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RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Mr F Martone

Scots predict the eco homes of the future will have a giant battery to store energy from the sun and include windows which adapt to light to keep your home hot or cold without the need for heating or air conditioning.

With the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 receiving Royal Assent last week, chief planner John McNairney has written an open letter to provide an update on current workstreams being taken forward by the Scottish Government’s Planning and Architecture Division. Dear stakeholders,

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments. There are almost 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK, and that demographic is forecast to grow by an additional 8.6 million people ove

Morgan Sindall Construction has handed over a new £20 million state-of-the health and care centre in Glasgow city centre.

Scotland has seen a real term per property decrease in repair and maintenance work of £313 since 1997, according to new research by Scape Group.

A “housing revolution” to ensure warm and affordable homes forms part of a new campaign to transform Scotland’s economy unveiled by the Scottish Greens. Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie visiting CCG's off-site construction facility - Image credit: Scottish

A major fund to create low-carbon heating infrastructure is now open for applications.

A new law could give councils and housing associations and co-operatives the right to buy land from developers at existing use price. Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard announced his support for the proposal in his speech to Labour’s UK conference in Brighton this week.

Harper Macleod’s Lewis Kemp looks at a recent case which has taken a new approach to dealing with the problematic application of prescription in construction cases. The traditional understanding of the law of prescription in Scotland, which extinguishes certain rights and obligations after the

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Chirnside Papermill

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Sundial Properties.

Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm has been handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry. All award winners. Image credit: Blue Sky Photography

In a guest blog for RTPI Scotland, Jennifer Russell discusses her role as town planning manager at the University of Glasgow.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has urged the Chancellor to use the upcoming Budget to slash the rate of VAT on repair and maintenance work and to invest in the construction sector in order to maintain the industry’s recovery.