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The City of Edinburgh Council has set out plans on the delivery of a new-look housing strategy which aims to significantly increase the number of new affordable homes in the city from 3,000 to 8,000 and accelerate investment in the services that will reduce tenants’ cost of living. A report to the

The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) Joint Committee has passed one of the first steps in the replacement of the current 2013 South East Scotland regional plan. Councillors from the six member authorities approved a Proposed Strategic Developme

Danny Lafferty Danny Lafferty highlights the problems arising from the complexity of new carbon and energy performance regulations to be introduced this year.

Patricia Gibson MP and Kenny Gibson MSP meet Kier Group apprentices Patricia Gibson, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, and Kenny Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, visited the site of Garnock Community Campus last week as part of a week-long campaign to get more people into the construction industry.

£46m health and community facility opens in Irvine A new £46 million mental health and community facility has been opened in Irvine.

Credit: Gordon Robertson Whether you are a buy-to-let landlord or a private residential owner, you may well feel as though there is a pressing need to sell your house in the current climate. After all, not only is the government clamping down on tax benefits for private landlords, but we are also on

A multi-million pound housing development on the edge of a Perthshire town is in question after the discovery of a rare pine marten by two teenage boys. The Scotsman reports that Angus McNicol and Andrew Wombill spotted the heavily-protected mammal around the Highfield Woods area of Scone, Perthshir

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The Riverside Campus at City of Glasgow College (RIBA/Keith Hunter) The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed that three Scottish projects are in the running to be named the UK's best new building of the year.

Perth and Kinross Council has given the green light to a £500 million masterplan which will see investment in schools, businesses and leisure facilities across the region. Approved by councillors yesterday as the local authority set its latest capital budget, the seven-year programme of development

Work on a new £16 million education campus in West Dunbartonshire has been delayed until winter next year due to the discovery of asbestos. Originally scheduled to open in August 2017, the Balloch education campus is being built on the site of the former St Kessog’s Primary and will accommodate a

Brian Rye A two-year pay deal for more than 400,000 workers has been agreed between contractors and construction unions.

Plans have been unveiled for a new £100 million incinerator in Dundee. MVV Environment, a subsidiary of German firm MVV Energie, said the new plant will supplement the existing plant at Baldovie.

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a new programme to accelerate development in the city. The programme hopes to prioritise housing for people on low to middle incomes and complement the existing strategy for affordable housing by supporting the development of homes suitable for families ear

An inconsistent approach to planning and relatively high land prices have led to developers and housebuilders adopting a cautious approach to retirement living in Scotland, according to new research from Savills. A study carried out by the Savills Retirement Living Team found that lower levels of eq