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The founders of animal charity New Arc have been given the go-ahead to build a home they will retire to on the rescue centre web site close to Auchnagatt.
Keith and Pauline Marley utilized to Aberdeenshire Council looking for permission for the three-bedroom bungalow simply 200 metres from the power at Nether Auquhadlie.
The couple stepped down from their New Arc duties on the finish of final 12 months after 16 years of onerous and almost limitless work.
Keith beforehand revealed that in their time in control of the charity, that they had simply 5 days off and had “earned a bit of a rest”.
But, they determined to wind down as they have been approaching retirement age and had suffered from some well being difficulties.
The devoted duo handed the reins over to Paul Reynolds and associate Morgane Ristic, who made the transfer north from their earlier rescue centre in Hampshire.
The new managers will transfer into Keith and Pauline’s present home on the New Arc web site after the newly authorized home is constructed.
But it hasn’t been a straightforward journey to get permission for the home.
The duo’s preliminary plan to build the home in a disused paddock was knocked again by native authority planners final March.
Council chiefs believed the proposal didn’t meet coverage and thought it might have a “negative” impression on the character of the world.
However, Keith and Pauline’s software was granted simply 5 months later after they made an attraction towards the choice to the native evaluation physique.
Members claimed the home was “essential” to permit the animal rescue charity to proceed its beneficial work.
But, an amended proposal just lately went earlier than the Formartine space committee because the couple requested to maneuver the brand new home 30 metres nearer to the centre.
They argued that the change would give them a greater view of the encircling fields and permit them to be shut sufficient to lend a serving to hand if wanted.
Council planners had advisable the plan be authorized as they believed the building’s scale and design was consistent with the encircling space.
Councillor Isobel Davidson famous it was a “very minor change” and mentioned she was “quite pleased” that the preliminary software was authorized on attraction.
She urged the proposal be authorized and it was unanimously granted by the committee.
