The Peterhead Port Authority Harbour Revision Order 2015

Power to construct works

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Authority may in the lines and situations and upon the lands delineated on the deposited plans and within the limits of deviation shown on them and according to the levels shown on the deposited sections or elevations, construct and maintain in Aberdeenshire the following works, with all necessary works and conveniences connected with them—

• Work No. 1 – A deepening by means of excavation, including blasting, to a depth of 6.5 metres below Chart Datum of that part of North Harbour shown hatched black on sheet 3 and the sections of which are shown on sheet 17.

• Work No. 2 – A deepening by means of excavation, including blasting, to a depth of 8 metres below Chart Datum of that part of North Harbour shown hatched black on sheet 4 and the section of which is shown on sheet 17.

• Work No. 3 – A deepening by means of excavation, including blasting, to a depth of 6.5 metres below Chart Datum of that part of South Harbour shown hatched black on sheet 5 and the sections of which are shown on sheet 17.

• Work No. 4 – A deepening by means of excavation, including blasting, to a depth of 7.5 metres below Chart Datum of that part of the port adjacent to Merchant’s Quay shown hatched black on sheet 6 and the section of which is shown on sheet 18. In connection with the carrying out of Work No. 4, the authority may strengthen such part of the quay wall of Merchant’s Quay as is deemed necessary or expedient.

• Work No. 5 – A deepening by means of excavation, including blasting, to a depth of 9 metres below Chart Datum of that part of the port adjacent to West Jetty shown hatched black on sheet 7 and the section of which is shown on sheet 17.

• Work No. 6 – The strengthening and refacing of the quay walls of North Harbour, West Boom Jetty, and Ballast Quay Jetty within the port at the locations shown on sheet 8 and sections of which are shown on sheet 17.

• Work No. 7 – Reclamation by infilling of an area comprising 35,000 square metres of Peterhead Bay adjoining Smith Embankment to form an area of hardstanding and having rock armoured revetted slopes on the seaward side, the location of which is shown on sheet 9 and the section of which is shown on sheet 18.

• Work No. 8 – An extension of the West Jetty created by the excavation, including blasting, of the bed of the port on the western side at the landward end of the Jetty, the location of which is shown on sheet 10 and the section of which is shown on 17. Work No. 8 includes the construction of a return wall and a refacing of West Jetty on the western side at the landward end of the Jetty.

• Work No. 9 – A Jetty comprising the partial demolition and reconstruction of the West Pier Jetty, commencing at a point on the quay wall at Merchant’s Quay at 413645,845827, extending into South Harbour for a distance of 23 metres and terminating at a point at 413667,845831 the location of which is shown on sheet 11 and the section of which are shown on sheet 17. In connection with the demolition of West Pier Jetty and the construction of Work No. 9 the authority may strengthen such part of the quay wall of Merchant’s Quay as is deemed necessary or expedient.

• Work No. 10A – A single story building comprising a fish market and facilities associated with that market, the location of which is shown on sheet 12 and the plan and elevations of which are shown on sheet 14.

• Work No. 10B – A two story building comprising offices and facilities associated with Work No. 10A, the location of which is shown on sheet 13 and the plans and elevations of which are shown on sheet 15.

• Work No. 11 - A widening of the Junction Canal at North Harbour the location of which is shown on sheet 16 and the section of which is shown on sheet 17. In constructing Work No. 11, the Authority may demolish and remove the Queenie Bridge. In connection with the widening of the Junction Canal the Authority may blast any rock within the limits of deviation.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Authority may, for the purposes of the works authorised by paragraph (1), demolish and remove any structures or apparatus lying within the limits of deviation and enclose and reclaim so much of the bed of the port and of the foreshore as lies within the limits of deviation and may hold and use the same as part of the undertaking of the Authority; and so much of the bed of the port and of the foreshore as may be reclaimed shall be deemed to be operational land within the meaning of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(1).

(3) Without affecting the general power conferred under paragraph (2), the Authority may in connection with the construction of the works on any land owned by it, demolish and remove so much of—

(a) the former Greenhill Fish Market Building and Alexandra House, the location of which is indicated on sheet 12;

(b) the Marine Co. building, the location of which is indicated on sheet 12; and

(c) the Merchant’s Quay Fish Market building and associated offices, the location of which is indicated on sheet 6.

(4) In connection with the construction of Works Nos. 10A and 10B the Authority may—

(a) reconstruct so much of the Greenhill Fish Market building, the location of which is indicated on sheet 12, as is considered necessary or expedient; and

(b) remove the stone ‘lighthouse’ structure and relocate and reconstruct it on land bounded by Alexandra Parade, Roanheads and the North Sea at grid reference 413626,846555.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Authority may, within the limits of deviation, reconstruct, extend, enlarge, replace or relay the works authorised by paragraph (1) and may maintain the same as reconstructed, extended, enlarged, replaced or relaid.

(6) For the purposes of facilitating the construction of the works authorised under this article, the Authority may enter into arrangements with persons who may be affected by the construction of the works including financial arrangements.

(1)

1997 c.8.