Environmental Justice for Torry Communities

That the Parliament notes the proposals to re-zone two green belt areas in Torry, Aberdeen, the St Fittick’s Community Park and Doonies Rare Breeds Farm, to facilitate port expansion as part of a larger industrialisation plan to create an energy transition zone (ETZ); recognises what it sees as the importance of transitioning away from fossil fuels, but also the negative impacts that over-industrialisation can have on resident communities, such as poor air quality, loss of green space and various forms of pollution, including noise; believes that community green spaces are positive for mental wellbeing and people's right to a healthy environment; appreciates the value of having an award-winning, biodiverse area of woodland, wetland and recreational grassland in these areas, which experience multiple social deprivation; acknowledges the opposition to the re-zoning by the community in Torry, including the Friends of St Fittick’s campaign, on environmental justice and community wellbeing grounds; considers these sites to be valuable to the people and their rezoning to be inappropriate, and calls on Aberdeen City Council and the Harbour Board to work with the communities to find an alternative site for the ETZ, maximising the use of existing infrastructure wherever possible.