Aberdeenshire

Housing provider Sanctuary Homes is on site in Portsoy to build 44 much-needed new affordable properties. (from left) Cllr Anne Stirling, Cllr John Cox, Pat Cahill, Cllr Glen Reynolds and Neil Donald

Construction workers at a gas plant near Peterhead are to be balloted for industrial action following a dispute over safety concerns and working conditions.

Aberdeenshire councillors supported a preferred site option for a brand new community campus in Peterhead yesterday, agreeing with feedback from the community that Kinmundy should be the home of new facilities including a 1400-capacity secondary school and 600-capacity primary school.

The transformation of a former railway station near Turriff into a housing development has been narrowly rejected by councillors.

Network Rail has appointed BAM Nuttall as the main contractor for the construction of the new Kintore station.

Aberdeenshire Council’s plans to invest more than £150 million in the delivery of affordable housing over the next five years have been published following positive feedback from the Scottish Government. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) outlines opportunities across the area

Dunfermline-based furniture and fit-out specialist Deanestor has been awarded its largest ever contract in the education sector.

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