Aberdeenshire Council are consulting on the proposal to lease land within Bellfield Park to allow Banchory Skatepark Group (BSG) to construct and manage a new skatepark facility. The land is adjacent to and includes the area housing the existing skate ramp. It covers an area of 0.15ha and is to the east of Bellfield carpark.
Bellfield Park is Common Good Land. When considering disposal of certain types of Common Good Land (whether by sale or lease), certain legal requirements must be followed, including the need for the Council to carry out a Statutory Consultation with the community under Part 8 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. Further details about the proposed new skatepark, including the results of a detailed consultation carried out by BSG in 2018, can be found in Banchory Skate Park Feasibility Study, September 2018 (copy attached).
A copy of the statutory consultation document is attached and is also available on the Council website (https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/community-empowerment/common-good-properties/), as well as on the VisitBanchory website. The consultation will be open from 11th February to 8th April 2019 and completed forms can be returned via email: [email protected], via post: Marr Area Office, School Road, Alford, AB33 8TY or by handing them in to Banchory Library. Paper copies of the consultation document are also available in the Library along with reference copies of the Feasibility Study. Please return forms by 8th April 2019.
Aberdeenshire Council will consider and respond to any representations within eight weeks of the consultation closing date. The Council’s final response will be published on the Aberdeenshire Council website along with details of all representations to this consultation (excluding address, postcode and email of respondent).
The Council will then take a decision having regard to the outcomes of this Consultation as to whether to proceed with the disposal.
If you have any questions about this consultation, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
This stage of the project will allow the council to proceed to applying to the sherrif to award the lease to the Skatepark Group who will then move to planning applications and completing the fund raising.
Please find below a copy to download of our common good consultation application and our feasibility study
Bellfield Park is Common Good Land. When considering disposal of certain types of Common Good Land (whether by sale or lease), certain legal requirements must be followed, including the need for the Council to carry out a Statutory Consultation with the community under Part 8 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. Further details about the proposed new skatepark, including the results of a detailed consultation carried out by BSG in 2018, can be found in Banchory Skate Park Feasibility Study, September 2018 (copy attached).
A copy of the statutory consultation document is attached and is also available on the Council website (https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/community-empowerment/common-good-properties/), as well as on the VisitBanchory website. The consultation will be open from 11th February to 8th April 2019 and completed forms can be returned via email: [email protected], via post: Marr Area Office, School Road, Alford, AB33 8TY or by handing them in to Banchory Library. Paper copies of the consultation document are also available in the Library along with reference copies of the Feasibility Study. Please return forms by 8th April 2019.
Aberdeenshire Council will consider and respond to any representations within eight weeks of the consultation closing date. The Council’s final response will be published on the Aberdeenshire Council website along with details of all representations to this consultation (excluding address, postcode and email of respondent).
The Council will then take a decision having regard to the outcomes of this Consultation as to whether to proceed with the disposal.
If you have any questions about this consultation, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
This stage of the project will allow the council to proceed to applying to the sherrif to award the lease to the Skatepark Group who will then move to planning applications and completing the fund raising.
Please find below a copy to download of our common good consultation application and our feasibility study

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