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An increase in central housing investment has allowed Midlothian Council to announce plans to step up its affordable home projections. Councillors yesterday approved plans to deliver 1,441 new affordable homes through the Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2017/18-2021/22 (SHIP), a significant increa

Plans for a new additional secondary school in Musselburgh have been approved at a meeting of East Lothian Council. Designed by JM Architects, the new school will be built in Wallyford and will take pupils from the Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School and Wallyford Primary School catchment areas.

Springfield gives early Christmas gift to Nairn Dunbar Golf Links Springfield Properties is teaming up with Nairn Dunbar Golf Course and Ground Water Dynamics to address the links course’s water retention concerns as part of an early Christmas present for the club.

An artist's impression of the proposed canopy A huge canopy could be installed over the High Street of the rainiest town in the north.

Schools and company troubles figure prominently in our first segment of the 30 most read stories of 2016. Here, in reverse order of number of times viewed, are numbers 30-21. 30. Renowned Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins dies aged just 48

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Ms Ruth Surjadi

Work on an £8.5 million sports village in Banchory could begin in the summer after Aberdeenshire Council granted planning permission for the development. The new Banchory Sports Village at Hill of Banchory, which has been in the pipeline for years, will include a six-lane swimming pool suitable for

The project to redevelop the Royal Edinburgh Hospital campus has taken another major step forward with the keys to the £48 million first phase being handed to NHS Lothian in time for Christmas. The redevelopment of the hospital site was undertaken in partnership with hub South East Scotland, which

Energy firm SSE has lost a court battle over a £130 million damages claim following the collapse of a tunnel at its Glendoe hydro scheme. It took legal action against engineering contractor Hochtief which carried out tunnelling work at the site near Fort Augustus.

Dundee City Council has launched a consultation over outsourcing its building and maintenance work to Tayside Contracts. First revealed in October, the proposals could see around 380 employees in the local authority’s construction and house maintenance departments have their contracts taken over b

Richard Threlfall Richard Threlfall from KPMG forecasts that 2017 will be a year of feast and famine for the UK construction industry.

BRE has been recognised at the 2017 Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards for its Innovation Park in Ravenscraig. The research organisation has been shortlisted in the hotly contended ‘Excellence in Innovation’ category at the annual awards which acknowledge the success of locally based busines

Dundee-based bespoke joinery manufacturer and interior fit-out specialist, Bentleys Shopfitting Ltd, has announced it is the latest Scottish business to adopt an employee ownership model, with 50 staff now given the opportunity to become owners. Established in 1987, the Dundee-based company speciali

The City of Edinburgh Council’s new Local Development Plan provides a clear framework to manage the capital's growth, says Councillor Ian Perry. Edinburgh is a hugely successful city which is expected to grow by about 10 per cent in the next decade.

Plans for King Harald Street DITT Construction appointed to new Lerwick housing developments