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Garthdee moves: North-east church to be demolished and site sold off for redevelopment

Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Plans have been put forward to demolish an Aberdeen church and sell off the site for redevelopment. The general trustees of the Church of Scotland have decided to demolish the Garthdee Parish Church. The building has been empty for nearly a year and is often a target of vandalism in the area. Garthdee Parish Church has been struggling in terms of managing charity governance responsibilities and resources since 2013 – leaving the site in a “poor state”. The Church of Scotland has previously said that the building is in need of hundreds of thousands of pounds of urgent repairs in order to stay open.

Anger as Church of Scotland announce plans to demolish Garthdee Church and sell off land

Anger as Church of Scotland announce plans to demolish Garthdee Church and sell off land © PRESS AND JOURNAL Garthdee Church is to be demolished and sold on by the Church of Scotland in a move that has provoked anger in the community. The building has been empty for about a year since the congregation was dissolved at the end of 2018. There were plans to sell the church to another faith group or convert it to housing. However, this never came to fruition so a decision was made to demolish the building. Garthdee Community Council chairman Paul O’Connor described the move as the church “grossly letting down the community.”

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