Outline plans for a new £250m sustainable community on a former RAF base in South Aberdeenshire have been lodged by site owner and operator Carnegie Base Services.
Known as Newesk, the site will comprise as many as 1,000 new homes on the former RAF Edzell airbase and surrounding land on the border of South Aberdeenshire and Angus.
The 300-acre holding has been run as a 263,000 sq ft office, warehouse and industrial site for the past 12 years. Newesk, would be created on 144 acres between the business base and the existing community of Edzell Woods, delivering facilities including a new primary school, community hall, green space and local shops.
David Carnegie, a partner in Carnegie Base Services, said: “There has been a serious shortfall of development land throughout both Aberdeenshire and Angus in the last decade, with demand in both local authority areas far outstripping supply – something which we can in part address with development of Newesk.”
The 10 to 15-year vision for the new community will build on the existing planning consent for 250 houses and 300 acres of business land at the site, which was granted in 2010.
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