While the finalised version of the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) has environmental considerations at its heart, Alastair Wood asks whether it will have the ability to deliver on the Scottish Government’s 2045 net zero ambitions and whether planning will still be able to support the
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Blackridge and St Mary's Early Years Centres in West Lothian and Castlebrae Community Campus in Edinburgh, both delivered by Hub South East, scooped top accolades at this week's Learning Places Scotland Awards. The ceremony was held at the end of day one of the Learning Places Scotland Conference in
Barratt West Scotland and East Ayrshire Council have partnered on its first affordable housing project to bring 21 affordable housing units within the grounds of a new housing development at The Scholars in Kilmarnock. The affordable houses were delivered as part of a larger private housing developm
Chartered surveyors DM Hall has announced the inaugural winner of its new £500 annual bursary scheme. The award, open to any student entering the MSc course in Real Estate Management at the University of Glasgow, has been offered to Morgan Smith, of Hyndland, Glasgow, who took her undergraduat
A Greater Glasgow mental health charity, Mental Health Network Greater Glasgow, has held an office showcase and thank you event for those consultants and contractors who came together under Hub West Scotland’s Helping Hands initiative to completely revamp the organisation’s aged premise
A significant milestone at the flagship Blar Mor development in Fort William has been achieved as residents move into their new homes.
A new £1.37 million high-rise lift replacement project for Dundee City Council will help Caltech Lifts towards its goal of achieving £4m annual revenue by the end of October next year and moving to larger premises in the city. The Dundee-based family firm began work recently on the proje
Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD) is giving the public the chance to view its proposals for a whisky maturation warehouse scheme at Bandeath Industrial Estate in Throsk, located outside Fallin.
Scottish thermal storage manufacturer Sunamp has secured £9.25 million to develop and trial its thermal storage system to tackle fluctuations in renewable energy availability. Sunamp will test their technology in 100 homes across the UK extending their existing heat battery to provide increase
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured an Approval of Matters specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council for the provision of 50 new affordable homes at its development which forms part of the wider masterplan for the Brackenhill Farm area, and is recognised as
A world-first pilot in the Netherlands will use 100% hydrogen boilers in 12 inhabited homes with hydrogen supplied via an existing natural gas grid.
Building materials supplier Knauf has appointed Paul Campbell as commercial director. Paul will be responsible for the strategic development of supply chain, customer support, marketing and technical at Knauf UK and Ireland.
November marked a major milestone for McGowan Environmental Engineering as it delivered the largest project they have undertaken to date, at Moy Wind Farm, south of Inverness. In mid-November, the Aviemore-based civil and environmental engineering contractor successfully completed the installation o
Housebuilder Dandara Aberdeen has won planning approval for a further phase of 17 homes at its Hazelwood development in the west end of Aberdeen.
Plans to build a new office and residential block at Dundee Waterfront look set to be approved by councillors next week.


