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The proposed hotel was designed by Reiach & Hall Architects A property development company which sued Scotland’s largest local authority for £15 million following a dispute over a contract to develop a site has had its claim dismissed as “irrelevant”.

Nicola Sturgeon First minister Nicola Sturgeon has laid out plans for a “root and branch review of the planning system” as she unveiled her government’s legislative programme for the last session of the Scottish Parliament before the 2016 elections.

Blackdog A property firm has unveiled plans for an £80 million business, retail and leisure complex after acquiring 64 acres of Aberdeenshire farmland.

Havelock Europa has announced plans to cut its workforce by 10 per cent as it warned annual profit and revenue will be “materially lower” than current market expectations. The Kirkcaldy-based shop, school and office fitting firm is shedding 50 jobs following a review of the business led by new c

Dundee and Angus College has submitted plans to transform its Kingsway Campus. The iconic structure on the corner of Kingsway and Old Glamis Road has proved a surviving example of mid-20th-century brutalist architecture since it was opened in 1964 but is now set for a new look fit for the third mill

Image:Bent Primary School. Photographer: Daniel Hopkinson New guidance has been launched to help local authorities improve their school estate by refurbishing existing buildings.

UK construction firms continued to experience growth during August, led by fastest rise in commercial work for five months, according to new statistics. Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) figures from Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) revealed that the

Aberdeen gas works to make way for new flats Halliday Fraser Munro has submitted plans for 32 flats on the site of a former Aberdeen gas works on behalf of Barratt Homes.

The Scottish Government overrules local authorities more often than not when applicants take their planning permission appeals to ministers, according to new figures. Statistics compiled by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have revealed that 77 of the 145 planning appeals so far th

A deal to bring a new £15 million hotel development to Edinburgh Airport by next year has been secured. National planning consultancy Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (NLP) first mooted the deal in November following a surge in traveller numbers at the airport in 2014.

Plans have been unveiled to transform an iconic listed building in Dundee into offices and flats. Morgan McDonnell has submitted proposals to the council for the 100-year-old former DP&L building on East Dock Street which will house ground floor office space with ten flats above.

The Whiterashes Mansion Aberdeen based Anderson Construction has been awarded a number of contracts amounting to over £3 million in value.

Victoria Gray Victoria Gray has become the latest graduate to join the Barratt North Scotland team as the company continues to bring new talent to the construction industry.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has launched this year’s Architect in the Hoose initiative to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent Society (ABS). The scheme sees architects register to offer free, hour-long consultations to the public, in return fo