Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
There is a Sainsbury's [7] and a primary school, [8] along with a number of vacant shop units - the NHS has been granted planning permission for one of these. [9] A pharmacy has applied for a licence for one of the units which was rejected by the local NHS board after pharmacies in Cults and Kingswells said it would lose them business [10] - this is awaiting appeal as of August 2023. [11]
The initial proposals included the partial pedestrianisation of Union Street and a "station gateway", creating a pedestrian link between Union Street and Aberdeen railway station. [3] Proposals announced in 2016 included a new area called Queen's Square, created through the demolition of the police headquarters on Queen Street.
Aberdeen City Council deferred a decision until the next full meeting of the local authority. [11] The full council approved the project in May 2009, subject to planning permission. [12] In August 2010, a planning application for the new stadium was submitted to the Council, [13] which was approved in February 2011. [14]
The Aberdeenshire council area was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which abolished the regions and districts which had been created in 1975, replacing them with single-tier council areas.
On 14 December 2011, Aberdeen City Council approved a referendum on the future of Union Terrace Gardens. [10] All persons registered on Aberdeen's local government electoral roll by 10 January 2012 were eligible to vote. The referendum ran from 16 February to 1 March 2012. Around 165,000 voting packs were delivered on 16 March.
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The arms and banner of the city show three silver towers on red. This motif dates from at least the time of Robert the Bruce and represents the buildings that stood on the three hills of medieval Aberdeen: Aberdeen Castle on Castle Hill (today's Castlegate); the city gate on Port Hill; and a church on St Catherine's Hill (now levelled). [45]