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Fife Council has received plans to build new student accommodation in St Andrews, easing the pressure on housing stock in the university town. The revised proposals would provide 748 student beds at Albany Park, seen as the centrepiece of a £100 million investment in student accommodation over

Plans have been submitted for 22 identical 'upside-down' terraced properties in Venlaw, Peebles.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has given its support for plans to build a new £15 million visitor centre at the National Museum of Flight, which is currently the subject of an appeal to the Scottish Government. An initial bid to create a newly built hangar on the Gilmerton estate, south o

Aberdeenshire Council is to intervene into plans for 150 new homes within its neighbouring local authority over the potential loss of ancient trees. Comer Group UK had previously notified Aberdeen City Council of its plans to “deliver a mix of high-quality family homes and associated facilitie

hub South West held its second online event earlier this month on coming out of lockdown. Participants from companies in construction and related sectors based in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway heard about the industry plans for a staged post-COVID-19 return to work from Tier 1 co

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced the beginning of pre-construction work for a development of 69 new homes at its Ravensheugh development on land at St Clements Wells in Wallyford.

Business groups, trades unions and leaders from local government and the third sector have committed to putting fair work at the heart of Scotland’s economic recovery. As Scotland continues to ease lockdown restrictions, organisations including the Institute of Directors (IoD), SCDI, STUC, COS

An independent distillery has supplied a prominent homebuilder with hand sanitiser, helping it to carry out a careful reopening of sales suites throughout the east of Scotland. CALA Homes (East) has purchased an initial 60 litres of Nil By Mouth – a hand sanitiser produced by NB Distillery in

A man sawed his neighbour's garage in half following a dispute over the boundary line between the two properties. Construction worker Gabriel Brawn used a reciprocating saw to destroy half of the structure after a land surveyor confirmed that the garage straddled the boundary line between the two ho

Investigations are under way into the circumstances of a boy's death at a building site in Glasgow last night.

Housebuilder Bellway has asked its subcontractors to cut their rates by 5% from next month.

A project to extend the Govan Old Church to utilise the A-listed building as an events venue and public space has been granted planning permission by Glasgow City Council.

Plans to build a £10 million hotel in Pitlochry have been withdrawn.

Renfrewshire Council is to explore a range of possible development opportunities for land belonging to whisky company Chivas Brothers in Paisley after a deal was struck to bring the site into public ownership.

Aberdeen City Council has granted listed building consent for the renovation of the B-listed East Gate Lodge in Duthie Park, paving the way for the north-east’s first outdoor nursery.