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The £110 million new University of the West of Scotland (UWS) campus at Hamilton International Technology Park has opened its doors to the new student intake. Developed by HFD Property Group (HFD) and designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, the new 235,000 sq.ft. Lanarkshire campus offers a

A96 dualling options on show Options that include the existing A96 Inverurie Bypass and the offline southern route between east of Huntly and Blackburn, which passes through the Bennachie Special Landscape Area, are amongst the options that have been removed following initial design and assessment w

The regeneration of a key arterial site in Glasgow city centre has taken a step forward with the submission of a detailed planning application for a 283,000 sq ft Grade A office development by Osborne and Co. The £95 million investment by Osborne will deliver the first major activity on this prime

The redesign of health and social care services on Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross (SLSWR) has moved forward with the submission of a planning application to build a new £15 million community hospital in Broadford. The planning permission for the hospital is part of wider redesign of services th

The Scottish Government has announced that it will establish an Infrastructure Commission to advise on which projects should be at the heart of its £7 billion national infrastructure investments plan. In her Programme for Government announcement in September, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out

A specialist warehouse investor has secured planning permission for a major mixed-use development at Queenslie Park industrial estate in Glasgow. Warehouse REIT plc said that it has gained approval for change of use on 16 acres of its land at the site.

East Lothian Council can now proceed with providing land for more than 10,000 new homes after the East Lothian Local Development Plan 2018 (ELLDP 2018) was approved by the Scottish Government. The ELLDP 2018 will be used by the council to help determine all planning applications which are put forwar

The owners of the Oak Mall shopping centre in Greenock have unveiled plans to demolish a large part of the building to make way for a possible mixed-use development. An application has been submitted to Inverclyde Council to knock down the part of the shopping centre that extends beneath the A78 Hig

Dundee’s new V&A museum and Aberdeen’s new Exhibition and Conference Centre, which are both making use of cutting-edge green energy technology, are among the finalists for the 2018 Scottish Green Energy Awards. The shortlist also includes innovative renewable energy schemes in some of Scotla

Sixty jobs are to be created as budget hotel chain Travelodge moves to open new hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a £100 million expansion plan. The firm is searching for a further 10 hotel sites close to the UK’s biggest conference and event venues.

The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has revealed the shortlist for its awards which recognise outstanding standards of workmanship and technical expertise in the roofing industry within Scotland. Entries were judged by an independent expert panel, with the finalists chosen for exce

Plans to create a shared education and leisure campus in Neilston are being taken forward by East Renfrewshire Council after consultation results revealed support for the proposal. Councillors on the education committee considered the results of a formal six-week consultation into the proposal and a

Work begins on new council housing development in Craigmillar Work on a major new housing development at Craigmillar town centre for the City of Edinburgh Council is now underway.

Planning applications for 68 homes at Dunbar and works at three Ash Lagoons at Levenhall Links have been given the green light by East Lothian Council. Councillors on the local authority’s planning committee heard that the site south of Dunbar’s Brodie Road had previously been earmarked for a ho

Construction output across the UK continued to recover following a relatively weak start to the year, with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing an increase of 2.9% in the three months to August 2018. According to ONS Construction Output data released this morning the