Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire Council has granted full planning permission for five new houses including an affordable unit on the site of a former bar in Stonehaven. The buildings at Lairhillock Inn in Netherley will be demolished to make way for the homes.

Councillors have agreed that the residential phase of a major mixed-use project at Inchmarlo can be delivered in the first phase of development despite fears that the hotel element may never materialise.

Proposals to refurbish Inverurie Town Hall and add an extension to provide office accommodation have been lodged by Aberdeenshire Council.

Aberdeenshire Council has cancelled a £1.3 million repairs contract for Banff Harbour amid a long-running dispute over the complexity and cost of the project.

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has teamed up with developer FM Group to submit a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for the delivery of a supermarket at Ury Estate, just outside Stonehaven.

Aberdeenshire Council has given its support for the sale of land at Canal Park in Banff to allow for a potential supermarket development, along with an agreement to consult with the sports groups that will be affected.

A contractor has paused its work to repair Banff Harbour for a second time amid fresh concerns over the complexity and cost of the project.

A community-led housing project which will bring 15 new affordable homes to the Aberdeenshire village has secured grant funding from the National Lottery Awards for All programme to provide the specialist support needed to progress the project.

Aberdeenshire Council has appointed Leiths Construction Ltd to undertake patching repairs works in Banff and Buchan, Buchan and Formartine from August 9. Works will begin in Peterhead along with other villages in Buchan, before moving onto to complete works in Ellon and rural roads of Formartine and

Work to repair Banff Harbour will resume within days after a contract dispute disrupted the project for over a month. Lochshell Ltd ceased restoration works in June after finding the crumbling 17th-Century port was in a worse condition than first thought.

Fourteen local projects aimed at improving communities and places across Aberdeenshire are to share more than £2 million in new funding to help drive economic recovery, improve our town centres and support regeneration activity.

The Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is to begin work this autumn on the first phase of its £1.75 million capital development project which will see a creative community making space, expansion of its ceramics studios and newly refurbished artist studio and accommodation all realised in

Carbon dioxide capture and separation technology provider Carbon Clean has been awarded the contract to carry out the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) services for the Acorn carbon capture plant at St Fergus.

Fourteen local projects aimed at improving communities and places across Aberdeenshire are to share more than £2 million in new funding to help drive economic recovery, improve town centres and support regeneration activity. Earlier this year the Scottish Government announced a £38 milli

Aberdeenshire Council has unveiled the first glimpse of its new public realm project at Peterhead’s Drummers Corner as it confirmed that there will be a slight delay to completion.