and you can follow the progress on the in our Coastal Rowing section. If you are interested in getting involved in this exciting new community project, please get in touch with rob or email rowingskiff@catterline.org.

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The Community Council has a small amount of money available to local community groups to help fund projects. To apply for funding, please either contact one of your community councillors or apply by email or in writing to the secretary;

The Community Council has a small amount of money available to local community groups to help fund projects. To apply for funding, please either contact one of your community councillors or apply by email or in writing to the secretary;

Are you interested in getting your food hygiene certificate?

This is a very useful qualification for anyone involved in local community events, and the course offers training on the safe handling of food.

If interested, Val Mowat would be keen to hear from you as soon as possible, on the Catterline School Tel No:  750307.

A course is currently planned to be held in the Stonehaven area in the next few weeks but a few more participants are needed in order to make the course viable.