Aberdeenshire Council

Aberdeenshire Council has said that it is currently dealing with £1.8 million in rent arrears as the coronavirus pandemic hinders people's ability to pay their rent. The council's communities committee discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on housing rent management for tenants duri

Glasgow-based David Williamson has submitted plans to build seven homes and a Co-Op on vacant land on Strawberryfield Road in Aberdeenshire's Westhill.

Community groups across Aberdeenshire have been awarded grants from the local authority thanks to the Aberdeenshire Community Resilience Fund, a support mechanism approved in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Aberdeenshire Council is preparing to focus on an online means of public engagement as part of an eight-week consultation on its Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 (LDP). In light of social distancing measures, changes introduced though the coronavirus emergency legislation and guidance from the c

Outline plans for new homes, offices and a health centre on the site of the old Ellon Academy site have been agreed by councillors.

Aberdeenshire councillors have been urged to prepare for significant changes to the local authority's financial plans, given the impact of responding to the coronavirus pandemic.   The full Aberdeenshire Council met remotely last Thursday to consider business items, with an agenda dominate

Aberdeenshire Council will begin accepting applications for council housing from today.

Partners from across the public sector have been praising the Grampian Assistance Hub which was established last month to help people in need throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans to build 20 new homes in the north-east village of St Fergus.

Aberdeenshire Council's Local Review Body is to carry out a review into plans to build a block of flats behind a police station in Inverurie.  Police Scotland submitted plans to build nine two-bedroom flats in a three-storey block on land next to the police station on Blackhall Road in Inveruri

Govan Housing Association has revealed it will suspend its agreed rent increase in light of the current coronavirus circumstances but rent rises at two north east local authorities will go ahead as planned. The 3% increase in rent which was due to commence for Govan Housing Association tenants from

Aberdeenshire Council successfully set its budget for 2020/21 yesterday, setting out its response to coronavirus and the commitment of the council to provide support to communities and businesses, to protect its workforce and to maintain essential critical services. This follows a meeting

Aberdeenshire Council is preparing its public consultation as part of an eight-week consultation on its Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 (LDP). The authority formally agreed its Proposed LDP earlier this month and will submit its proposals to Scottish Ministers for examination later this year, f

Councillors in Aberdeenshire have agreed to investigate a potential move to a choice-based lettings approach for allocating housing.

Aberdeenshire Council's LDP has revealed that housing allowances for 2020-2032 will increase to 10,214, a rise of 1,879 homes.