Hillcrest Housing Association has kicked off work on 91 affordable homes at the Mackie Village development near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.

The £12.5m contract will see FMR Construction, part of the FM Group, deliver the housing for the bespoke village, which forms part of the 1,600-acre Ury Estate.

The development, approved at committee in January this year, includes another 200-plus homes which will fund the restoration of Ury House and the construction of a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.