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Plans have been submitted to build 250 new homes in a plan to redevelop the site of the one-time luxury Letham Grange resort hotel in Angus. Previously dubbed the ‘Augusta of the North’, the mansion-house hotel has fallen into increasing disrepair since its closure ten years ago.

Plans to develop 105 homes at the former Forbo Nairn land in Kirkcaldy may succeed without the need for affordable housing contributions thanks to a technicality in Fife planning policy, according to reports. Miller Homes has proposed building units on land to the south of Calender Av

7N Architects has submitted a planning application for 46 new homes including affordable and a significant proportion of family housing on the site of 96 Temple Park Crescent in Merchiston, Edinburgh.

Elected members on the City of Edinburgh Council have agreed options for investing around £21 million in one-off additional funding which will be allocated for social care, net-zero work and road maintenance.

An appeal against the decision to grant protected status to eight multi-storey buildings in Aberdeen has been halted by the Scottish Government to allow Aberdeen City Council to build a case. Earlier this year, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) earmarked the eight blocks for A-listed sta

A new £1.65 million development of affordable council homes has been completed in Perth city centre. (from left) Council project manager Daniel Murray; Councillor Bob Brawn; John Baggley of CCG and Councillor Chris Ahern

Vacant council houses in Dingwall, due for demolition in June, are still playing an important role within the local community.

Planning committee members should by law receive compulsory planning training before they sit on a planning committee and make decisions on applications, according to a listed housebuilder.

Plans to transform a Glasgow city centre car park site into a "vibrant urban quarter" have now been submitted.

Landowner Albert Bartlett Properties has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to invite bids from housebuilders to deliver Berryhill, an exclusive new village in Lanarkshire.

A Dunblane woodland has been earmarked for a retirement housing development.

North Lanarkshire Council has published plans for the new East Airdrie Link Road. Under the proposals, the two-way single carriageway road will run from the M8 at Newhouse to north of Riggend with independent shared pedestrian and cycle ways.

A virtual awards ceremony was held last night by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) to crown the winners of the 2021 Scotland Master Builder Awards. Sponsored by TradePoint, the event saw 11 prizes handed to the successful entrants, judged by an independent panel that included SCN editor K

Glasgow-based Civic Engineers has reported another strong set of results for the recent financial year, with a number of key commissions on UK-wide projects enabling the practice to bolster its staff headcount to 120 and to place more focus on low carbon engineering solutions. The 22% growth in annu

Sustainable building services firm Viridis has renewed its commitment to investing in young people’s futures with the hire of Euan Meikle, who has joined the company’s Falkirk office. Currently studying building services engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University and due