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A future housing development site in Bonhill has been chosen by West Dunbartonshire Council for a new pilot scheme of Passivhaus energy efficient homes. Innovative homes generally need 90% less energy for heating and hot water than standard buildings and so have very low running costs.

Plans to convert a Fife hotel into a hostel for people affected by homelessness and substance misuse have been submitted to Fife Council. If approved, the Greenside Hotel in Leslie will provide a safe place to stay, while offering counselling and other services.

Works to refurbish Balerno High School in Edinburgh continue to take shape with Arc-Tech (Scotland) providing support to main contractor Maxi Construction. The £3.3 million contract is being undertaken on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council and comprises the upgrade of the building’s

Aberdeen City Council officers have been given an instruction to proceed with the purchase of the former Aberdeen Market and BHS to create a destination venue featuring international-style food and drink outlets.

Output in the UK construction sector has officially recovered from its pandemic-forced plunge with new figures for March showing a 5.8% increase, led mostly by growth in both new work (6.7%) and repair and maintenance (4.4%).

A teenager has accidentally moved into a retirement village after signing her lease without viewing the property. Madison Kohout, who is 19, signed for the apartment after finding it online prior to her move from Oklahoma to Arkansas, but she had no idea what she'd signed up for.

Scarlett Land and Development and Cushman & Wakefield have completed the sale of a portfolio of surplus NHS Lothian properties, generating £5m of much needed revenue for NHS Lothian. The properties located in the prime residential Grange area of Edinburgh have all been acquired by private

Furniture and fit-out specialist Deanestor has provided services for three projects which have won awards at this year’s Scottish Property Awards. The largest scheme was a £3 million contract for the furniture and fit-out of Inverurie Campus. The £55m project won Development of the

Allanwater Homes has submitted plans to Fife Council seeking to build 135 new homes in Kirkcaldy. The firm said that the plans for land to the west of Boreland Road which neighbours the Fife coastal rail line are a “well informed and creative” solution for the site which is currently vac

Plans to build a major housing development at the University of the West of Scotland’s (UWS) Thornly Park campus in Paisley have been rejected by Renfrewshire Council. UWS, in partnership with Miller Homes, applied for permission to knock down the sports pitches, student accommodation, and Rob

Developer JMG Residential has launched a pre-application consultation seeking feedback for its plans to build 91 homes in the village of Throsk. A spokesperson said: “The proposed development lies on a 16-acre site located off the A905, within and adjacent to the existing village of Thros

Plans for the construction of 1,000 new council homes and the development of 484 units of specialist housing have been approved by Midlothian Council as part of a new five-year strategy. The Midlothian Local Housing Strategy 2021-26 sets out a number of outcomes to be achieved within the next f

Plans have been submitted to build 250 new homes in a plan to redevelop the site of the one-time luxury Letham Grange resort hotel in Angus. Previously dubbed the ‘Augusta of the North’, the mansion-house hotel has fallen into increasing disrepair since its closure ten years ago.

The prestigious national 2021 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were launched at an online event yesterday in partnership with the Glasgow Canal Co-op and the Year of Coasts and Waters. The event, attended by over 60 guests, included presentations from the Glasgow Canal Regener

A major environmental conference this month will hear how the space sector is contributing to tackling the global climate emergency. The ‘Engineering Climate Conference’ is a virtual two-day event organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland, Engineering Scotland and th