tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post4860426654215069477..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: "1000 houses for Granny Barbour’s Road ? Open for pre consultation till end September Have a say online Thurs 4 Sept"Graisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-81158018647608764162021-09-02T19:18:39.337+00:002021-09-02T19:18:39.337+00:00Happy planning submissions to all the unknowns out...Happy planning submissions to all the unknowns out there - have to dash, nipping up to the retail park for some more out of town shopping. Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-15935387218649152702021-09-02T13:43:42.372+00:002021-09-02T13:43:42.372+00:00I understand that the Chair of Nairn River Communi...I understand that the Chair of Nairn River Community Council has requested a face to face consultation be arranged in addition to the two online meetings which Springfield are holding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-20804242586343719632021-09-02T13:10:46.124+00:002021-09-02T13:10:46.124+00:00Dear Graisg
Could we possibly have your better ha...Dear Graisg<br /><br />Could we possibly have your better half commenting here on planning issues she is quite knowledgeable on such matters, you might try asking her what non preferred site meansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-25344005813694863242021-09-02T12:21:11.090+00:002021-09-02T12:21:11.090+00:00Iain Bain (Nairnshire Telegraph) is giving a lectu...Iain Bain (Nairnshire Telegraph) is giving a lecture next week as part of the Book and Arts Fest. Although his lecture is on the subject of Nairn's shoreline, I'm sure someone could sneak in a wee question about the A96 ;-)<br />Tuesday at 6pm at the Community Centre £10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-18418487165013236322021-09-02T11:01:33.665+00:002021-09-02T11:01:33.665+00:00"And what would everyone say if Aldi or Tesco..."And what would everyone say if Aldi or Tesco put in an application? lol"<br /><br />Erm ... in my opinion there`s a hell of a difference between an Aldi or Tesco compared to a new village with 650-1000 houses built on beautiful agricultural land which we should cherish ... you can`t compare the two!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-65423057740300212662021-09-02T09:38:29.938+00:002021-09-02T09:38:29.938+00:00"Land to the east of the retail park is non p..."Land to the east of the retail park is non preferred as further retail uses could have an adverse impact on the town centre. Whilst housing development could help to provide a more attractive entrance into the town, it is distant from the town centre and key facilities."<br /><br />And what would everyone say if Aldi or Tesco put in an application? lolGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-81587357161141560322021-09-02T09:32:58.587+00:002021-09-02T09:32:58.587+00:00@ Nairn our town. Can't change date on origina...@ Nairn our town. Can't change date on original comment but can put info up again for you:<br /><br />Let's all join the meeting at 4:00 PM on the 2nd of September and tell Springfield, in no uncertain terms, where to go....ELSEWHERE! Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-35289139674910280462021-09-02T09:30:51.632+00:002021-09-02T09:30:51.632+00:00"My question is, why is this `NON-PREFFERED` ..."My question is, why is this `NON-PREFFERED` site even being brought up again only 8 months later?"<br />Our question would be: have Highland Council snookered themselves in putting forward Sandown as the only major site for preferred development? Could this be seen as unfair to other developers and landowners? If this application goes down the appeal route will this all be taken up andGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-68882360481415985722021-09-02T09:26:59.119+00:002021-09-02T09:26:59.119+00:00Sorry can't change dates on comments and re un...Sorry can't change dates on comments and re unknown comment including "seemingly the planning committee rejected the planning proposal [...]". 'Seemingly' not much good here, can you provide source and further details please. Here at the Gurn we don't have time to look ourselves. Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-71204415128853351012021-09-02T09:03:05.631+00:002021-09-02T09:03:05.631+00:00Dear editor,
I would like to point out that in Th...Dear editor,<br /><br />I would like to point out that in The Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan(2) Main Issues Report, January 2021, page 202 (area NA09) the area in question has been marked down as `NON-PREFFERED`<br />The reasons The Planning Commitee give are:- "Whilst the large site put forward at Granny Barbour Road compares reasonably well against other large site options in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-31530177269783948322021-09-01T22:01:17.293+00:002021-09-01T22:01:17.293+00:00Graisg, Could you please change the date on my las...Graisg, Could you please change the date on my last comment to the 2nd of September.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />NAIRN OUR TOWNNAIRN OUR TOWNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-12799044721027311952021-09-01T10:52:45.516+00:002021-09-01T10:52:45.516+00:00Anonymous @7:39 AM
Many of us are aware of Iain&#...Anonymous @7:39 AM<br /><br />Many of us are aware of Iain's opinions on the by-pass, from articles in the Nairnshire Telegraph in the recent past, it can't come quickly enough for him. This proposed development if approved would be built long before any by-pass was delivered and currently there is no guarantee that it will ever happen.<br />The traffic congestion is unbearable in Nairn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-76031821046480503302021-09-01T08:58:11.604+00:002021-09-01T08:58:11.604+00:00There is no facility for comments on the Highland ...There is no facility for comments on the Highland Council e-planning site at the moment Graisg, there is a pre- planning notice which is a live application, but not a full planning application at the moment. Comments should be sent to Springfield who are holding the consultation and Nairn River Community Council who are the statutory consultee for the area which would be most affected by this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-10339456098031377782021-09-01T06:26:51.274+00:002021-09-01T06:26:51.274+00:00Re some of the above.
Yes the new Farmers' Sh...Re some of the above. <br />Yes the new Farmers' Showfield is still going to be the field closest to the River and the other side of the Grantown Road that is on the flood plain would also be amenity land under this proposal. There is a drawing of what the proposal might look like in The Nairn edition of the Inverness Courier this week. <br />Some of the comments have been edited - Freedom ofGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-63287279132000087022021-09-01T06:22:40.148+00:002021-09-01T06:22:40.148+00:00“OH BOY another “LOCHLOY” for our lovely Nairn????...“OH BOY another “LOCHLOY” for our lovely Nairn???? Nairn was once the Bournemouth of the North back in the day. It still is, I am sure most of you will agree. Personally, I LOVE Nairn. I lived in near Culloden for 40 years and have seen how the land has been eaten up. The history has been forgotten. Tour buses racing around small roads just so the passengers can “see” where Outlander was filmed. unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-75013527975082875152021-09-01T06:20:16.411+00:002021-09-01T06:20:16.411+00:00I moved to Balmakeith 8 months ago and am shocked ...I moved to Balmakeith 8 months ago and am shocked at the way Springfield Properties are trying to push out their agenda. We have been led to understand that the field between the river and A939 was bought for 136K by the Nairn Farmer's society for the annual Nairn Farmer's Show. Springfield have seem to have included that in their proposal? and a school? on beautiful peaceful farmland? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-26460643950461545842021-09-01T06:19:12.521+00:002021-09-01T06:19:12.521+00:00Springfield Properties Lodged their planning appli...Springfield Properties Lodged their planning application on the 17th August 2021, sent out a letter dated 24th August and we received it 27th August. Five days in the post from Elgin? with a zoom meeting on the 2nd September....two days time and hardly anyone uses zoom. We want a public meeting face to face. NO MORE BUILDING!!!!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-76222492320070106502021-08-30T21:45:31.401+00:002021-08-30T21:45:31.401+00:00Thanks for all comments, still considering a few. ...Thanks for all comments, still considering a few. Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-25290052453253313012021-08-30T17:37:53.958+00:002021-08-30T17:37:53.958+00:00I think it should be stressed this is not a planni...I think it should be stressed this is not a planning application nor is this site currently allocated or proposed to be allocated by the council for housing (or any other use for that matter). Also this consultation is not beening run by the council and is instead a private housing developer pushing their own agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-53904414552619628382021-08-30T11:48:03.312+00:002021-08-30T11:48:03.312+00:00Anonymous @1:58 PM
Dear Sir.Madam,
I agree fully...Anonymous @1:58 PM<br /><br />Dear Sir.Madam,<br /><br />I agree fully with your comments.<br /><br />Facing this proposed development from Springfield, how is our community going to challenge it?<br /><br />Who is going to challenge it, are any of our Ward Councillors prepared to step up?<br /><br />Will the residents of Nairn be willing to get on board and take part in the work required to copeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-22447943540442640632021-08-30T09:48:02.312+00:002021-08-30T09:48:02.312+00:00We, as residents of Nairn. need to consider very s...We, as residents of Nairn. need to consider very seriously our environmental landscape. If the bypass does go ahead, it will be very close to the town as Springfield want to build private housing on the fields, albeit 25% would be affordable, on the eastern periphery of Nairn. <br />Just think about that for a moment, the circular route many cyclists take leaving town on the Broadley side to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-53474996512860186092021-08-30T07:39:18.995+00:002021-08-30T07:39:18.995+00:00It's things like this which make me really mis...It's things like this which make me really miss the Nairnshire. I would love to read Ian Bain's opinion on it. His overview of these sort of developments was incomparable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-7338137395114610692021-08-29T14:54:05.796+00:002021-08-29T14:54:05.796+00:00The area in question is approximately the same siz...The area in question is approximately the same size as the whole town! Allannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-13892583719795069632021-08-29T13:58:21.373+00:002021-08-29T13:58:21.373+00:00A 1OOO houses??? This then is a proposal for a new...A 1OOO houses??? This then is a proposal for a new village!!! & it would have an impact on the whole of the Nairn`s infrastructure such as schools, doctors & dentist etc etc. Nairn is already bursting at the seams with recent housing developments & the last thing we need is even more houses!!!<br />I feel that this proposed development is in danger of being rushed through without a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-56137823069210742652021-08-29T10:57:45.239+00:002021-08-29T10:57:45.239+00:00Looks like it will be 9 hours to get through Nairn...Looks like it will be 9 hours to get through Nairn if this passes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com