Airport car park approved despite BAA objection
24.04.09
Plans for a 1014-space car park on land next to Aberdeen Airport have been approved by councillors, despite objections from BAA. The city’s planning committee unanimously approved the proposals, which will see farmland next to the airport transformed in to a new car park. A new access road with a mini roundabout also forms part of the plans for land at Upper Farburn Road in Dyce.
The plans were lodged by Ribnort Ltd – but BAA, which owns and runs the airport, objected to the scheme because it will hit its own application for two hotels and a car park on land south of the site. BAA's proposal is currently going through the appeal process after it was rejected by councillors.
Council officials said they were happy with the new car-park application from Ribnort, subject to a number of conditions including that the car park is only used by staff, visitors and passengers at Aberdeen Airport. A shuttle bus must also be provided between the car park and the terminal, which is something that BAA could block, or at least make very expensive, as the airport is technically private property. Prestwick Airport did something similar with a competing off airport car park last year.
An Aberdeen Airport spokesman said: ‘BAA Aberdeen raised concerns about this application and these concerns remain, despite the authority arriving at this decision. We hope to be able to work with the council and the developers to try to resolve the issues.’
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