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Craig McLaren RTPI Scotland director Craig McLaren looks back at the important things that have happened in Scottish planning in 2016

Plans to transform a historic Dundee city centre mews into a new design hub have been approved by planners. Andrew Black Design submitted a planning application in November to transform the Tay Street Lane Mews into a contemporary business hub accommodating some of the best of Dundee’s creative ta

A Scots businessman has given a group of friends and former employees an extra special Christmas present by leaving them his £13.2 million fortune in his will. Rae Grieve, a successful house builder and cattle breeder who died in April aged 83, made the extraordinary gesture in his will.

GTC expands into Scotland at new site in Bellshill A utility infrastructure and networks provider has secured its first premises in Scotland at a newly completed industrial development in Bellshill.

A man in Germany has started the New Year with quite a shock - after finding himself bricked in to his own home. The home owner in Mainhausen, Hesse, opened his front door on Monday to find someone had quietly built a brick wall in front of it during the night, police confirmed.

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Persimmon’s new regional base in Perth has helped the housebuilder increase revenues and homes completions compared to last year. A trading update issued by the firm this morning revealed that revenues for 2016 of £3.14 billion were 8 per cent higher than the prior year (2015: £2.90bn) with lega

Plans have been submitted to rejuvenate a derelict Dundee city centre site with new flats and a retail unit. Dundee architects James Paul Associates has lodged proposals for the creation of an eight-storey block of 28 flats and a ground floor retail unit on the corner of Trades Lane and Seagate.

Tenders are being invited for a £7 million contract to develop Andrew Melville Hall in St Andrews. Just a short walk from the centre of town, the A-listed student halls of residence was constructed between 1983 and 1986 and has seen better days.

Andrew Wyllie Costain has maintained its record order book thanks to a number of significant new orders and contract extensions in 2016, the firm has said.

Administrators of collapsed plant hirer Hewden are to auction off the firm’s large crane fleet after failing to find a buyer for the equipment. Joint administrator Ernst & Young has appointed Euro Auctions to dispose of the assets of HS Realisations, the new name for what remains of H

John Alexander Tens of millions of pounds worth of new homes are to be built in Dundee in a bid to tackle the city’s housing crisis.

The new £36 million Garnock Community Campus in Glengarnock has been successfully delivered on time and on budget to North Ayrshire Council. hub South West Scotland were joined by representatives from development partner Kier Construction and North Ayrshire Council for the formal handover last mont

Architect wins competition for Wester Ross tourism project An architect has been chosen to help deliver three new visitor information shelters in Wester Ross.

Andy Scott's bull sculpture in Uttoxeter A bull statue design has been put forward by the Kelpies creator to stand guard over Aberdeen bypass.