Aberdeenshire

Failings by Network Rail and collapsed outsourcing giant Carillion were to blame for the 2020 Stonehaven rail crash which killed three people, an investigation has found.

Aberdeenshire Council has set its revenue, capital and carbon budgets for council services, with a focus on getting best value for money. The revenue budget was set at £660 million, while the capital budget over the next 15 years was set at £1.157 billion. Reserves were set at £75m

Colaren Homes has been granted planning permission to add a further 130 homes at its Kirkton Heights development in Fraserburgh. The developer was granted planning permission for the first 120 homes at the Boothby Road site in 2016, where it ultimately plans to deliver 600 properties with a new

A major infrastructure programme to safeguard the long-term future of Stonehaven Harbour will commence in May. Aberdeenshire Council is investing £2.2 million in the works as part of its wider improvement strategy to protect and enhance the region’s harbours.

More than 2,000 homes could be built across Aberdeenshire over the next five years under Aberdeenshire Council’s latest strategic housing investment plan. The council’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2022-2027 sets out investment priorities for affordable housing and how th

A consortium of housebuilders has resurrected plans to build 600 homes in Kintore.

Plans to convert the former police station at Peterhead into a modern, fully managed business hub have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council.

A public consultation has started to help the process of identifying options for improving transport connections on the A96 from Aberdeen to Inverurie.

Councillors have approved a £71,000 grant that will enable a community group to complete design works and prepare a building warrant submission for the restoration of a lido pavilion building in Macduff.

Affordable housing payments are among the developer contributions agreed by Aberdeenshire Council to allow the Trump Organisation to build as many as 500 houses and 50 holiday homes on the Menie Estate, near Balmedie.

A woman who hired a construction company to build a luxury dog hotel in Aberdeenshire has lost an appeal seeking to reduce a decree ordering her to pay over £40,000 to the company.

Aberdeenshire councillors have approved the construction of 37 new affordable housing properties at Kirkton, Fraserburgh.

Full plans have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for the redevelopment of Kintore Town House as part of a project to bring the historic building into community use.

Bridge Street in Banff is being reopened this week having undergone a transformation over the past seven months. The street has been closed while Hunter Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd undertook major street works as part of a public realm improvement project to create a pedestrian-friendly environment

The City of Edinburgh Council has welcomed news that almost £4 million of Scottish Government funding has been secured to help transform North Edinburgh into a cultural hub.