Aberdeenshire

The owner of Dunnottar Castle has been told that his plans for a new £3.5 million visitor centre cannot be supported by planners.

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans for a 900-home development to be built on the outskirts of Inverurie. 

A range of improvements are about to be introduced between Montgarrie and Alford as Aberdeenshire Council develops a new active travel route.  The existing path will be closed for construction at the end of January to enable the route to be widened, surfaces improved and a new footbridge instal

Two community drop-in sessions are to be held in January to discuss five possible options for the future use of Aboyne Bridge. 

Two community councils in the south of Aberdeenshire are the first to submit Local Place Plans which gather ideas, highlight issues and express their communities’ aspirations for the future of their place.

Transport Scotland has published supplementary draft orders to support a new railway overbridge at Oatyhill.

A local firm in the north-east of Scotland has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to help deliver a new HVDC converter station required as part of Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s largest ever electricity transmission project.

The James Hutton Institute has chosen Green Cat Contracting to deliver the construction phase of its world-leading demonstration project HydroGlen, following a competitive tendering process. The project aims to show how farming communities could soon become self-reliant, green-hydrogen energy produc

Plans have been submitted for the new multi-million-pound Museum of Aberdeenshire and Peterhead Library. 

Persimmon North Scotland will be re-entering the housing market in the north east with a new residential development at Strabathie Village, Aberdeenshire.

Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL) and Flotation Energy welcomed members from the Scottish Affairs Select Committee yesterday as part of a fact-finding mission into energy companies in the north east. The 50 MW floating Kincardine offshore windfarm, owned by Dragados S.A., is located 15km o

Knight Property Group has welcomed Ener-G Services Limited as its latest tenant to Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. The electrical engineering company, which specialises in servicing the renewables, marine and offshore sectors has let Unit 6E, which extends to 2,500 sq ft on a 5

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a community interest company against a decision to reject a challenge to the Scottish Ministers’ grant of planning permission for a wind farm near a known Scottish wildcat habitat.

Cala Homes has secured planning permission for a £28 million development in Inverurie.

Aberdeenshire Council has lodged a building warrant into plans to demolish its Gordon House offices in Inverurie. The local authority is hoping to shut the Blackhall Road site by the end of December, with staff relocating to offices elsewhere.