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Plans to transform Glasgow’s High Street area by investing £200 million in a new 7.5 acre residential neighbourhood of more than 700 homes for rent have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. In addition to 727 new build-to-rent homes on the site behind High Street rail station, the application

A housing manufacturer has struck a deal with Scottish Land and Estates to offer Scottish landowners the chance to boost rural incomes, deliver affordable housing, and sustain local communities though its new affordable homes programme. Clyde Homes Limited delivers factory built affordable homes for

A plumber has been found guilty of causing a gas explosion which blew up a pensioners’ bungalow and trapped its occupants beneath the rubble. Craig Hall left a gas pipe liable to come loose in Robin and Marion Cunningham’s home in Callander, Perthshire, by crucially failing to solder a vital 90

Barratt kicks off 2018 with 60th anniversary celebrations and a new logo Barratt Homes is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion new market research commissioned by the firm has confirmed it as the UK’s most recognised and well known housebuilder.

A legal bid to prevent the development of more than 800 homes at Newton Mearns has been rejected by the Court of Session. The joint CALA Homes and Taylor Wimpey project at Maidenhill Farm is set to deliver a new neighbourhood of 834 new homes in total with pockets of land provided to facilitate the

Dr John Hooper, the CEO of CABE (The Chartered Association of Building Engineers), has been announced as the UK Chief executive of the Year 2017 at the annual Association of Association Executives awards. The Association of Association Executives is the largest community of Association Executives in

AMA Homes is to deliver a residential and commercial development in Edinburgh after securing a £3 million property investment loan. The loan will provide the developer with an extended period to redevelop Belford and Douglas House into a major new residential site with 50 apartments and 2,000 sq ft

Raeburn Construction is to invest £440,000 to build a new head office and four additional industrial units in Kirkcaldy. Work on the new site at Dunnikier Business Park began last month, with the firm projecting it will move its 11 office staff into its two storey unit by Easter.

Rangers Football Club has received planning permission to improve its Auchenhowie training base in Milngavie. A new stand for spectators to watch youth games, additional dressing room facilities, a classroom area and more floodlighting will be added after East Dunbartonshire Council gave the green l

An ageing housing block on the edge of Perth city centre is to be regenerated to complement plans for a nearby £30 million cinema and shopping complex. The Courier has reported that Perth and Kinross Council is planning an overhaul of St Catherine’s Square to ensure it fits in with the Mill Quart

Fresh plans to transform a former auction site and waste land in Moray into a housing complex have failed to address flooding concerns from Scotland’s environmental body. ANM Group has lodged plans to build more than 100 homes and restaurant at the site on Elgin’s Linkwood Road.

Attracting young people into construction and new home quality are among the areas of focus to be discussed by industry experts at this year’s NHBC Building for tomorrow roadshows – ‘Future Skills, Future Standards, Future Quality’. Building for tomorrow is the annual series of seminars wher

Time extension for applications to speak at pre-determination hearing into new Aberdeen stadium The deadline for people wishing to speak at the further pre-determination hearing into the proposed new Aberdeen Football Club stadium has been extended.

A group of Chinese construction workers reportedly unearthed a strange gift on Christmas: a batch of 30 well-fossilized dinosaur eggs in the city of Ganzhou. According to China News, the workers made the discovery while preparing to set off explosives.

Highland residents to benefit from pioneering homes thanks to £3m City Region Deal windfall Around £3 million of funding has been agreed for a ground-breaking Highland project that could transform the lives of people with complex health needs as part of the Inverness and Highland City Region Deal.