Craig McLaren summarises the recent UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) roundtable which looked at the changes to the Planning (Scotland) Bill and explored how new approaches to planning can help us to build more, well-designed homes.
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The Scottish Government has failed to prevent SMEs in the construction supply chain from suffering from poor payment performance, according to a new industry survey.
Structured House Group has withdrawn its proposals to develop a block of student flats in Edinburgh.
Mactaggart & Mickel has been awarded a ‘Commended Site’ at the first stage of the highly acclaimed 2019 NHBC Health & Safety Awards. Site manager Stuart Gillespie from Mactaggart & Mickel’s Greenan Views development at Doonfoot in Ayr has been recognised for demonstrati
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is inviting bids from digital-savvy business leaders for a share of £1 million in funding to help the construction industry to ‘go digital’.
Glasgow Airport has unveiled the first design images of its exclusive new executive lounge.
The lost medieval home of the Lords of the Isles has been reconstructed virtually by experts at the University of St Andrews.
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Housebuilder Bellway Homes has agreed a deal to buy a plot of land at a former opencast mine in East Lothian which is being turned into a new town.
Jim MacDonald, chief executive of Architecture and Design Scotland, explains why a design-based approach is an effective way of getting to people to work collaboratively, which will make a difference both to the quality of our places and the future of our planet. Architecture & Design
Hillcrest Housing Association is to team up with Cullross to deliver 119 new affordable homes at Victoria Dock in Dundee.
A 20-year spatial plan which covers development across Fife, Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Borders has been thrown out by Scottish ministers.
The Cairngorms National Park Authority planning committee has granted planning permission for twelve contemporary holiday cabins in Donside.
The start of work on the development of a new £7.5 million care home in Doonfoot, South Ayrshire, has been marked by an official sod cutting ceremony on site. The 52-bed facility is being developed by Meallmore and is the nursing care provider’s first care home in the region.
CMS Window Systems has demonstrated that it goes well beyond what most employers do to engage, develop and inspire its employees by securing its prestigious Gold Accreditation for Investors in People (IIP) until 2021. The Gold award, which is achieved by only 18% of organisations in the UK, recognis


