Proposed 15-house development to help pay for hydrotherapy centre

A developer has unveiled plans to build 15 new homes next to a proposed rehabilitation centre on a farm near Banff.Blueprints for the facility showed a hydro pool, gym, education centre and five lodges to be constructed at Hilton Park.The company behind the idea, Re-Nutherapy, wants to use the base to aid people recovering from injuries such as spinal problems, brain tumours and strokes.Council planning chiefs approved the proposal to convert former agricultural buildings into a new centre last month.Now, the company has returned with a new proposal to build 15 houses and then sell them off, so the project can move forward.A report prepared for the company by Shand Building Design argued the new homes were a crucial part of the rehabilitation centre plans because the money from their sale would be ploughed into the latter venture.It confirmed the houses would be sold to first-time buyers.