Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen city centre Housing and better connectivity have been unveiled as two of the main priorities set out in proposals for an Aberdeen City Region Deal.

Blackdog A property firm has unveiled plans for an £80 million business, retail and leisure complex after acquiring 64 acres of Aberdeenshire farmland.

Elsick Development Company (EDC) has lodged a legal appeal against the Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority (SDPA). The developer lodged the appeal in the Court of Session in Edinburgh due to the SDPA's decision to adopt Statutory Guidance on the Strategic Transport Fund.

Hugh Craigie CHAP Group has completed a recent expansion of its quarrying division with the opening of a new concrete ready-mix plant north of Aberdeen.

Aberdeenshire Council has accepted a tender from Bancon Homes to complete a £3 million affordable housing development in Inverurie which temporarily stalled earlier this year. The council terminated its contracts with Dundee-based Muirfield (Contracts) Ltd after the company went in to administratio

Details have been unveiled of a new link road for an £80 million golf complex near Stonehaven. Designers FM Group released details of its plans for a new road which will give the proposed Jack Nicklaus Signature Championship Golf Course easier access to the A90 Aberdeen to Dundee road.

A deal which aims to release about £2.9 billion for infrastructure improvements in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire remains on track following “positive” negotiations in Westminster. An adjournment debate on the Aberdeen City Region Deal in the House of Commons has been secured by Aberdeen North MP K

Stewart Milne Homes apprentice quantity surveyor Abbie Duthie (centre) shows pupils Natalia Lisowska (left) and Chloe Kelly (right) features of The Gardens at Crathes development Female secondary school pupils from across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have gained an insight into exciting career opportu

Plans for a 400-home development on the edge of Stonehaven have been withdrawn by Stewart Milne Homes. The Mains of Cowie scheme, to the north of the Aberdeenshire town, would have included a school, petrol station and community facilities.

Mott MacDonald has announced it is designing a flood protection project on behalf of Aberdeenshire Council. The £15 million scheme in Stonehaven will provide the town with a one in 200 year flooding protection from the River Carron.

Richard Baker MSP A North East MSP has accused the Scottish Government of not doing enough to support construction firms.

A storage and inspection company is to invest up to £10 million to develop a site at Peterhead on a former World War II aerodrome. Independent Oilfield Services (IOS) has secured planning permission to develop a further 30 acres of its 80 acre supply base at the former Longside airfield to create s

Knight Property Group has announced plans for a £45 million 12 acre commercial development in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. Planning consent for Kingshill Commercial Park was granted in November 2014 and ground works and infrastructure have commenced on site. Two industrial units, plots three and four,

Schools, pools and community halls in Aberdeenshire are to benefit from £9.5 million programme of planned maintenance. A total of £2.5m for financial year 2015-16 was this week approved by councillors at a meeting of Aberdeenshire Council’s Policy and Resources Committee.

PickergIll House The developer behind the major transformation of Inverurie Loco Works has lodged revised plans to create a second hostel on the site.