Countesswells is an area of
Aberdeen
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, Scotland.
Construction
In 2014, planning permission was granted for 3,000 homes in the area. However, the development was initially delayed after the developers and land owners could not agree on the funding for schools and infrastructure. In April 2016,
Stewart Milne Group
Stewart Milne CBE, DBA, DTech (born 23 July 1950) is a Scottish businessman and former football club chairman, from Alford, Aberdeenshire.
Milne is a major shareholder in Aberdeen F.C., and joined the club's board of directors in 1994 to replace ...
stated that it expected to start work on the development immediately. By November 2021, 900 homes were either completed or under construction.
Facilities
There is a
Sainsbury's
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Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK r ...
and a primary school, along with a number of vacant shop units - the
NHS
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has been granted planning permission for one of these. A pharmacy has applied for a licence for one of the units which was rejected by the local NHS board after pharmacies in
Cults
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and
Kingswells
Kingswells https://www.kingswells.com/ is a village and suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated west of the city and to the east of Westhill.
Kingswells has existed as a village for centuries, but only beginning in the 1980s did it expand as a ...
said it would lose them business - this is awaiting appeal as of August 2023. There are a number of empty commercial units both beside the school and towards where the planned town-centre will eventually be.
Cults Burn Park
Cults Burn Park is currently partially constructed and will eventually run through most of the development.
Forest Access
There are three wooded areas around Countesswells.
To the West is Countesswells Forest, which was heavily damaged in a major winter storm.
To the South is Foggieton.
To the East is the wooded area at the back of
Hazlehead Park
Hazlehead Park is a public park in the Hazlehead, Aberdeen, Hazlehead area of Aberdeen, Scotland. 180 hectares in size, it was opened to the public in 1920, having formerly been the estate of Hazlehead House, home of William Rose, shipbuilder. I ...
.
Transportation
There are two bus routes to Countesswells; one via
, the other via
Stagecoach
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using route number 4. In July 2022,
service 15 was introduced by
. It runs from Countesswells to
Balnagask via Aberdeen city centre.
References
{{Areas of Aberdeen
Villages in Aberdeen