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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.

Environmental planning consultancy Atmos Consulting has secured planning permission for a 19.8MW gas peaking plant and 20MW battery storage plant in Glenrothes. In keeping with Sainc Energy’s commitment to promote sustainable energy solutions, the development also intends to launch a research and

Plans to transform the former family Loudoun Castle theme park into a £525 million holiday and leisure destination have been rejected by East Ayrshire Council, though the door has been left open for future approval. Deemed to be ‘of national significance’ by council planners, phase one of the m

The owner of Kilmarnock-based Blackwood Plant Hire has sold the business to the company’s management team. Tom Blackwood bought Blackwood Plant Hire from his father, Tom Sr, in 2001 and has now has now sold it on for an undisclosed sum to a management team led by sales director Paul McCormack and

New M8 fully opens For the first time ever, Glasgow and Edinburgh are now fully connected with uninterrupted motorway.

The Scottish planning system is soon to undergo reform following an independent review. The proposals under discussion suggest an increasing recognition that children are often excluded from considerations of place. Here, Dr Jenny Wood identifies five ways Scottish Government can improve children’

New Waid Campus completes Waid Academy headteacher Iain Hughes has been officially handed the keys to the new £21.5 million Waid Community Campus in Fife.