The local authority is hoping to shut the Blackhall Road site by the end of December, with staff relocating to offices elsewhere.

Council officers are hoping to shut the Blackhall Road site by the end of December, and bulldozers could reduce it to rubble shortly afterwards.

The move comes as councillors relocate staff to offices elsewhere, with some being sent to Inverurie town centre.

Gordon House opened in July 1982 to act as the “nerve centre” of what was Gordon District Council at the time. It was also the home of some departments of Grampian Regional Council, which had its headquarters in Woodhill House, Aberdeen.

The building was later taken on by Aberdeenshire Council once it was formed in 1996 and the district council was abolished.

However, the future of Gordon House has been hanging in the balance for a while now.

In 2021, the local authority unveiled plans to transform Inverurie Town Hall and move its staff there. Under this proposal, Gordon House would have been demolished to create 100 parking spaces for staff. But the idea proved to be extremely unpopular and was withdrawn just six months later after 369 residents submitted letters of objection.

They claimed the planned extension would “desecrate” the historic hall and “destroy the feel of the town centre”.

A local authority spokesman confirmed the demolition plan was pressing ahead.

He added: “The Service Point which is contained in the building will move to 93 High Street which will become the new public-facing office in Inverurie. Officers are working to a timeline to close Gordon House by December 31, with demolition in early 2025.”