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Councillor Donnie MacMillan BEM cut the turf to start Argyll Community Housing Association’s new build development in the village of Kilmartin in Mid Argyll. The development of four two bedroom semi-detached homes will be built by local firm MacLeod Construction of Lochgilphead and will take a

Plans for the creation of a five-star dog hotel outside an Aberdeenshire village have received the green light. The Mormond Dog Hotel and Spa project will be built within the grounds of an existing home near Memsie.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Grampian (Southern) Housing Society Limited

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has announced a significant new appointment as homes director Joanne Casey takes on the newly created role of managing director of its Homes England division. The appointment makes her the first woman MD in the history of Mactaggart & Mickel, and follows a de

Fresh plans by Grampian Housing Association to deliver affordable homes on the site of a former Deeside school have been lodged. The Association purchased this site with the desire to rejuvenate the C-listed Old School site in Ballater and provide 24 much-needed affordable homes.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to build 186 affordable homes on the former site of a bus depot in Govanhill. Designed by Mast Architects on behalf of Link Group and Park Lane Larkfield SPV, the project will see 24 one-bedroom flats, 128 two-bedroom flats, 30 three-bedroom houses and four tw

Springfield Properties has submitted a planning application for an additional 139 homes its existing site in Edinburgh. The housebuilder has submitted plans to extend the site at The Wisp. The application for an additional 104 private two-bedroom apartments and 35 affordable apartments has been subm

Hyundai Construction Equipment has appointed Agritrac Exports as its first “full line” equipment dealer for Scotland. Agritrac, which is part of agricultural machinery supplier HRN Tractors, boasts seven depots across the Scottish region and employs 35 service technicians to support its

The Scottish Government must explore other avenues for housing development across all tenures if it is to reach its targets for new homes, the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned. While describing its 50,000 social homes target by 2021 as “commendable”, the profess

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Benjamin Tindall Architects

A 300-bedroom hotel could be built at Broadway 2 on Glasgow’s Renfield Street under new plans submitted to the local authority. Proposals by Consarc Design Group Ltd (CDG), lodged on behalf of ES Renfield Ltd, will see the 12-storey building fill a void opposite the Pavilion Theatre.

Main contractors expect to be under yet more financial pressure during the year ahead as supply chain costs rise more than tender prices, a new industry survey has found. An inaugural industry report from quantity surveying and commercial management consultancy Soben Contract and Commercial examined

Detailed planning permission has been granted for a 498-apartment build-to-rent development on the banks of the River Clyde. The £100 million scheme, which sits on the Broomielaw, one of Glasgow’s major thoroughfares, is being delivered by developer and private rented housing operator PL

Several of Scotland’s senior policy-shapers and key building experts, academics, and commentators will gather in Edinburgh this week to debate how best to build a successful and lasting Built Environment Strategy for the country. Invited by Niall Trafford, CEO of BRE (Building Research Es

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Holmes Miller