EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL A PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

eason that it is recommended not to include this ground as a potential future
location for the new secondary school.
4.4 SCOTT ELLIS PLAYINGFIELDS
(a)
The area of land available for development is potentially 17.36 hectares and
lies within the 1 in 200 year flood plain (as shown on the SEPA Flood Map
below).
Figure 1:
Flood Plain at Scott Ellis Playingfield
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Geotechnical maps also indicate an area of infilled ground running across the
site, adjacent to the River Irvine that could affect foundation design and add
additional cost to the school development.
In addition to the comments in the previous paragraphs, the land at Scott Ellis
Playingfields is in the ownership of East Ayrshire Council, and is held as part
of the Common Good Fund on the basis that the land should be used for all
time coming as a place of recreation and for sporting activity and that the
rights to the use of the land for these purposes should not be restricted.
The land at Scott Ellis playingfields is within the Common Good and if this site
were to be included for the proposal, it would require the land to be
appropriated by the Council for this purpose. However, given the nature of the
proposal, the extent of the land that would require to be appropriated and the
legal basis upon which the Council holds the land, the Council Legal Services
do not believe that it could successfully appropriate said land for this purpose.
It is for the above reasons that it is recommended not to site the new
secondary school on this ground.
4.5 LAND AT TOWNHOLM, KILMARNOCK
(a)
The Council owns approximately 4.6 hectares of land in the Townholm area of
Kilmarnock. This area of ground would not be able to accommodate the
requirements for the new secondary school as set out in paragraph 4.1above,
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