Chapelton, Aberdeenshire

Chapelton of Elsick
Plan of Chapelton
Chapelton of Elsick Chapelton of Elsick shown within Aberdeenshire
Population	30
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STONEHAVEN
Postcode district	AB39
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
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Coordinates: 57°02′04″N 2°10′28″W / 57.0344°N 2.1745°W / 57.0344; -2.1745

Chapelton of Elsick is a 2000 acre new town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 10 miles south of Aberdeen, the town is Adjacent to the A90 beside Newtonhill. Chapelton will have good transport links with the A90 to the east, the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Stonehaven Fastlink to the west and the Portlethen train station nearby. Detailed planning permission has been granted for the first 802 houses, which is 10% of the planned size of the town once completed. AJC Homes, Zero C, and Stephen started constructing the first homes in 2014.^[1]

Town layout

Layout

Chapelton has seven neighbourhoods the first four to be built is Cairnhill, Chapelton town Centre, Wester Cairnhill and Newhalls there are another three neighbourhoods in the 2nd half of Chapelton which will be built after in 2023. Each neighbourhood has basic amenities such as shops, bus stops and schools. There is going to be a Park and Ride at the Newtonhill junction and a new junction at Portlethen and on the AWPR so the town has good access to Aberdeen, Dyce and Dundee. The Groundbreaking to mark the start of construction happened on the 2nd of October 2013 at Elsick House, Elsick House is going to be part of the town center when the town is complete.

houses

A row of terraced houses in Cairnhill, Chapelton (jan 2015)

House styles in Chapelton vary from 2 bedroom flats to 5 bedroom family homes, most houses in Chapelton are 2 storeys high but some can be less. The Architecture of the houses exteriors have slate roof tiles and lime harl.

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