Search: W

lma | architects and planning consultants have submitted a scheme for planning consent for a 81 bed Premier Inn and restaurant for Whitbread PLC at Shore Street in Oban. The development sees the demolition of the existing bowling alley located adjacent to the railway and ferry terminal to make way f

The Scottish Government has rejected a request to call-in plans for a £140 million film and television studio development in Midlothian. Developers PSL Land Ltd’s attempt to speed up a planning decision on their proposals was made after it claimed the council failed to decide on the campus within

City Building has presented two charities with £10,000 each following successful fundraising activities. The cheques were presented to Cash for Kids and Kidney Research UK at Glasgow City Chambers following a charity golf day jointly organised by the construction company and the Lord Provost’s an

Plans have been submitted for a 1,500 home development on the outskirts of a North-east village. The Aberdeen Evening Express reports that CHAP Group has lodged an application with Aberdeenshire Council for the new properties at Park Quarry near Drumoak. As part of the 1,500 homes scheme, 500 will b

Plans to develop a complex of mixed-use buildings just off Glasgow’s George Square are being unveiled today at a public exhibition. Chris Stewart Group will reveal its proposals for 59 serviced apartments, 375 student flats and 23,688 sq/ft of commercial space on vacant property which it acquired

Alternative proposals to transform Edinburgh’s former Royal High School into a new music school have been formally submitted by the Royal High School Preservation Trust. Backed by the philanthropic Dunard Fund, the Trust’s vision will provide an alternative to Hoskins Architect

Staff from a north east builders merchants are spreading Christmas cheer with the publication of a unique calendar created to raise money for two local charities. Brave employees from GPH Builders Merchants, which is based in Westhill, Inverurie and Stonehaven, stripped off for the company’s 2016

Councillors have approved the introduction of a new conservation area to protect the historic site of the battle of Culloden. The new designation for Culloden Muir near Inverness now means that within the conservation area, planning permission will be required for a range of developments that would

Revised plans for a proposed golf and tennis centre near Dunblane have been rejected by Stirling Council. The Park of Keir project, which was supported by golfer Colin Montgomerie and Judy Murray, mother of former Wimbledon champion Andy, was to be located at Park of Keir, between Murray's home town

Date set for final demolition of Cockenzie Power Station building The final stage of the Cockenzie Power Station demolition is to take place on Thursday December 17 at 2pm, two years since plant shut down.

Developers behind the Marischal Square regeneration project in Aberdeen defended their decision to use granite from China rather than locally sourced stone. It has emerged the £107 million city centre project will use 180 tons of rock from the Far East despite the stone being synonymous with the Gr

The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) has announced City of Glasgow College’s new state-of-the-art £66 million Riverside Campus, opened just weeks ago by first minister Nicola Sturgeon, as winner of a major design award. The development – part of a £228m twin-site supercampus that also inc

Graham Construction has completed building a £10 million primary school in Fort William. The new Lundavra Primary School was built on behalf of the Highland Council.

Plans for a £30 million 4 star Radisson hotel on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow have been approved by the local authority. The 176-bedroom facility will include 78 parking spaces, bar, restaurant, Sky Bar, gallery, gym and more than 100sq m of event spaces.

A disused landmark building is to be transformed by the University of Edinburgh as part of a major development. The A-listed Surgical Hospital in the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will be sensitively restored and bring together different strands of the University’s cutting-edge activities fr