Commissioning of the new automated barriers at recycling centres, purchased with funding from Zero Waste Scotland’s Covid fund, will be taking place over the coming weeks starting in Laurencekirk on Monday 15th February. The barriers have a camera with automated number plate recognition system which connects to the recycling centre booking system to check whether […]

Councillors have received the following update: Given that council resources will be focused on keeping roads to vaccination centres open, the amber weather warning over the next couple of days will have an impact on the provision of waste services in Aberdeenshire as follows: 1. Recycling centres: • Recycling centres in Banchory, Huntly, Inverurie, Laurencekirk, […]

Councillors have been informed by the waste management service that waste collections in Marr continue to be affected by poor road conditions and vehicle breakdown. Aberdeenshire Council sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this is causing our communities. We are working with our colleagues in the Roads service to try and get those rural routes gritted […]

As you may have seen in the media, TSB have announced a number of branch closures and the TSB has written to Councillors to explain the reasons behind their decision. Both the Aboyne and Banchory branch closures will affect constituents in the Banchory & Mid Deeside ward and these are the details that have been […]

The Covid phase 3 complete report can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/covid-19-framework-decision-making-scotlands-route-map-through-out-crisis-phase-3-update-30th-july-2020/pages/1/ The following are confirmed dates With effect from Saturday 1st August  Shielding will be paused. With effect from Monday 3rd August  Relax certain restrictions on some support groups and services and for sports coaches – once relevant guidance is implemented. For example: […]

You may have seen from the news that schools will re open in full from 12th August. There are 2 in- service days on 10th and 11th August. Each individual school will have written to parents at the end of term, and will do so again before the start of term with individual arrangements as […]

As of 29th July Household Waste and Recycling Centres have increased the number of visits each householder can make per week and the time slots have decreased from 30 to 15 minutes which suits the pattern of the visitors to HWRC that have been monitored since they reopened. The speed restriction at the Crow’s Nest […]

As part of the review, the council’s Communities Committee agreed in March that a possible move to a ‘choice-based lettings’ approach for allocating housing in Aberdeenshire should be investigated.The web-based system would allow applicants to view properties and information about features and rent online and apply or ‘bid’ for a home, rather than being allocated […]

Aberdeenshire Community Food Fund opens for applications. Aberdeenshire Council has made funds available to support local projects tackling food security in North-east communities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic:https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/apps/news/release.aspx?newsID=6860

Aberdeenshire Council met last week and has responded to the long-term impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) by setting new Priorities, and will agree a new Council Plan and a new medium-term financial strategy in the coming months. The virus has had a significant impact on our services and our finances. It means we must look at […]