Background

The Stonehaven – Past, Present, Future project organised a series of public engagement events between February and March 2025. This included a stall at the farmer’s market, a drop-in session and guided walks at the Town Hall, and a workshop with a local school.

The aim was to learn what residents of Stonehaven felt about the existing conservation area and the extent to which they thought the New Town should be covered by a conservation area.

Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their thoughts, a summary of this project can be found below.

Next steps

We reviewed the feedback from the engagement events and created a summary report for Aberdeenshire Council. The report will inform the final conservation area boundary and relevant documentation.

Aberdeenshire Council will write to everyone living within the existing and proposed conservation area boundaries to get their final views. The finalised boundary and documentation will go to councillors on the Area Committee, who hope to make a decision by Autumn 2025.