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Stefano Smith RTPI Scotland is taking forward five gamechanging ideas for the Scottish planning system in new papers published today.

Ken Barclay The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has welcomed the investment incentives contained in the independent business rates review but has raised concerns regarding the complex challenges faced while redeveloping listed buildings.

Colin Lavety By Colin Lavety, planning director at Barton Willmore

125 additional homes, three local schools and Falkirk Council offices are all set to benefit from a newly announced £4 million project to extend an existing district heating system and create a private wire network at Callendar Park. The local authority has appointed specialist contractor McDe

Landmark legislation which provided a legal basis for real burdens following the abolition of feudal tenure is too difficult to apply in practice and should be reformed, the Scottish Law Commission has said. The legal reform body has published a new report recommending the replacement of section 53

The Scottish Government has published new legislation on the development of heat networks to help meet climate change targets and tackle fuel poverty.

Paisley-based JR Scaffolding Services has been fined £5,000 after one of its workers fell from an eight-metre-high scaffold. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that a cantilever scaffold collapsed leaving a scaffolder with serious injuries at the city’s Alexandra Parade in September 2016.

The UK Government’s announcement of making further funding available for removing dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings provides an opportunity for a comprehensive assessment to establish the nature and extent of the problem north of the border, according to the Law Soc

Peel Ports Clydeport has signed an XLCC for a 70-acre facility to be created at its Hunterston Port and Resource Campus (Hunterston PARC) including two factories producing state-of-the-art high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable for use in the subsea transmission of renewable energy. The

West Dunbartonshire Council’s pioneering heating network has been named the most efficient, smart and sustainable project of the year after winning a prestigious award.

Homes in Glasgow are to benefit from major improvements in energy efficiency thanks to a new net-zero retrofit project by GHA. A total of 36 Canadian timber homes in Drumchapel will benefit from a £1.5 million ‘deep retrofit’ programme.

The story of how a lack of clarity about who owns land within Scotland’s neighbourhoods, towns and cities causes problems for residents, limiting aspirations and affecting physical and mental health, is the subject of a new two-part series on BBC Scotland.

The company responsible for safety failings that led to a man falling to his death through a severely corroded platform at Longannet power station has been fined just £5,000. Gary Robertson from Cowdenbeath died from his injuries after the near-30ft drop onto concrete in February 201

As part of Scotland Excel’s ‘Supporting the journey to net zero’ campaign, Caitriona Jordan, head of retrofit programmes at Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), looks at the skills needed in the construction industry to support decarbonisation. Decarbonisation

Scottish property firm Crucible Developments has revealed plans to tackle Dundee's student accommodation deficit as it expands its property development portfolio with backing from the Bank of Scotland. Operating from its HQ in Ayr since 2016, Crucible Developments has been working on commercial and