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Plans to build £35 million housing development on site of former Aberdeen school

Source: www.pressandjournal.co.uk

Plans for a new £35 million housing development at the former site of an Aberdeen school have taken a step forward.Aberdeen City Council has submitted a detailed planning application to build 369 residential flats at the old location of Summerhill Academy.The council’s plans for the development are part of ongoing efforts to build 2,030 homes across the city as part of the local authority’s Strategic Infrastructure Plan.It will consist of a mix of one, two and three bedroom flats to rent for those on lower income, with parking spaces for 296 cars earmarked.In the proposal’s planning statement, architectural firm Norr Consultants said the need for lower rents had happened partly as a result of the downturn in the oil and gas industry.