Select Property Group has secured planning permission for a new £41 million student accommodation development at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh. Operating under the developer’s Vita Student brand, the residence will comprise of 261 self-contained studios, a 5,000 square foot social hub area includin
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Scotland’s construction industry is facing its greatest skills challenge as workloads continue to outpace availability of skilled professionals, a survey released today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed. Almost two-thirds of respondents (63 per cent) to the latest
Plans for a new supermarket in Edinburgh have been rejected amid fears the development would lead to increased congestion and poorer air quality. Proposed to be located within the St John's Road Pollution Zone in Corstorphine, the 21,000 sq ft store would have had a 140-capacity car park and brought
Cruden opens new housing development in Edinburgh Cruden Homes and joint venture partners Places for People have launched the developer’s second new homes project in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh.
30km tall buildings with spaceports, driverless vehicles and mini-cities in the sky are just a few of the things we can expect to see in 2045, according to a new report from Hewden. The equipment hire firm’s ‘2045: Constructing the Future’ report was launched yesterday to coincide with the dat
An environmentally-friendly energy firm has unveiled plans to build an experimental green energy park at a former Scottish nuclear plant in Dumfries and Galloway. Scotia Global Energy said the hybrid power station intended to radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which would be built on a 90 he
A long-awaited report on proposals for a major retail development on Common Good land at Forres will go before members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee next week. They will be asked to recommend to full council how, or if, the plans by Aberdeen-based Redco Milne for the land at Bo
A Highland housing association has confirmed its intention to build over 700 affordable homes over the next five years. Albyn Housing Society will build 500 social rented, 100 mid-market rent and 125 new LIFT shared equity homes by 2020, growing its social rented estate by 20 per cent. It will also
Architects have drawn up plans to redevelop the Port Edgar Marina into an exciting sailing destination along the Firth of Forth. GLM’s designs will see the construction of a new hub incorporating a restaurant, visitor’s centre and the marina’s yacht club and the redevelopment of the existing b
Stirling-based housebuilder Bett Homes has changed its name to Avant Homes. The company said the decision comes two years after its parent company became Avant Homes.
A builder who fraudulently obtained £1,162 after he pretended to obtain planning permission for a client’s house extension has been given a community payback order. Janice Quinn, from Dunfermline, was falsely informed by Derek McCafferty that planning permission had been granted for plans to buil
Councillors have today sounded what could be the death knell for development plans for an area of Common Good land in Forres. Members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee agreed unanimously to recommend to the full council that plans for the site at Bogton Road should be abandoned.
Ayrshire College’s new campus project in Kilmarnock has been awarded a BREEAM “outstanding” rating at its design stage. The accreditation is the highest standard awarded and has been secured by only three buildings in the Scottish further and higher education sector.
Kier Construction has been appointed as the construction partner to progress the next stage of a comprehensive backlog maintenance programme at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The work will focus on the redevelopment of the accommodation above the main entrance to the Infirmary to convert the existing war
Pupils at Forfar Academy watched as their head teacher was rescued by firefighters from the top of a crane on Friday. Melvyn Lynch had to be saved from a height of around 25 metres - but the lunchtime drama was actually a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service training exercise.


