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Affordable housing for Fraserburgh approved by councillors


By Kyle Ritchie

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Councillors have approved the construction of 37 new affordable housing properties at Kirkton, Fraserburgh.

The two-year build is expected to start later this year and will comprise 12 one-bed flats, a pair of two-bed bungalows, six two-bed houses, two three-bed bungalows, 11 three-bed houses and four houses with four bedrooms.

Aberdeenshire Council’s Housing Need and Demand Assessment 2017 predicts a population growth in the region of between 20-30 per cent over a 25-year period between 2014 and 2039.

Both the Local Housing Strategy and the 2021-2026 Strategic Housing Investment Plan aims to provide 225 social rented housing units each year to help meet the demand for this predicted growth.

Funding for the project will comprise grant support from the Scottish Government with the remainder of the project cost being funded from the council’s housing revenue account and general fund.

The Banff and Buchan area committee unanimously approved the new-build programme at its meeting on Tuesday, January 25, recognising that it will not only increase the stock of social rented affordable housing, but help meet identified housing needs including those households with particular requirements and deliver energy efficient properties assisting in reducing fuel poverty.

Welcoming the scheme, area committee chairwoman and Fraserburgh councillor Doreen Mair said: “I am delighted to see this substantial programme of new affordable homes being approved and I look forward to seeing works commence later this year.

Banff and Buchan area committee chairwoman councillor Doreen Mair.
Banff and Buchan area committee chairwoman councillor Doreen Mair.

"This scheme will deliver vital additional rental accommodation in north Aberdeenshire which I know will be very welcome.”

Chairwoman of Aberdeenshire Council’s communities committee, councillor Anne Stirling, said: “Our robust strategic housing investment plan continues to ensure we increase our estate of high-quality social rented accommodation annually.

"These properties in Fraserburgh will very much support our ongoing objectives and they will make wonderful homes for families and individuals in the future."


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