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Crown Copyright @ Historic Environment Scotland A block of flats in Edinburgh made famous by the novel Trainspotting have been awarded Category A listed status.

Plans have been lodged for a £3 million dementia unit situated next to the existing Queen’s House care home in Kelso. Developers claim the 18-bed Murray House facility on Angraflat Road would create about 30 jobs.

Last year’s Tribunal decision in the J3 Building Solutions v HMRC case has thrown open the whole question of what constitutes a building, according to a landed estates and rural accountant. Building new residential from scratch is zero-rated for VAT, whereas refurbishment of an existing residentia

Brenda Jones Association of Women in Property announces new national chairman

Survival Condo founder Larry Hall has designed bunkers for wealthy clients to use to protect themselves in the event of a natural disaster or nuclear wars. Rather than being utilitarian, the spaces which are buried deep underground in an abandoned missile launch base in Kansas in the US, include a s

Work on a major Edinburgh city centre development site has started after property firm Chris Stewart Group secured a £21 million funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland. To be known as The Mint Building, the completed development will comprise c61,000 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation o

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Peter Gregson, 27 Riversdale Grove, Edinburgh

Expectations across the Scottish construction sector are now showing signs of regaining the ground lost post the EU vote with growth forecast in workloads, employment and profit, according to new data published today. Following a noticeable dip around the time of the EU referendum, the Royal Institu

Sheppard Robson has submitted plans to East Ayrshire Council for the 23,000m2 Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus. Situated on a 19.8 hectare, urban fringe site – the school consolidates five disparate schools into one campus, creating a centre for education for the towns of Cumnock and neigh

Alan Clark Commercial property developer Knight Property Group has appointed a development director to manage its growing portfolio in the central belt of Scotland.

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed two new members of staff for 2017, as industry figures David Ogilvie and Dan Cookson join the team to provide maternity cover for director of policy Karen Campbell. David Ogilvie has been appointed interim director of policy, responsible for developin

Craig McLaren A parliamentary committee reviewing the draft Climate Change Plan has heard that planning could be central to delivering the Scottish climate change strategy.

Business activity and incoming new work expand at weaker rates in January than at the end of 2016, construction buyers have reported. Despite this, respondents to the latest Markit/CIPS survey signalled that confidence regarding the year-ahead outlook picked up to its strongest since December 2015,

View of Chris Stewart Group's George Street Complex from Hanover Street Private funding will be essential to meet Glasgow’s real estate demand across all sectors, with mixed-use determining how people will live, work and socialise, according to a new report.

Two local authorities have agreed to support Scottish Government proposals to deliver the reopening of rail stations at East Linton and Reston. Both Scottish Borders and East Lothian councils have written to transport minister Humza Yousaf to confirm their support for an option which would see the s