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Homeowners in England will be allowed to add two storeys to their homes without having to get planning permission, under new proposals unveiled by the Conservative Party.

Edinburgh has been announced as one of four cities to join a global movement of cities working towards sustainability, prosperity, inclusivity and resilience goals.

The UK Space Agency has announced a package of £488,000 for Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC), the owners of a former RAF Airbase turned business park with airport near Campbeltown.

England’s housing minister Esther McVey has been ridiculed after she appeared to discover that 3D architecture designed on computers was a "new way" to design buildings. Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Manchester yesterday, McVey seemed to suggest that architects are moving in

A contractor which claimed the Scottish Government acted unlawfully in giving taxpayers' money to a competitor in the purchase of a Highland industrial yard has had a £25 million damages action dismissed.

Glasgow-based Linear Design and Construct (LDC) has been appointed to deliver the comprehensive refurbishment of Scottish Bible Society’s (SBS) headquarters in Edinburgh’s West End.

Developments that radically help address climate change could no longer need planning permission under draft proposals being considered by the Scottish Government.

Aberdeenshire Council has backed plans for a new electricity sub-station on the outskirts of Boddam near Peterhead.

New images have been released of the estate planned by the Trump Organisation in Aberdeenshire ahead of a public open day this week.

Excavation safety specialist MGF has opened its first depot in Scotland with the acquisition of a site in Livingston.

An appeal decision by the Scottish Government will unlock major investment in new homes for Galashiels, Eildon Housing Association has said.

Ayrshire Housing has submitted a planning application to build 34 flats in Ayr town centre close to the Gaiety Theatre.

UK heat network control company Minibems has raised its latest investment round from new investors SET Ventures and Ascension Ventures to enable it to pursue fast growth across the UK and Europe. With heating and cooling consuming half of Europe’s energy, the heat sector is increasingly being

A third edition of the building standards procedural handbook has been published by the Scottish Government.

Two Scottish surveyors have been recognised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for their roles in helping develop the careers of dozens of young surveyors. Gemma Begbie, a senior project manager with Turner+Townsend based in Edinburgh, and Harry Browne, a director with HD Propert