Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Work to begin on £5million Fraserburgh regeneration scheme

Fraserburgh town centre
Fraserburgh town centre

A multi-million pound project to regenerate a north-east town centre has begun.

Full plans to breathe a new lease of life into Fraserburgh by bringing historic buildings back into use will be revealed at the weekend, with Aberdeenshire Council keen to hear what the public thinks.

The £5million project – dubbed Fraserbrugh 2021 – will take place over five years and aims to restore both the Saltoun Chambers and the town’s former police station.

The project has already been part-funded by Historic Scotland and the local authority, and it is hoped the shortfall will be made up with a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Last night, a spokeswoman for Aberdeenshire Council said an answer on whether or not the project will be funded is expected in March next year.

Fraserburgh town centre
Fraserburgh town centre

In the meantime, the authority wants to gather public opinion.

The plans will be on show at the market stall this weekend as part of the town’s monthly Super Saturday, and residents can have their say.

Mary Meville, vice chairwoman of the town’s community council, has encouraged locals to have their say.

“If anyone was ever going to do something for Fraserburgh, the time to do it is right now,” she said.

“We’ve waited long enough and people have always got something to say – although they don’t always say it to the people who want to listen. This is vital, really.

“If something doesn’t happen in Fraserburgh soon, the place faces becoming a ghost town.”

Meanwhile, survey work on the condition of other town centre buildings will continue.

Frithside Street and High Street are areas of interest the council, as well as a former John Trail bookshop which burned down and has been left unused since 2009.

David Aitchison, the chairman on the local authority’s infrastructure services committee, said the scheme was “exciting”.

“I hope that the local community take advantage of upcoming public consultations as an opportunity to have their say over the town’s future,” he added.

“The scheme will ensure that Fraserburgh’s historic environment is preserved and reinvigorated for future generations.”

Councillor John Cox, chairman of the Banff and Buchan area Committee, added: “The heritage and conservation scheme needs to serve local residents and that’s why it’s crucial that local voices are heard as early on in the development process as possible.”