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Construction work to refurbish and extend Aberdeenshire Council’s Viewmount office in Stonehaven is to begin on Monday.

Engineers working on upgrading the power network in Dumfries & Galloway made an unusual discovery when what turned out to be a stash of 70 unexploded Home Guard phosphorous grenades were unearthed during routine improvement works.

Prosecutors are seeking to recover more than £1.5 million from a former architect who embezzled hundreds of thousands of pounds from a charity. Ian Brash is trying to sell Fa’side Castle, near Tranent, to pay back the money he stole from the charity

A £950 million bid by Bovis Homes to take over the housing business of Galliford Try has been rejected by the company’s board.

The final stage of the process for building two new community hospitals on Skye and in Aviemore has been reached with the Scottish Government's Capital Investment Group approving the joint Full Business Case submitted by NHS Highland. The news means hub North Scotland can now begin the construction

Plans have been submitted for a rooftop restaurant and community garden as part of a major expansion plan of Glasgow music and arts venue SWG3.

Plans have been approved for a renovation of Glasgow’s oldest mosque.

Shona Glenn, head of policy & research at the Scottish Land Commission, offers some thoughts on how we can better fund and coordinate infrastructure provision to support housing development.

Riverside Inverclyde’s (Ri) marquee Custom House property in Greenock is now fully let as it welcomed a growing young architecture practice as its newest tenant. Nicholson McShane Architects (NMA) has taken the last remaining 650sq ft at the Grade A-listed Custom House

Commercial property consultant Ryden has announced several senior promotions across Scotland. Alan Booth, part of the project management team based in Glasgow, and Greg Limb, from the recently launched residential investment & development department in Edinburgh, have both been made partner.

Developers behind the proposed £30 million tourist destination on the banks of Loch Lomond have said that investment into the natural environment will be a key element of their plans. The vision for the development, which will be called Lomond Banks, is to transform Balloch into “the tru

Work on East Lothian’s newest primary school is well under way at Letham Mains, Haddington.

As the Planning (Scotland) Bill reaches the final phase of the Parliamentary process, local government, housing and planning minister, Kevin Stewart MSP, outlines the reasons behind his Stage 3 amendments. Scotland needs a planning system that will help to deliver inclusive and sustainable economic

A developer’s proposals to build more than 200 homes as part of a wider housing development in Aberdeen have been recommended for approval.

Industry leaders and stakeholders joined together this week to learn about the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project aims to transform how homes are built through industrialisation. Funded by Innovate UK, AIMCH is a collaborative innovation project with the am