Building Briefs – January 10th

Detailed drawings and plans for a supermarket on the edge of Stonehaven have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council.

FM Group was granted permission to build a supermarket, a 50-bedroom hotel and restaurant on the outskirts of the town in 2016.

Layout, car parking and transport plans have been addressed by the updated application and full details of proposed walking and cycling routes within the Ury Estate will be issued when complete.

This will include the timescale of delivery of an improved pedestrian link under the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen road adjacent to the Cowie Waters.

The FM Group is also behind the £80m boutique hotel and golf resort featuring a course designed by US golfer Jack Nicklaus.

Fresh proposals for Galloway holiday complex

Revised plans for a major holiday complex on farmland in Galloway are being recommended for approval.

The proposed project involves the development of 444 holiday lodges along with a shop, café and leisure facilities.

Initial plans to create the holiday park at Barncrosh Farm secured consent in September 2014.

Amended proposals have now been tabled for consideration by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s planning committee.

The application seeks permission to change the previously agreed layout of holiday lodges on the site.

The revised plans also include a new four-phase development programme for the complex.

Hawick rugby visitor centre bid takes shape

A feasibility study has been established to look at setting up a new rugby visitor centre in the Scottish Borders.

The facility in Hawick will house artefacts belonging to its rugby club and the Bill McLaren Foundation.

The study will look at a range of options from simply digitising the material up to the creation of a visitor centre.

Work to start on Peterhead’s Aldi store

Work on a long-awaited supermarket in the north-east’s largest town is due to start later this month.

Peterhead’s Kirk Street will be closed for up to 28 days while the demolition of old flats at the former Kirkburn Mill takes place.

Aldi plans to build a store on the site and the budget supermarket aims to have it open by the end of the year.

It is hoped the move will create up to 30 new jobs and boost the local economy to the tune of £2.5million.

Aldi’s site would include two separate retail units and a car park for 150 shoppers.

The process of tearing down the old mill will begin on Wednesday, January 24 and the council has said a section of the road next to the site will be off limits to motorists during this time for safety reasons.