At Tod Head Lighthouse Station

Pre-Planning Consultation

This document aims to clarify the applicants request. Advice is sought from local Aberdeenshire Council planning officers on whether a planning permission is likely to fail or have merit for consideration to:-

Demolish 3 x dilapidated buildings and construct a replacement single-storey building in the uniform vernacular of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) at Tod Head Lighthouse Station?

^^ The location of 3 dilapidated buildings can be seen ^^ 
within the red outline ovals marked on this photograph.

The architectural brief will be to reflect and harmonise with uniform Northern Lighthouse Board “First Assistant Lighthouse Keeper” style of dwelling on the footprint currently occupied by “Outbuilding 1” as illustrated in the next few segment.

The next draft illustration shows an example of the diminutive newbuild single-storey ground floor dwelling that the owner of the lighthouse station is seeking to have built in place of the three ruinous buildings that litter the back of the station.


A Copy of This Document Can Be Brought Up To The Lighthouse

It is one of TWO documents to ensure Flat-2 Gets The Ownership Transferred


To focus back on what exactly is going to happened at Tod Head with the 3 x demolitions and one newbuild…

This is based on what the Northern Lighthouse Board have been building as their preferred vernacular since 1959 (Strathy Point Lighthouse Station and Noss Head Lighthouse Station). This is what the owner at Tod Head Lighthouse Station proposes to have built to enable him to continue living at Tod Head Lighthouse Station (with a deteriorating spinal disability that is making climbing stairs to his first-floor Flat-3 increasingly difficult…

^^ Proposed Single Storey Newbuild ^^ 
At Tod Lighthouse Station 
In place of this old outbuilding....

There are 3 dilapidated outbuildings to demolish as part of the renovation of the whole of Tod Head Lighthouse Station.

One wobbly wooden garage exposed to lighthouse location power winds has been wasting space with an old car stored in a garage for 21 years.

^^ One of Three Dilapidated Buildings ^^

It may also help to see a rough plan, based on the 1988 Title-Deed Plans (Mr Bob Galloway owned Tod Head directly from his purchase from the Northern Lighthouse in 1988). 

Here is an indication of the current layout at Tod Head. Very little has changed since 1988.

Hence parts are likely to be in such a dilapidated condition. 

^^ Plan Illustrating Likely Demolition Structures ^^

& Newbuild Footprint.

Care has been taken not to 

disturb the sea-views enjoyed by the neighbours

Indeed, with the removal of the old garages,

the neighbours views of the sea will improve.

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The newbuild accommodation is needed especially as the owner has a deteriorating spinal condition that, in spite of earlier spinal surgery, means he cannot reside in the future in his first floor Flat-3.

The first floor dwelling at Flat-3 has been assessed for a disability lift/elevator, but Tod Head is redolent with protected listed buildings and the format of first-floor Flat-3 does not lend itself to having an internal disability compliant lift/elevator installed.

^^ The Need For Further Spinal Surgery ^^

Means Living On A First Floor With Only Stairs As Access

Will Become Problematic As Wheelchair Use Increase.

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Pre-Planning Application Enquiry

Additional Details

The proposed planning enquiry for a disability adapted newbuild ground floor building will produce a home on “brownfield” ground already owned by the applicant. Best of all a lift/elevator will not be needed.

An added bonus is that fine-tuning of a “disability friendly” house can be future-proofed before the final plans are presented to the architect for: (i) Planning Permission, plus (ii) Buildings Warrants, and (iii) Listed Building consent (the newbuild replacement for the (demolished) Old Workshop being in the environs of a Grade-B listed building.

The floorplan of the proposed Tod Head disability friendly newbuild is significantly smaller than the similar Northern Lighthouse Board design built up by Joh O’Groats at Noss Head.

Here is the smaller floor-plan area as proposed for Tod Head lighthouse Station in Aberdeenshire…

To ensure that the vernacular of the Northern Lighthouse Buildings is respected, the newbuild will be designed from plans of previous Northern Lighthouse buildings. Here are the elevations for the Noss Head Lighthouse Sation. The simiar architecture is clear…

^^ Noss Head Lighthouse Newbuild ^^

It may be help perspective to see an oblique photograph of the far northern Noss Head lighthouse buildings after we had completed their renovation (from becoming ruined a second time). We bought Noss Head Lighthouse Station on 23rd May 2017. Sadly health issues had begun to significantly deteriorate even 7 years ago. Hence the move nearer to family between Dundee and Aberdeen,

^^ Noss Head Lighthouse Station ^^

Wick, Caithness, KW1 4QT 

The applicant spends at least 3 days each week working (via computer and internet) from his home-office. Suitable space for that is owned by the applicant in a ground floor room at the main 2-storey accommodation block. Thereby keeping the newbuild disability-adapted dwelling on as modest and proportionate footprint as possible.

The Tod Head, Aberdeenshire version will be 25% to 33% Smaller in width and depth.

The Noss Head, Caithness newbuild was required when the existing building was unfit for habitation…

^^ Earlier Noss Head, Caithness Lighthouse Buildings ^^

The Structure To The Right of The Photograph Was Demolished

The replacement at Noss Head in Caithness was and is the building as can be seen during restoration at Noss Head Lighthouse Station…

^^ Occasional Keeper’s Cabin ^^

Noss Head Lighthouse  Station

During Surface Preparation & Specialist Painting

^^ Occasional Keeper’s Cabin ^^

Noss Head Lighthouse  Station

During Surface Preparation & Specialist Painting

^^ Occasional Keeper’s Cabin ^^

Noss Head Lighthouse  Station

After Specialist Painting

^ Robbie Cahill & Andrew Ritchie ^^

Specialist Lighthouse Painters

Soon To Be Visiting Tod Head For Painting

It helps a great deal to have lighthouse professional such as Robbie and Andy who are stalwarts of the Northern Lighthouse Board and available to help ourselves at Noss Head Lighthouse Station and soon to be at Tod Head Lighthouse Station

The Northern Lighthouse Board, being a uniform service, tends to have building stock from the 1959 (Strathy Point Lighthouse Station onward) built in a more austere and plain, functional vernacular than the Stevensons of 180 years ago. Although the older structures do have fine stonemasonry work and are adorned with much architectural merit from previous eras. 

^^ Tod Head Lighthouse Station ^^

Any questions, please contact:-

Russ McLean

Tel/Text: 07572768 795

Office: 01241 852127

Tod Head Lighthouse Station: 01569 750 629

Sannox Hotel Office: 01770 810225

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Notes

Proposed Newbuild House #4

 

1]. The proposed newbuild structure for Tod Head Lighthouse Station in Aberdeenshire, DD10 0TH., is similar to the case at Noss Head Lighthouse Station, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4QT where the previous owners, the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) demolished an unusable building and replaced it with a single story dwelling, very much in keeping with the uniform vernacular of the Northern Lighthouse Board’s estate. It should be noted, the proposal is not a “pastiche” but specifically an adherent to the uniform nature of the lighthouse service.

^^ Noss Head Principal Lighthouse Keeper’s House ^^

The photo above is the Northern Lighthouse Board design atthe far northern Caithness Principal Keeper’s House

With some rough photoshop effort, here is 25% to 33% shaved off of the front elevation to give the reader (and the architect) an idea of the smaller sized, single-storey newbuild needed at Aberdeenshire Tod Head Lighthouse Station for the owner…

^^ Proposed Shorter elevation For Tod Head ^^

^^ Lighthouse Station Newbuild ^^

 

3]. The prosal for Tod Head Lighthouse Stationewbuild is almost identical in deign to the newbuild from the Northern ighthouse oard at Noss head. However, the proposal for Tod Head is for a building that is approximately 1/3 smaler in footprint.

 

4]. The reason for a smaler rsize is so as not to interuot nor obscure the view from Flat-1 groudfoor window to the west. In addition, the demolition ad complete removal of “Outbuilding-2 and Outbuilding-3 will (i) enhance theviews frm north-facing windows at Flat-1 and (ii) remove distracting, dilapiatedstructuresfrotheeyelineof the owners’ of Flat-2 and Flat-3.

5] he owner ofthe bulk of the land and Flat-3 (which is unsuiable for either a stair ift or internal domesti disabiity levator) has owned 4 lighthouse stations and leased one lighthouse station i the past 40 years. As a onsequence, the buildings on each have been brought back from dereiction an sensitively restored to theas near to their original conditio asis possible.

6]. y renovating the buildings, they can beome useful amenities. From that flows funds that crucially keeps these uldings wel aintaie.

7]. During the last 40 years, and in particular the previus Noss Head ighthouse Stationrenoation where Northern Lighthouse crew were rovating the ighthouse tower, it became apparnt that there area group of individuals, either directly employed by the General Lighthouse Authorities (here) or contracted to the lighthouse authorities.

8].This means (i) a dedicated tam with the skillset to renoate Northern Lighthouse + Trinity ouee Lighthouse + Comissionerof Irish Light buildings ad(ii) a very kind gesture from the ighthouse authorities n assistingtheapplicant open trade accounts with strictly tradebodies, such as the manufacturerof the paint that is used on allthe majority of NLB lighthousr

9] Following detaileddiscussions with this group of lighthouse professionas, the applicant will is in the process of registeringa “ational Lighthouse Preservation Charity” so that derelict lighthouse stations such as Ailsa Craig Island (here) and Neist Point Lighthouse Station (here ad here) as being “beyond economic repair) can e given  a second chance at being brought back from ruination. The applicant has bona fides in establishing nautical charities such as this one here and here.

10]. Consequenty, the planning aplication for a (privately funded) demolition of three boutbuildings at Tod Head Lighthouse Station and replacement with a disabiility compliant, yrt economically beyo

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11] The applicant has endeavoured to work, rather than rely of State benefits. However as this age advances, the reliance of disability adaptations inrease. It is a source of regret that living in first-floor Flat-3 is no longer an option.

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has, unfortunately become disabled following spinal surgery (removal of intervertebral  disc L5/S1) and is scheduled for further spinal surgery on intervertebral discs L4/L5 and C4/C5. The first surgery rendered Mr McLean disabled, but able lto  manage stairs with assistance.

f and Vemolition of three dilapidated outbuildings

The owner of Tod Head Lighthouse Station title deed KNC6706 (title: click here) is Russell McLean.

Mr McLeanedoes not own Flat-1 (owner: Mrs Kong) + Flat-2 (owner Mr Rutherford) + Disused Lighthouse Tower (owner Mrs Betys (planning ref: here)) r,

 

 

 

^^ Flat-2 Tod Head Lighthouse Station ^^


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Interior of Flat-2

This floorplan layout is given in good faith for guidance, but should not be relied upon for hyper-accuracy.

Please can readers make their own enquiries and take their own drawings/measurements. Thankyou.

 

 


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At Tod Head Lighthouse Station

Pre-Planning Consultation

This document aims to clarify the applicants request. Advice is sought from local Aberdeenshire Council planning officers on whether a planning permission is likely to fail or have merit for consideration to:-

Demolish 3 x dilapidated buildings and construct a replacement single-storey building in the uniform vernacular of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) at Tod Head Lighthouse Station?

^^ The location of 3 dilapidated buildings can be seen ^^ 
within the red outline ovals marked on this photograph.

The architectural brief will be to reflect and harmonise with uniform Northern Lighthouse Board “First Assistant Lighthouse Keeper” style of dwelling on the footprint currently occupied by “Outbuilding 1” as illustrated in the next few segment.

The next draft illustration shows an example of the diminutive newbuild single-storey ground floor dwelling that the owner of the lighthouse station is seeking to have built in place of the three ruinous buildings that litter the back of the station.


A Copy of This Document Can Be Brought Up To The Lighthouse

It is one of TWO documents to ensure Flat-2 Gets The Ownership Transferred


To focus back on what exactly is going to happened at Tod Head with the 3 x demolitions and one newbuild…

This is based on what the Northern Lighthouse Board have been building as their preferred vernacular since 1959 (Strathy Point Lighthouse Station and Noss Head Lighthouse Station). This is what the owner at Tod Head Lighthouse Station proposes to have built to enable him to continue living at Tod Head Lighthouse Station (with a deteriorating spinal disability that is making climbing stairs to his first-floor Flat-3 increasingly difficult…

^^ Proposed Single Storey Newbuild ^^ 
At Tod Lighthouse Station 
In place of this old outbuilding....

There are 3 dilapidated outbuildings to demolish as part of the renovation of the whole of Tod Head Lighthouse Station.

One wobbly wooden garage exposed to lighthouse location power winds has been wasting space with an old car stored in a garage for 21 years.

^^ One of Three Dilapidated Buildings ^^

It may also help to see a rough plan, based on the 1988 Title-Deed Plans (Mr Bob Galloway owned Tod Head directly from his purchase from the Northern Lighthouse in 1988). 

Here is an indication of the current layout at Tod Head. Very little has changed since 1988.

Hence parts are likely to be in such a dilapidated condition. 

^^ Plan Illustrating Likely Demolition Structures ^^

& Newbuild Footprint.

Care has been taken not to 

disturb the sea-views enjoyed by the neighbours

Indeed, with the removal of the old garages,

the neighbours views of the sea will improve.

***********


The newbuild accommodation is needed especially as the owner has a deteriorating spinal condition that, in spite of earlier spinal surgery, means he cannot reside in the future in his first floor Flat-3.

The first floor dwelling at Flat-3 has been assessed for a disability lift/elevator, but Tod Head is redolent with protected listed buildings and the format of first-floor Flat-3 does not lend itself to having an internal disability compliant lift/elevator installed.

^^ The Need For Further Spinal Surgery ^^

Means Living On A First Floor With Only Stairs As Access

Will Become Problematic As Wheelchair Use Increase.

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Pre-Planning Application Enquiry

Additional Details

The proposed planning enquiry for a disability adapted newbuild ground floor building will produce a home on “brownfield” ground already owned by the applicant. Best of all a lift/elevator will not be needed.

An added bonus is that fine-tuning of a “disability friendly” house can be future-proofed before the final plans are presented to the architect for: (i) Planning Permission, plus (ii) Buildings Warrants, and (iii) Listed Building consent (the newbuild replacement for the (demolished) Old Workshop being in the environs of a Grade-B listed building.

The floorplan of the proposed Tod Head disability friendly newbuild is significantly smaller than the similar Northern Lighthouse Board design built up by Joh O’Groats at Noss Head.

Here is the smaller floor-plan area as proposed for Tod Head lighthouse Station in Aberdeenshire…

To ensure that the vernacular of the Northern Lighthouse Buildings is respected, the newbuild will be designed from plans of previous Northern Lighthouse buildings. Here are the elevations for the Noss Head Lighthouse Sation. The simiar architecture is clear…

^^ Noss Head Lighthouse Newbuild ^^

It may be help perspective to see an oblique photograph of the far northern Noss Head lighthouse buildings after we had completed their renovation (from becoming ruined a second time). We bought Noss Head Lighthouse Station on 23rd May 2017. Sadly health issues had begun to significantly deteriorate even 7 years ago. Hence the move nearer to family between Dundee and Aberdeen,

^^ Noss Head Lighthouse Station ^^

Wick, Caithness, KW1 4QT 

The applicant spends at least 3 days each week working (via computer and internet) from his home-office. Suitable space for that is owned by the applicant in a ground floor room at the main 2-storey accommodation block. Thereby keeping the newbuild disability-adapted dwelling on as modest and proportionate footprint as possible.

The Tod Head, Aberdeenshire version will be 25% to 33% Smaller in width and depth.

The Noss Head, Caithness newbuild was required when the existing building was unfit for habitation…

^^ Earlier Noss Head, Caithness Lighthouse Buildings ^^

The Structure To The Right of The Photograph Was Demolished

The replacement at Noss Head in Caithness was and is the building as can be seen during restoration at Noss Head Lighthouse Station…

^^ Occasional Keeper’s Cabin ^^

Noss Head Lighthouse  Station

During Surface Preparation & Specialist Painting

^^ Occasional Keeper’s Cabin ^^

Noss Head Lighthouse  Station

During Surface Preparation & Specialist Painting

^^ Occasional Keeper’s Cabin ^^

Noss Head Lighthouse  Station

After Specialist Painting

^ Robbie Cahill & Andrew Ritchie ^^

Specialist Lighthouse Painters

Soon To Be Visiting Tod Head For Painting

It helps a great deal to have lighthouse professional such as Robbie and Andy who are stalwarts of the Northern Lighthouse Board and available to help ourselves at Noss Head Lighthouse Station and soon to be at Tod Head Lighthouse Station

The Northern Lighthouse Board, being a uniform service, tends to have building stock from the 1959 (Strathy Point Lighthouse Station onward) built in a more austere and plain, functional vernacular than the Stevensons of 180 years ago. Although the older structures do have fine stonemasonry work and are adorned with much architectural merit from previous eras. 

^^ Tod Head Lighthouse Station ^^

Any questions, please contact:-

Russ McLean

Tel/Text: 07572768 795

Office: 01241 852127

Tod Head Lighthouse Station: 01569 750 629

Sannox Hotel Office: 01770 810225

***********

Notes

Proposed Newbuild House #4

 

1]. The proposed newbuild structure for Tod Head Lighthouse Station in Aberdeenshire, DD10 0TH., is similar to the case at Noss Head Lighthouse Station, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4QT where the previous owners, the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) demolished an unusable building and replaced it with a single story dwelling, very much in keeping with the uniform vernacular of the Northern Lighthouse Board’s estate. It should be noted, the proposal is not a “pastiche” but specifically an adherent to the uniform nature of the lighthouse service.

^^ Noss Head Principal Lighthouse Keeper’s House ^^

The photo above is the Northern Lighthouse Board design atthe far northern Caithness Principal Keeper’s House

With some rough photoshop effort, here is 25% to 33% shaved off of the front elevation to give the reader (and the architect) an idea of the smaller sized, single-storey newbuild needed at Aberdeenshire Tod Head Lighthouse Station for the owner…

^^ Proposed Shorter elevation For Tod Head ^^

^^ Lighthouse Station Newbuild ^^

 

3]. The prosal for Tod Head Lighthouse Stationewbuild is almost identical in deign to the newbuild from the Northern ighthouse oard at Noss head. However, the proposal for Tod Head is for a building that is approximately 1/3 smaler in footprint.

 

4]. The reason for a smaler rsize is so as not to interuot nor obscure the view from Flat-1 groudfoor window to the west. In addition, the demolition ad complete removal of “Outbuilding-2 and Outbuilding-3 will (i) enhance theviews frm north-facing windows at Flat-1 and (ii) remove distracting, dilapiatedstructuresfrotheeyelineof the owners’ of Flat-2 and Flat-3.

5] he owner ofthe bulk of the land and Flat-3 (which is unsuiable for either a stair ift or internal domesti disabiity levator) has owned 4 lighthouse stations and leased one lighthouse station i the past 40 years. As a onsequence, the buildings on each have been brought back from dereiction an sensitively restored to theas near to their original conditio asis possible.

6]. y renovating the buildings, they can beome useful amenities. From that flows funds that crucially keeps these uldings wel aintaie.

7]. During the last 40 years, and in particular the previus Noss Head ighthouse Stationrenoation where Northern Lighthouse crew were rovating the ighthouse tower, it became apparnt that there area group of individuals, either directly employed by the General Lighthouse Authorities (here) or contracted to the lighthouse authorities.

8].This means (i) a dedicated tam with the skillset to renoate Northern Lighthouse + Trinity ouee Lighthouse + Comissionerof Irish Light buildings ad(ii) a very kind gesture from the ighthouse authorities n assistingtheapplicant open trade accounts with strictly tradebodies, such as the manufacturerof the paint that is used on allthe majority of NLB lighthousr

9] Following detaileddiscussions with this group of lighthouse professionas, the applicant will is in the process of registeringa “ational Lighthouse Preservation Charity” so that derelict lighthouse stations such as Ailsa Craig Island (here) and Neist Point Lighthouse Station (here ad here) as being “beyond economic repair) can e given  a second chance at being brought back from ruination. The applicant has bona fides in establishing nautical charities such as this one here and here.

10]. Consequenty, the planning aplication for a (privately funded) demolition of three boutbuildings at Tod Head Lighthouse Station and replacement with a disabiility compliant, yrt economically beyo

remoe  g

(.

11] The applicant has endeavoured to work, rather than rely of State benefits. However as this age advances, the reliance of disability adaptations inrease. It is a source of regret that living in first-floor Flat-3 is no longer an option.

the

has, unfortunately become disabled following spinal surgery (removal of intervertebral  disc L5/S1) and is scheduled for further spinal surgery on intervertebral discs L4/L5 and C4/C5. The first surgery rendered Mr McLean disabled, but able lto  manage stairs with assistance.

f and Vemolition of three dilapidated outbuildings

The owner of Tod Head Lighthouse Station title deed KNC6706 (title: click here) is Russell McLean.

Mr McLeanedoes not own Flat-1 (owner: Mrs Kong) + Flat-2 (owner Mr Rutherford) + Disused Lighthouse Tower (owner Mrs Betys (planning ref: here)) r,

 

 

 

^^ Flat-2 Tod Head Lighthouse Station ^^


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Interior of Flat-2

This floorplan layout is given in good faith for guidance, but should not be relied upon for hyper-accuracy.

Please can readers make their own enquiries and take their own drawings/measurements. Thankyou.

 

 


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To Return To The

Preferred Buyer Page, Please

Click Here


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