Designs shown for new Aberdeenshire community centre

Plans to create a community centre in the Aberdeenshire town of Inverurie will take a significant step forward next week when initial designs for a proposed Community Campus will be unveiled by the local authority.The new development will include school and sports facilities, a games hall, dance studio, fitness suite, swimming pool and more.The council is seeking permission from the education, learning and leisure committee in December to begin a consultation on proposals to relocate the specialist St Andrews School to the new campus.The authority has already committed to £25 million as part of our capital plan to contribute towards the cost of the new campus, and we have secured a further £24.8 million from the Scottish Government.”Members of the public will be able to have a say on the project at Inverurie Academy between 10am and 9pm on November 9.They will be invited to meet representatives from Halliday Fraser Munro, the architects behind the scheme.