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The Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) is rethinking a controversial proposal for a housing development in Aberdour. The owners of Hillside School are seeking to secure permission to build 125 new homes at the site off Main Street in Aberdour, which they s

In April, the UK’s first homes to be fitted with boilers and hobs that run on hydrogen rather than fossil fuel gas will be built in Gateshead. The semi-detached houses will use 100% hydrogen for heating and cooking in appliances including boilers, hobs, cookers and fires under a new government

Juniper Residential and Yeoman McAllister Architects have joined forces to build a retirement living development at Barnton Avenue West, Edinburgh. Consisting of 44 apartments and four houses earmarked exclusively for the over-55 market, Barnton House will provide a range of communal facilities and

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland is preparing to host an online public consultation event before it submits a planning application for a new development at Helensburgh Gold Club.

More than half of the UK’s largest cities are continuing to experience a property selling boom, according to UK-wide letting firm Apropos. The firm has analysed year-on-year data and found that the number of properties advertised for sale has risen by between 1% and 67% year on year in 11 of t

Scottish star Lewis Capaldi has secured planning permission for a major expansion to his luxury home in East Renfrewshire.

A rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland could make progress as early as next month, according to reports.

East Renfrewshire Council has approved plans to transform a former Giffnock care home into flats and build more homes on its grounds.

Robertson Construction has appointed engineering and services firm HE Simm to deliver the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) installation at Holland Park, Glasgow for end client Moda Living.

One of Shetland’s most distinctive and historic built heritage features – the 200-year-old Copeland Lodberry in Lerwick – is to be renovated and transformed by local engineering company Ocean Kinetics.

Stirling-based construction equipment expert Molson Young Plant Sales has expanded its sales team with the appointment of three experienced additions.

Housebuilder Avant Homes has launched the first homes at four new developments to deliver 622 new-build properties in Scotland.

Plans to build 284 new homes on the border between Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council. Kirkwood Homes will progress the project at Blackdog, just southeast of the Aberdeen bypass roundabout that links to the A92.

The UK Government’s announcement of making further funding available for removing dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings provides an opportunity for a comprehensive assessment to establish the nature and extent of the problem north of the border, according to the Law Soc

Faithful+Gould director Stewart Macleod shares this article developed from a paper he and a colleague wrote looking at construction sector conditions. We wrote previously about the impact of 2020 on the UK construction sector and our work forecasting ahead. We are still facing challenges in the