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Scotland’s public spending watchdog has called for urgent action to improve the condition of the country’s road network to improve the economic prosperity and safety of road users. A new report published today by Audit Scotland said that while sharing roads maintenance services on a regional bas

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has been given the green light to build 152 homes in the Ibrox area of the city. The development will see 116 socially rented homes and 36 homes for mid-market rent constructed on a currently derelict site bounded by Broomloan Road, Skene Road and Paisley Road West.

Revised plans for the expansion of Carnoustie’s multi-million pound golf centre have been given the green light. The ground floor of the extension will have a new entrance and accommodate a golf simulator, member’s golf bag storage area, temporary bag drop area, caddies area and the caddymasterâ

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand

Planning research projects from across the UK and internationally have been shortlisted for this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. Ryden has been recognised in the prestigious Planning Consultancy category for its ground-breaking Planning for Infrastructure research project.

Quarterly brick sales up 10 per cent New statistics released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show growing demand for bricks.

Can you teach an old brickie new tricks? 73-year-old builder Pat Griffin is to swap roles with his 29-year-old comedian daughter Jo for a comedy infused, interactive theatre show about loss, family relationships, class and the generation divide. Born in 1942, writer/performer Pat Griffin grew up in

A manager at a Dundee building merchants who embezzled more than £73,000 from his bosses is facing jail. Jonathan Green was a sales manager at Grahams Building Merchants in Dundee when he carried out the year-long fraud.

Over £700,000 funding to improve housing for crofters Crofters in some of Scotland’s rural and remote communities will benefit from better housing through funding from the Scottish Government.

Building services contractor T Clarke has returned to a net cash position after a solid first half performance. Revenues from continuing operations rose to £121,6m from £107.3m last time. Underlying operating profits rose to £2.2m from £2.1m and reported operating profits of £2.1m were up from

A modified draft of the Angus Local Development Plan (ALDP) has been agreed which identifies land for the development of around 330 new homes per annum across the area to 2026. Given the green light by Angus Council this week, the plan also gives continued support for existing sites and brownfield o

Heart of Midlothian Football Club has formally submitted a planning application for a new Main Stand at its Tynecastle stadium. The next stage of the Tynecastle redevelopment will see the stadium transformed into a 20,000-plus capacity stadium in time for the 2017-18 season.

Proposals have been announced for the delivery of new neighbourhood facilities at Southdale, the £300 million mixed-use development in West Lothian. Located immediately south of Armadale, the overall Southdale project has the potential for around 2,000 houses and flats if future phases are consente

Builders’ merchants in Scotland have reported some of the strongest sales in the country compared to this time last year despite uncertainty leading up to the EU referendum. Data released by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) shows that June sales in Scotland are up 12.4 per cent compared to

The Caithness Broch Project is planning to recreate Iron Age roundhouses in Lego to loan to museums, encouraging people to find out how they were built and used thousands of years ago. Kenneth McElroy, chairman of the Caithness Broch Project, believes that constructing a replica building from Lego w