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Plans to build a new four-storey hotel in the car park of the Canny Man's pub in Edinburgh have been given the green light. The proposals would see a 12-bedroom hotel built on Canaan Lane, behind the property on Morningside Road, as well as two ground-floor short-term let apartments.
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A 77-year-old terminally ill former construction worker and his wife are to splash out on a bungalow after winning £1 million on the National Lottery. Ian Anderson from Stirling requires constant oxygen to help with his condition of pleural plaques and pulmonary fibrosis.
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Fife Council has terminated contracts with a major housebuilder to build 203 affordable homes after work across four sites failed to resume since December. First Endeavour LLP had been operating construction work on the sites in Lochore, Lumphinnans, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy before work halted
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Argyll and Bute Council has formally adopted a plan for the area that will help deliver new development, safeguard the outstanding environment, attract external investment and address barriers to economic growth. The Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) replaces the 2015 plan and was prepared by the coun
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Councillors have given the green light to almost 40 homes on the outskirts of Barrhead despite planners’ recommending the development should be refused. Briar Homes wants to develop land at Lyoncross Farm, off Aurs Road, promoting the “natural extension of Barrhead” and providing a
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Planning permission to redevelop the former Debenhams store at the Thistles Centre in Stirling has been conditionally approved by the local authority. Developer Scoop AM has been granted planning permission to subdivide all three floors of the premises, which closed in 2021 after Debenhams went into
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Work to stabilise the embankment and reinstate the footpath at the section of the Tower Burn underneath Glen Bridge in Dunfermline will start on Thursday 21 March, Fife council has revealed. The project will be ongoing until the end of June.
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An insurance company has filed a lawsuit claiming a fraud scheme involving staged construction site accidents in New York. The lawsuit suggests that workers, along with some doctors and lawyers, have been fabricating falls to file workers’ compensation claims. These claims have sometimes
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EDF Renewables UK will host a supply chain event in Inverness later this month to showcase its new Clash Gour wind farm and provide local businesses with the chance to discuss opportunities to work on the project. The event marks a significant milestone in the development of the wind farm project lo
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CCG Asset Management, the planned maintenance division of the CCG Group, is currently in progress of the third of a five-year £8.2 million major upgrades contract on behalf of Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association (WSHA). A total of 109 residences located west of Glasgow’s city c
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A group of affluent US homeowners in Salisbury, Massachusetts, spent $565,000 (around £443,000) to construct protective sand dunes near their properties, only for the barriers to be washed away within days by a severe storm. The residents had trucked in approximately 14,000 tonnes of sand
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Bancon Homes has been awarded an Outstanding Award for customer satisfaction, alongside a Gold award for the seventh consecutive year. The awards are run by specialist market research company In-house Research which is an accredited supplier to the New Homes Quality Board. They help businesses captu
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Two cats and a dog recently got unexpectedly involved in a construction project after they were let out of the house at an inopportune moment. The mischievous pets found their way into a patch of freshly poured concrete, leaving paw prints throughout and a stressed-out owner.
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Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) is to invest £9 million in new energy efficient Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) systems at Kirkwall and Inverness airports. This is part of an ongoing programme to maintain airport infrastructure that will also bring environmental benefits.
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The Scottish housing market has shown a strong increase in activity from both homebuyers and sellers for the second consecutive month in February, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
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