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Decisions into two East Lothian planning applications from Bellway Homes have been continued to a future planning committee meeting.

Community organisation Knoydart Foundation (KF) has gained planning permission to build affordable homes in a remote Highland area.

PDM has unveiled a fleet of six new trucks as part of a million-pound investment to increase efficiency and enhance the customer experience across Scotland. The investment takes the Scottish-based fleet to over 70 vehicles across a range of 3.5-tonne pickups to 26-tonne crane-operated vehicles.

Forth Housing Association has celebrated the latest completion of eight new properties in Cambusbarron, Stirling.

Up to 122 new apartments could be created on the site of the former Xcite Livingston leisure pool after West Lothian Council agreed to dispose of the land. Council officers recommended that elected members on the Council Executive approved plans to sell the former Bubbles site to Cruden Homes yester

Legislation that will see Scotland move to using five-year carbon budgets to set climate targets has been passed.

For the first time since the modernisation of the electricity network, horses are being used to extract timber on SSEN Transmission projects. It may be the image of a bygone era, but there is still very much a place for horse logging - the extraction of timber - from Scotland’s forests.

Tilbury Douglas has been appointed to deliver the £4 million Pather scheme in Wishaw - its third project for North Lanarkshire Council.

Short break provider Center Parcs is developing proposals to create its first holiday village in Scotland. The site chosen for the village is in the Scottish Borders, approximately three miles north of Hawick and 55 miles south of Edinburgh.

Against the backdrop of the first Labour budget in 14 years and the pressures of the wider economy, Savills has released its latest analysis of the Scottish prime property market. Cameron Ewer, head of Savills residential in Scotland, said: "The Scottish prime market has been adjusting to wider econ

A Dundee charity that supports children and young people with disabilities and additional needs is embarking on an ambitious refurbishment of its family support centre, plugging a ‘significant gap’ in respite provision, after-school and holiday support.

The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders has grown to £288,071 during August-October 2024 – a 5.3% year-on-year increase – according to ESPC. The Borders saw its average rise 9.5% to £229,480, while Edinburgh’s average jumpe

The findings of the first fully comprehensive study of the UK’s plant-hire sector will be unveiled at the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) Conference taking place this week.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has entered into a partnership with Digital Buildings that aims to provide streamlined access to carbon credits and quantified social impact from retrofit projects. The partnership will give builders access to Retrogreen, which Digital Buildings has designed t

Long-established architectural firm Bracewell Stirling Consulting has appointed Stephen Lynas to a newly formed role as business development manager as part of its ambitious growth plans. Bringing a wealth of experience and strategic vision to support Bracewell Stirling's teams in Tillicoultry, Inve