A vision to create wonderful neighbourhoods to live, work and play

The bustling market town of Ellon has a prime location only 16 miles to the North of Aberdeen and is well positioned for access to Peterhead, Dyce and the Bridge of Don. The town benefits from excellent schools, shopping and leisure amenities.

Scotia have been working with The Princes Foundation for the Built Environment and Urban Design Associates to carry out extensive community engagement, which has considered options for sustainable future development based upon proven urban design principles for the creation of quality mixed use neighbourhoods.

The Scotia Approach

We create classic, desirable neighbourhoods which reflect the area’s culture and traditions. All-in-all, it’s about re-capturing some of the good things about design from the past – many of which have been forgotten over the last 40 years.

There’s another important factor too – Scotland is committed to being far more sustainable than before, so issues such as traffic reduction are right at the top of the agenda.

Here are some of our guiding principles:

• ‘Walkable’ communities – ideally within a 10 minute walk of the main amenities. Pedestrians need to be given priority


• Connected spaces – streets, lanes and intelligent planning to help you get around town. We want to banish the cul-de-sac


• Public places – areas that form focal points in the town, allowing people to mix and relax


• Mixing it up – housing needs to go hand-in-hand with commercial properties. We also like to mix private residences with affordable rented or shared ownership housing


• Visual variety – we don’t build rows and rows of anonymous houses. Instead, we prefer to mix housing types and design features


• Local first – the designs, materials and layouts need to reflect the best of the existing area. Our buildings should blend seamlessly into the town – and never feel like a separate annexe

Location

• Aberdeen City Centre 16 miles


• Aberdeen Airport 18 miles


• Peterhead 17 miles