Condenser compound relocation at Simeon House, Bieldside, Aberdeen
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Aberdeen Planning Development Management Committee on 23 Apr 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application sought to relocate a condenser compound, add associated services and fencing, and alter previously approved car parking.
“The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-”
“That the application for Detailed Planning Permission for the re-location of condenser compound with associated services and fenced enclosure and alterations to a car parking (previously approved under planning application ref 250191/DPP), at Simeon House, Cairnlee Road, Bieldside Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-”
Minutes
Officers’ recommendation
Officers recommended approval subject to conditions, including controls requiring noise mitigation before the air source heat pumps came into use.
“February 2026) are implemented, including the mitigation measures detailed in Sections 8.11 – 8.14 and as shown in Figure 6 and the Noise Assessment Layout Plan [Rev 03] (Drawing No. Simeon(PP)999.14).”
“Prior to the proposed Air Source Heat Pumps coming into use, evidence that the above mitigation measures have been installed shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority.”
Minutes
Who spoke
A senior planner spoke in support of the application, while a community council representative and two objectors spoke against it.
The committee’s decision
The committee approved the application conditionally and amended the noise condition to require measurements at four properties before full operation.
“The Committee resolved:- to approve the application conditionally with an amendment to condition 2 to read:-”
“Notwithstanding the mitigation measures detailed below, and prior to the proposed Air Source Heat Pumps coming into full operation noise measurements from locations at the rear boundaries of the properties at 4, 6, 8 and 10 Earlspark Drive shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority indicating that the Air Source Heat Pumps noise levels are in compliance with the approved Noise Impact Assessment.”
Minutes
Conditions
Approved subject to 1 condition, set out in the minutes.
Sources
- Aberdeen Planning Development Management Committee minutes, 23 April 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Aberdeen's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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