Greens of Ellon takeaway plans to be assessed by councillors for third time
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An application to convert part of the Greens of Ellon store into a hot food takeaway will go back before councillors on Tuesday.
Gorkem Gorur applied to Aberdeenshire Council for the change in the building at The Square.
The proposal has been assessed by the Formartine area committee twice this year. It was firstly deferred because there was insufficient information to determine, and then the second time was for a site visit.
The site visit was carried out on July 19 and the application will go back before councillors to determine during their meeting next week.
In the report that will go before the area committee the local authority's planning department has recommended the application be granted.
The development would consist of internal alterations to separate the hot food area from the existing retail shop.
This would include the installation of counter space, kitchen and a customer waiting area would be located to the front of the unit.
Mr Gorur's agent Michael Ritchie outlined in the previous meetings that this part of the building is no longer used and that the hot food takeaway would serve kebabs, pizza and chips.
The report that will go before councillors from planning officer Ann Ramsay said that since the last area committee meeting the agent has provided additional information.
This includes written confirmation of the opening hours which are Monday to Friday midday to 11pm and Saturday to Sunday midday to midnight.
Also a letter from the owners has confirmed that the arrangement for all waste collection and deliveries for the proposed unit will remain exactly the same as those for the Greens of Ellon store.
It added: "The property will continue to provide services within the town centre. While there will now be a takeaway adjacent to the existing grocers, it is easily accessed on foot, or by public or private transport.
"The neighbourhood's character will be unchanged as the external changes are minimal to allow the installation of an exterior door to be road-facing and the street already consists of a mix of uses.
"There is sufficient public parking in the immediate area therefore there will be no significant loss of amenities and the unit will continue to connect to existing services.
"The proposal complies with Policy B2 town centres and office development and all other relevant policies of the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2017, and as such, the planning service recommends that permission is granted with conditions."
The local authority received eight objections to the plans whose issues included potential nuisance from litter and odours; amenity impacts due to traffic increase, a rise in pedestrians and associated noise; and there was no suitable area for bins, recycling and other waste disposal.
One letter of support was submitted which outlined that it would increase the choice of takeaways in the town and it would be great to fill the unit.
