The Energy Training Academy has started work on the first net zero home of its kind in Scotland. A one-bedroom bungalow, the unique property is housed within the 12,000 sq ft. training centre in Dalkeith and once finished it will comprise a kitchen, living room and bathroom, all kitted out with the
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As a publication of record and analysis, Scottish Construction Now is not given to publishing editorials or pontificating but the overwhelming results of our readers’ survey on the state of Scotland’s planning system are so devastating that we are compelled to speak out. Of the 135 busin
The trade body for Scotland's housebuilders has said the results of an SCN survey that highlights the country's broken planning system are "truly dreadful" but of "no surprise" to its members. Respondents to an SCN survey found that 96.3% of the country's architects, housebuilders, develop
The Scotland director of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has called for a streamlined planning system to help small building firms avoid the "lottery of the planning process". Gordon Nelson was responding to the results of an SCN survey which found that 96.3% of the count
Scotland’s failed planning system is having an impact on housing associations being able to deliver the number of affordable homes required to meet Scottish Government targets and tackle poverty and homelessness, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has warned. SFHA CEO Sally
Raymond Carr, advertising manager for Scottish Construction Now will be in attendance at tomorrow's highly anticipated Offsite Expo in Coventry. The exhibition takes place in the Ericsson Business Hall, Coventry Building Society Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Two Edinburgh charities have been selected to share Taylor Wimpey East Scotland's Community Chest of £2,000. The housebuilder, which is building new homes at West Craigs, Maybury in Edinburgh and Lauder Grove in Ratho Station, launched the project on social media asking the local communit
Plans to demolish a warehouse in Edinburgh to make way for a student accommodation development for 155 students have been granted planning permission. Danehurst Developments has been given the green light to progress its proposals for four to six-storey student accommodation on the site of
A not-for-profit company tasked with spearheading North East Scotland’s energy transition ambition has unveiled its plans to build a transformative Energy Transition Skills Hub that aims to equip the workforce of the future with the skills industry needs to deliver the low-carbon transition. E
Scotch Whisky Investments' (SWI) proposal to relocate its global headquarters, as well as one of the world's largest whisky collections to Scotland, has moved a step closer with the purchase of a site in Fife. SWI, the international whisky asset management business, is set to relocate its headquarte
Drivers in a French village have complained after being disoriented by crisscrossed white lines on the road which the mayor has argued has purposefully made them slow down. The village of Bauné in western France introduced the series of crisscrossing white lines at interse
A development providing 57 homes for social rent in Penicuik has been completed following a partnership between housebuilder Cala Homes (East) and Wheatley Group. The collection of affordable homes includes 16 cottage flats, 13 terraced homes and 28 apartments – and forms a key element of the
Galliford Try said today its performance for the 2023/24 financial year is likely to be at the upper end of current analysts’ estimates after it reported another strong set of results for the financial year to 30 June 2023. Revenue rose to £1.4 billion, moving steadily towards the g
Works have commenced on the University of Edinburgh’s Queen’s Medical Research Institute (QMRI) which will see the creation of new research spaces to address major disease challenges. Robertson Construction Central East is delivering the alteration and refurbishment works.
Continuing this week's focus on Scotland’s Broken Planning System, Allan Rae, land director at Kirkwood Homes, sums up what SCN has heard from many survey respondents by highlighting a lack of resources, the implementation of NPF4 and planning staff working from home. Local authority staf

