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Subcontractors’ rates are growing at their fastest pace since records began 20 years ago, the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI index has revealed. UK construction companies indicated a sharp loss of growth momentum in April, with output and new order expanding at the slowest rates since June

Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones showed that not even he is immune to planning officials, who reportedly ordered him to tear down a tennis court on his sprawling Buckinghamshire estate. Although hidden from the road, South Bucks District Council ruled the court had to go because the land was designat

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Lidl UK GmbH

Hologram headsets that will show construction workers virtual reality projections of completed building projects are being developed. They will allow staff working on site to have 3D reconstructions of blueprints flashed up in front of them.

(from left) Wates tenant liaison officer Kathleen Cairns, TPAS Scotland chief executive Lesley Baird, Wates regional director Mick Holling, TPAS Scotland’s Colin Cassie, Wates proposals manager Tracy Gibson Wates Living Space first to achieve gold TPAS accreditation in Scotland

Professor Leigh Sparks and Research Fellow Anne Findlay Planning experts at the University of Stirling have developed an online resource offering planners and the public the chance to browse data on each of Scotland’s 479 towns and cities.

Stephanie Clark Scottish Renewables has called for a change in planning rules in Glasgow to force developers to consider low cost communal heating systems.

Sarah Speirs The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland has called for a balanced approach to the country’s private rented sector reforms.

Les Bruce Building services consulting engineers TUV SUD Wallace Whittle has announced the addition of Les Bruce to its expanding sustainability team.

Laverock Braes will be the first neighbourhood created within the new community of Grandhome, on the north-west edge of Aberdeen A planning application has been lodged for the infrastructure that will support the creation of the first neighbourhood within the new community of Grandhome on the north-

The Highland Council is to proceed with its proposal to establish a £45 million school campus in Tain after the Scottish Government decided not to call in the development. Separate proposals to close four schools on Skye and replace them with a new building on one of the sites is still to be decide

PSL Land Ltd (PSLL) has lodged an application with Midlothian Council for planning permission in principle for a unique mixed-use studio development site at Straiton, near Edinburgh. The 86 acre site will host a world-class film and television production facility incorporating six sound stages, an e

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Persimmon Homes Ltd, Persimmon House, 180 Findochty Street, Garthamlock, Glasgow

A £40 million five-star hotel and country club development at Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen has been backed by city planners. The Press and Journal reports that an application for a 200-bedroom hotel, spa and swimming pool complex with conference facilities and an equestrian centre will be consid

Morgan Sindall revealed today that it expects to take a further £35 million hit over two problem Ministry of Defence contracts at the Faslane Naval Base in West Scotland. The construction group said in a statement to investors this morning that it was making the charge having assessed the “likel