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