Kingseat is in the East Garioch (usually pronounced "Geary") ward of Aberdeenshire.
Refuse collection - takes place fortnightly on Mondays alternating with the Blue-lidded Recycling bins - but which Monday is refuse and which is recycling? The answer is on the Aberdeenshire Council website - click this link.
Scottish holidays can be confusing - there are local Aberdeenshire holidays (with a link to school term dates) - but Newmachar (and by extension Kingseat) tend to follow the Aberdeen City local holidays - and to add to this there's the list of Scotland wide Bank Holidays.
When it comes to local elections and contacting the council you might want to know:
Boundary Commission maps of council wards
Latest Council Election results for East Garioch
Contact details for East Garioch Councillors
If contacting Local Councillors by email it's worth noting that you should put their email address in the "To" box as Aberdeenshire's email system deletes as "spam" any emails sent to them as "Cc" or "Bcc"!
There's a lot more information that can be found on the Aberdeenshire Council website, including: Local Planning Applications
Aberdeenshire Council have recently changed their website - if you cannot find some information that you have found before, it may be worth looking at what appears to be the old version of their website at: http://92.52.88.74
There's information about Newmachar on the Newmachar Community Council pages.
Kingseat has a Facebook page: Kingseat Matters
Scottish holidays can be confusing - there are local Aberdeenshire holidays (with a link to school term dates) - but Newmachar (and by extension Kingseat) tend to follow the Aberdeen City local holidays - and to add to this there's the list of Scotland wide Bank Holidays.
When it comes to local elections and contacting the council you might want to know:
Boundary Commission maps of council wards
Latest Council Election results for East Garioch
Contact details for East Garioch Councillors
If contacting Local Councillors by email it's worth noting that you should put their email address in the "To" box as Aberdeenshire's email system deletes as "spam" any emails sent to them as "Cc" or "Bcc"!
There's a lot more information that can be found on the Aberdeenshire Council website, including: Local Planning Applications
Aberdeenshire Council have recently changed their website - if you cannot find some information that you have found before, it may be worth looking at what appears to be the old version of their website at: http://92.52.88.74
There's information about Newmachar on the Newmachar Community Council pages.
Kingseat has a Facebook page: Kingseat Matters