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A steep decline in resourcing for Scottish planning authorities over the last decade has left the profession in a precarious position, new research by Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has concluded.
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A total of 24 energy-efficient new homes are to be built on a vacant site previously occupied by a gym and social work offices in Leven. Kingdom Housing Association has started work on the £3.1 million development that will see a mixture of common access apartments and cottage flats built on S
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An Angus furniture business has continued its partnership with a renowned local housebuilder by styling its latest Dundee show home. Millers of Carnoustie was selected by DJ Laing Homes to fit out the show home at its new Castleview development in Dundee, having previously furnished show homes at th
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Construction law specialist Roddy Cormack on the shortages of construction materials and the impact this may have on the sector. Remember when there was no toilet paper on the shelves in the supermarket? I’m still not very clear on what triggered the run on the roll, but excessive demand
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A disused quarry in Caithness has been earmarked as the site of a proposed new battery energy plant. Developer Highview Power has notified the Highland Council of its plan to submit an application for the project.
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Work has started on the new primary school to serve the housing developments at Ness Castle and Ness-Side in Inverness.
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Funding for public realm around the Love Loan development in Glasgow city centre has now been approved by the local authority.
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John McNairney has announced that he intends to retire from his position as chief planner at the Scottish Government later this summer. Mr McNairney took up the chief planner role in 2012, after previously holding lead roles in planning policy and practice, digital planning and information. Prior to
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Experienced health and safety professional Colin Lafferty has been appointed by building and construction firm The JR Group as its new group HSEQ manager. Colin, 40 from Glasgow, brings with him more than 15 years of experience to his new role, gained from his time at Sir Robert McAlpine a
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Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has started work to deliver the first of 69 affordable homes for Home Group Scotland at its Calderwood development on land off Clifton Road in East Calder. This parcel of land within phase 4 of Taylor Wimpey’s Calderwood development will provide a mix of two and thr
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A £2.3 million project to strengthen and re-paint two bridges in the southside of Glasgow will get underway this month. Network Rail is carrying out the essential improvement works on Queen Mary Avenue and Albert Road, next to Crosshill Station, from June until November. The work is designed t
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An application to build a care home on empty land in Stonehaven has been rejected by councillors amid concerns of traffic and parking provision.
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Emtec Building Services has been awarded the contract for the full M&E services for Project Alba with Robertson Group. The project includes the refurbishment of an existing distribution warehouse in Livingston to provide a new cardboard and packaging facility for SAICA.
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An 18-hole crazy golf venue with eye-catching holes including a giant hamster cage and a bouncy castle is set to open in Glasgow city centre next month.
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Digital agency director Frankie Healy reveals why his business and others won't be ditching their office spaces post-pandemic. My digital agency turns five years old this month and I am proud of everything we have achieved in half a decade. Little did I think we would be faced with operating in a gl
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