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Two schools in Motherwell are to receive a facelift this year following the award of a £5 million contract to Kier Construction Scotland. Kier will start work this summer on Taylor High School, a comprehensive secondary in New Stevenston, and Braidhurst High School, a 600-pupil secondary in the For

The Scottish Government has published the responses to its consultation on proposals for transforming the planning system. A total of 450 submitted responses are available to view from respondents who gave permission for their correspondence to be made public.

New figures have revealed an 8% rise in the number of approved residential units in Scotland. In its new report, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) revealed planning permission was granted for 293,127 new homes across Great Britain.

The public are being asked for their say on proposed changes to how Aberdeenshire Council calculates developer obligations. Launched as the local authority adopted its Local Development Plan (LDP) last week, the eight-week public consultation is set to help assess the level of proportional contribut

Plans submitted for long-abandoned East Ayrshire coal mine L-R Cameron Gibson, deputy site manager and Drew Barber, plant mechanic, Banks Mining

The developer behind Scotland’s largest planned new town has signalled its continued confidence in the North East as it agrees a number of new contracts. The £5 million investment by Elsick Development Company (EDC) will pave the way for the next stage of development at the Chapelton site.

A University of Dundee researcher has worked with architects to produce conceptual designs for a luxury ‘eco-treehouse’ capable of housing a family, regulating its own temperature and functioning on a self-maintaining, low-energy cycle. Civil engineering lecturer Dr Anthony Leung has devised a c

The Scottish Government has upheld a decision to reject plans for 150 new homes in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee. Kirkwood Homes had applied to build the Balgillo Heights development at Linlathen Village to the East of the city last May.

The £35 million refurbishment of Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall claimed the overall ‘Project of the Year’ honour as more than 30 of Scotland’s most impressive and community beneficial property schemes battled it out at the RICS Scotland Awards 2017 yesterday. The prestigious annual ceremony, held at

Housebuilder Persimmon has hailed the “resilience of the UK economy” for helping drive an 11% surge in forward home sales since the start of the year. In a trading update issued this morning for the period from 1 January 2017 to date, the group said total forward sales, including legal completio

Positive feedback from a three-month trial has led Osborne to extend the use of protective site clothing that features solar-charged lights.

A Proposal of Application Notice has been lodged to deliver a £50 million replacement building for Madras College at Langlands. Earlier this year, Fife Council's executive committee conditionally approved the Langlands site as the preferred location for a new Madras College.

The masterplan for a £150 million mixed use development in Aberdeenshire has been completed with the approval of a food hall, hotel and leisure facilities at Blackdog. Plans by Ashfield Land for a regional food hall that could be used by farmers and producers’ retail outlets, an 850-seat cinema a

Proposals to transform the old Boroughmuir High School to create 87 mezzanine apartments and 28 affordable homes have been rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council. Councillors on the city’s planning committee rejected advice from their own officials, who had earmarked the designs for approval, t

Plans have been submitted to build a hotel and student halls at the site of a former Dundee furniture store. The £20 million proposals for the former Robertson’s furniture store in Barrack Street will also include a licensed restaurant unit with associated facilities and ancillary works.