Aberdeenshire

The construction of on 91 homes at Mackie Village on Ury Estate on behalf of Hillcrest Housing Association is now under way. Local stakeholders including Andrew Bowie MP, Cllr Sarah Dickinson and Cllr Sandy Wallace joined Andrew Rae from FM Construction and Hillcrest Housing Association chief execut

Work to refurbish and extend Aberdeenshire Council’s Viewmount office in Stonehaven is to begin at the start of June after the project gained formal approval by councillors. Due for completion by late summer next year, the project is to be undertaken by Morrison Construction and will be carrie

The first grants from a multi-million pound fund for town centre improvement projects in Aberdeenshire and the Highlands have been approved.

Grampian Housing Association’s plans to convert a disused Victorian school site in Royal Deeside into 24 affordable homes have been approved by councillors.

The Scottish Government has paved the way for the development of 121 homes in a coastal Aberdeenshire village. Barratt North Scotland had planned to deliver 109 houses and 12 flats on a site near Park Place in Newtonhill. A quarter of the properties are for affordable housing.

A new multi million pound lodge development created on former redundant farmland near Fettercairn has been launched by local developer Bill McDonald. Offering over fifty units in its first phase, Royal Arch Riverside Park is a five star development with a café/bistro currently under construct

Mintlaw housebuilder Claymore Homes is building 50 new residential properties in Cairnbulg near Fraserburgh with support from a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland. Construction of the development, which consists of three to five-bedroom houses, began in October last year.

Aberdeenshire Council has appointed a new contractor to complete work on its Saltoun Square project in Fraserburgh after the previous contractor entered into administration. Morrison Construction will be complete the restoration of the building, which will be known as the Faithlie Centre, to provide

A decision on plans by the Trump Organisation to build hundreds of new homes in Aberdeenshire has once again been delayed by the local authority. Aberdeenshire Council said a planning application for 550 homes at the Menie Estate, near Balmedie, will now be considered later this year following the r

Plans for a £1.5 million extension to Buchan House in Peterhead have been agreed with work due to begin on site mid-May. The additional space will provide accommodation for Police Scotland, along with shared office space for Aberdeenshire Council and police colleagues to work alongside each ot

Transport Scotland has announced its intention to award a £300,000 ground investigation contract at the A90 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement scheme to Allied Exploration and Geotechnics Ltd. Subject to completion of the mandatory standstill period, work is programmed to start in early May and

Proposals for more than 500 homes at Donald Trump’s north-east golf course have been recommended for approval despite planners claiming it “significantly breaches” legislation. Councillors on Aberdeenshire Council’s Formartine area committee are due to give their views on the

Clark Contracts has started work to replace the roof and upgrade the façade of Peterhead Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Court. The £1 million building refurbishment will be carried out on behalf of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) and is estimated to take nine months.

Construction work to build contemporary apartments on the site of the fire-hit Bervie Chipper in Stonehaven is underway, the developer has confirmed. Aberdeen-based development and investment firm West Coast Estates has appointed Burns Construction to undertake the £1.5 million project in Davi

A decision on plans by the Trump Organisation to build hundreds of new homes in Aberdeenshire has been delayed by the local authority. Proposals for more than 500 homes on a site within the Trump International Golf Links estate at Menie, near Balmedie, were due to be considered by Aberdeenshire Coun