Scottish Land Commissioner Sally Reynolds explores the importance of realising community benefits when setting out the relationship between nature finance and communities in Scotland's just transition to net zero. To achieve our net zero ambitions, the way we’re using land in Scotland is chang
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Planning permission has been granted for the development of over 150 new homes in Bathgate. The application from Urban Life Ltd proposed the erection of 154 houses and 12 flats at the former abattoir site on Whitburn Road, Bathgate.
JLL has appointed Fraser Blackwood as a director in its planning energy & infrastructure team. Since joining the commercial real estate advisor in 2021, Fraser has played a fundamental part in maintaining and growing JLL’s planning position in Glasgow, securing a number of new instructions
Savills' latest analysis of Scotland’s prime residential market has highlighted strong demand during the first three months of the year with 52% more buyers registering to buy so far this year compared to the same period in 2019 before the pandemic. This market represents the most as
Brian Gallacher, FCIOB, is the chairman and business development director at Pacific Building, a construction and fit-out business operating across Scotland. He has been a CIOB member for more than 30 years, and a Fellow for more than 20 of them, and says his FCIOB status gives his clients confidenc
A decline in the number of new build homes started in Scotland is worrying, property firm DJ Alexander Ltd has said. The latest statistics show 19,227 all sector new build starts in the year to the end of September 2022, a decrease of 12% (2,580 homes) on the previous year.
Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Harley Haddow has launched a new energy division off the back of burgeoning demand for net zero services as government targets loom. Following on from rapidly accelerating growth and a raft of high-profile net zero project wins, Harley Haddow has invested i
Work on the new Blairgowrie Recreation Centre will start at the end of next month, Perth and Kinross Council has confirmed. The new £36 million centre will replace the current building, which is 41 years old, and provide state-of-the-art facilities for residents in East Perthshire.
Ed Monaghan has returned to the housebuilding industry after his departure from Mactaggart & Mickel last year, having been appointed as a non-executive director at Clark Contracts. Mr Monaghan will work on a new private homes division at the construction firm. The new division, named Nova Homes,
Uddingston-based G M Civil Group has acquired Irvine-based civil and structural engineers, Prime Structural Solutions for an undisclosed sum. The group, which works for Lidl as well as many of Scotland’s leading housebuilders, purchased the business from Jim Adams, who remains a consultant, an
A community-led organisation has been awarded a £107,897 grant leading to the restoration of one of Scotland’s most historic bandstands. Friends of Stonehouse Park (FOSP) was awarded the funds from the Renewable Energy Fund (REF), distributed by South Lanarkshire Council utilising fundin
Aberdeenshire construction company CHAP Group is to deliver a new state-of-the-art offshore wind operations and maintenance facility for Ocean Winds at Buckie Harbour. The new facility will support the 882MW Moray West Offshore windfarm due to come online next year as a sister project to the operati
Housebuilder Persimmon said it is “encouraged by the early signs of improved customer confidence” despite a significant drop in the number of new homes completed in the first three months of this year. Build rates at the firm fell 30% to 176 units per week (Q1 2022: 252 units per week),
ADP Architecture has acquired London and Edinburgh-based Ethos Design and Architecture (EDA). The acquisition, now complete, forms part of ADP’s growth strategy and brings the employee-owned practice’s staff total to 140.
Richard Lochhead, minister for small business, innovation and trade, has taken over the role of chair of the Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) in Scotland to lead a refresh of membership at the organisation. Coming as the Forum embarks on co-developing a Transformation Plan to deliver on the

