Aberdeenshire Council

Two council housing developments in Aberdeenshire worth more than £8 million are back on track a year after the contractor for the works went into administration, the Aberdeen Evening Express has reported. Aberdeenshire Council said it expects to complete 54 affordable homes in Fraserburgh and Inve

A new regeneration strategy aimed at creating strong and diverse towns and vibrant, growing communities has been approved by Aberdeenshire Council. Previously Aberdeenshire’s Regeneration Strategy focussed the council’s whole regeneration budget of £400,000 on the Fraserburgh area.

Plans for a new £150 million mixed use development that will create a new town centre, with housing, retail, leisure and business facilities at Blackdog have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council. If successful the development will create 600 new homes, including 150 affordable homes, to accommoda

A total of £60 million is to be invested into housing in Aberdeenshire as councillors agreed its budgets for the year ahead. A budget of almost £700m of funding for local services was agreed at a meeting of full council yesterday, including £533m for revenue and £100m for capital programmes.

David Mundell The north east of Scotland is to benefit from over £500 million of funding to improve its housing and infrastructure.

The progression of a £16 million scheme to protect Stonehaven from future flooding is set to be approved by Aberdeenshire Council next week. The Stonehaven Flood Protection Scheme is designed to reduce risk in the lower catchment of the River Carron, which has badly flooded nearby homes and busines

Council houses across Aberdeenshire are to receive an energy efficiency boost with the installation of solar panels. Councillors on policy & resources committee have agreed to issue a tender for works to install the panels on 1,200 council houses.

Work to increase Aberdeenshire Council’s supply of affordable housing has received an extra boost with an allocation of £3.2 million from council reserves, and over £200,000 from developer contributions. The funding, agreed by councillors on the policy & resources committee, will contribute

Douglas Edwardson The Scottish social housing sector has paid tribute to Aberdeenshire Council’s head of housing Douglas Edwardson who died following a crash earlier this month.

Aberdeenshire councillors are being asked to back a plan to increase rents on council houses to tackle a major waiting list for council homes in the area. In plans going before Aberdeenshire Council’s social work and housing committee next week, councillors are being asked to back a plan to increa

Plans have been submitted for a 1,500 home development on the outskirts of a North-east village. The Aberdeen Evening Express reports that CHAP Group has lodged an application with Aberdeenshire Council for the new properties at Park Quarry near Drumoak. As part of the 1,500 homes scheme, 500 will b

Some of the new homes in School Park, Strichen A housing project which brought 12 families to an Aberdeenshire village has been praised by residents new and old.

Councillors in Aberdeenshire have made a commitment to increase the number of affordable houses in the region. The pledge was made during a visit to a £3 million housing development in Inverurie last week.

Aberdeenshire Council has accepted a tender to complete a low-energy affordable housing development in Fraserburgh which temporarily stalled earlier this year. The council terminated its contracts with Dundee-based Muirfield (Contracts) Ltd after the company went into administration.

Cllr Martin Kitts-Hayes Owners of empty properties in Aberdeenshire are to be given up to a year before an additional council tax fee is applied, as part of an effort to bring homes back into use more quickly.