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5th September 2006

Stonehaven Conservatives Launch  Survey On Sports Facilities

Stonehaven Conservatives are gearing up to circulate every house in Stonehaven this month with their survey on sports facilities.

This is very much part of their campaign to bring a new state of the art sports complex to the town, primarily for field based sports.

They are encouraging every resident to reply with their ideas regardless of their own political beliefs as the team see this as a non party political campaign, but one that the whole town can get behind.

George Carr and Alan Venters volunteered to investigate the options and have widened their survey to include questions relating to the proposed development at Ury estate and on planning gain alternatives. Planning gain is money allocated to the Council from developers for infrastructure and facilities once planning permission is granted .

They felt that local folk should have a say on such matters.

Scottish Parliamentary candidate, Stewart Whyte said: “This is a great opportunity for the Stonehaven community to have their say on decisions affecting the town. A desire for better sporting facilities was regularly raised with me on the doorsteps when I talked to residents over the summer.  I strongly urge people to take part in the survey and to make their views known.”