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The Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland has made the case for the planning function in each authority to be given statutory powers to be consulted in strategic decision-making processes. In a letter to every Scottish Cabinet Secretary ahead of the imminent publication of the Scottish Governmentâ€

Plans have been revealed for a £49 million redevelopment of Paisley Museum. The scheme forms part Renfrewshire Council's plans to use Paisley's heritage and cultural assets to transform its future, including a bid for UK City of Culture 2021. Funding proposals for the project will be considered by

Ambitious plans to use water from the River Clyde to heat homes and businesses in Clydebank have moved forward after West Dunbartonshire Council agreed the next step in securing funding for a £12 million high-tech heating system. The development would see water extracted from the River Clyde throug

A mini excavator worth more than £15,000 is to be auctioned off to raise funds for a charity which provides welfare and financial support for the construction industry. The Lighthouse Club will be celebrating its 60th anniversary at the famous Construction Industry Charity Christmas Lunch

Hardies completes Edinburgh youth club project Hardies Property & Construction Consultants have been instrumental in helping FetLor Youth Club construct their new building to provide a multi-purpose facility for generations to come in Scotland’s Capital.

What does a day in planning enforcement look like? A pertinent question for Katherine Pollard, the network manager at the RTPI’s National Association of Planning Enforcement (NAPE). Since my first day in 2015 I’ve been guided and am working alongside a dedicated voluntary committee which represe

Broughty Ferry housing plans refused Plans to build 150 new houses in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee have been rejected by councillors despite having been recommended for approval by council officers.

Scottish Ministers have today granted approval for the construction and operation of a pumped storage hydro (PSH) electricity generation station in Dumfries and Galloway. Currently operated as a surface coal mine, the Glenmuckloch project will employ around 327 workers in its construction phase and

Three construction work experience and pre-employment programmes in Scotland have been successful in receiving financial assistance from the latest round of CITB funding. Eleven other projects, based in England and Scotland, shared over £800,000 from CITB in this latest round of Flexible and Struct

Building materials group Breedon has agreed the purchase of independent heavyside building materials business Sherburn Minerals Group for £15.7 million. Sherburn operates four quarries and five ready-mixed concrete plants in Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. It also distributes c

Keltbray Group has announced an expansion of its sheet piling division into Scotland. First launched 12 months ago from its headquarters in Surrey, Keltbray Sheet Piling is now also operating from the Keltbray Structures offices in Bathgate as part of the planned business growth strategy.

Sanctuary Scotland has submitted revised plans to build affordable homes on the site of the former Craigbank housing estate in Nitshill, Glasgow. To be delivered by CCG and Mast Architects, the development will see the construction of 180 homes comprising a mix of affordable and private accommodatio

Six hundred new homes will be built in East Ayrshire and hundreds more improved in the next five years as East Ayrshire Council embarks on a £131 million programme of refreshing and renewing its housing stock. The new housing programme will be in addition to the council’s commitment of almost £5

Landscape architecture, urban design, planning and ecology consultancy LUC has been appointed by North Ayrshire Council to lead the regeneration of Irvine High Street. Building on recent regeneration projects in the town centre such as Bridgegate Public Realm, the refurbishment of Bridgegate House a

Unemployed people with disabilities are being helped into work through an innovative £900,000 programme which is being piloted in Scotland by Mitie and CITB. The ‘Think Differently’ initiative is designed to encourage employers to actively recruit candidates with autism, learning disabilities p