Aberdeenshire Council

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.

Aberdeenshire Council has set its Council Tax and housing rents for the new financial year as it prepares to fund “vital” services and new infrastructure.

Seven local authorities from the north of Scotland gathered in Aberdeen last week to discuss plans to tackle homelessness.

Work is being undertaken to remove asbestos from 160 council-owned homes in Aberdeenshire. The substance was found as Aberdeenshire Council initiated a modernisation programme for the homes.

Councillors have approved plans for 27 new homes in the Aberdeenshire village of Sauchen.

Aberdeenshire Council has appointed Paul Macari as its new head of planning and environment. Mr Macari previously served for three years as the council’s principal developer obligations officer.

Plans have been submitted to demolish the former function suite of The Kintore Arms Hotel in order to build a block of flats.

Plans by Police Scotland to build flats on the grounds of an Inverurie police station have been refused by Aberdeenshire Council. The force had lodged plans to build nine two-bedroom flats within a three-storey block inside land by the station on Blackhall Road.

Langstane Housing Association is now part of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) ‘Social Housing Digital Champions Network’. Joining the ‘North Cohort’, Langstane now sits alongside Aberdeenshire Council, Osprey Housing, Castlehill HA, Lochaber HA, Or

Aberdeenshire Council has missed another deadline for meeting the Scottish Government’s minimum standards at one of its sites for Gypsy/Travellers but has delivered service improvements for people who are homeless.

Emtec Energy has been awarded a combined solar & storage framework by Aberdeenshire Council.

Plans to deliver ten new homes near Banff have been narrowly backed by councillors.

New council houses were officially opened in two Aberdeenshire communities on Friday. The completion of work on 31 homes at Dales View Drive and Ruby Crescent in Peterhead was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, while a further 26 properties were revealed in Oldmeldrum.

The Scottish Government has overturned Aberdeenshire Council's rejection of plans to build 113 homes in Tarves, The Press and Journal reports. Councillors at the local authority refused Scotia Homes' plans last year due to concerns over the scale of the development and lack of accompanying amenities