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Aberdeen city councillors seized a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to kick-start a 20-year regeneration programme for the city centre. The principles of the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan outlined in a presentation by independent consultants BDP were unanimously accepted – with further det

CALA Homes has been granted planning approval for a site in Edinburgh - making it the first green belt site to be given the go-ahead by the council under the city's new Local Development Plan (LDP). The Edinburgh-headquartered housebuilder is to deliver urgently needed new homes in Currie after plan

Austin-Smith:Lord unveils Helensburgh public realm and outdoor museum Helensburgh’s new town centre public realm, designed by Austin-Smith:Lord, has been officially opened in Colquhoun Square.

Contractors are being warned that they must pay the appropriate levels of tax for the country they’re working in if they want to avoid huge fines the like of which could be handed out to Lionel Messi. An international contractor management specialist has urged contractors not to follow the Argenti

Dundee development wins major house building industry award Whiteburn Projects is celebrating after its Parkview development in Dundee has scooped the Renovation of the Year Award (multiple dwellings) in this year’s Scottish Home Awards.

Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing (PPSL) committee has granted planning approval for the new Campbeltown Grammar School project. The brand new facility, with capacity for up to 500 pupils, is expected to be built in time for the 2017/18 school term.

Plans for a brand new primary school in Lenzie took a step forward last week as full planning permission to build the new school with attached nursery was granted by East Dunbartonshire Council. Architect Holmes Miller lodged the planning application on behalf of the council for the new school, spor

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the regulatory charging scheme covering annual licence costs and application fees. The consultation follows extensive engagement with licence holders, the Scottish Government and wider stakeholders,

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by 42 per cent over the previous year, an industry body has reported. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,442 new homes were registered between March and May in 2015, when compared to 2,423 homes dur

Springfield Properties has submitted plans for a £1 billion new community at Bertha Park, Perth. An application for Planning Permission in Principle including a masterplan has been submitted to Perth & Kinross Council for the 3,000 home development covering an area of 333 hectares. A further de

Kier has revealed that it is in talks with a potential buyer for its mining operations at Greenburn in Scotland. In a trading update this morning, the group said the move is part of its “ongoing approach to capital discipline” and follows “significant year-on-year organic growth” in its cons

A deal which aims to release about £2.9 billion for infrastructure improvements in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire remains on track following “positive” negotiations in Westminster. An adjournment debate on the Aberdeen City Region Deal in the House of Commons has been secured by Aberdeen North MP K

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Danny McArthur as the head of its new central division. Danny is one of eleven new equity partners who were appointed by the multi discipline surveying firm at the beginning of April following a vigorous internal selection process to find

A team of scientists from the University of St Andrews has developed a new computer modelling tool for assessing the impact of noise from human disturbance, such as offshore wind development, on marine mammal populations. The team, led by Professor John Harwood, of the School of Biology, has created

Special celebration to mark revamped Millport Field Centre