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The president of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has launched a 10-year action plan to make the planning profession more diverse and inclusive. It follows the launch, in January 2020, of the RTPI’s new Corporate Strategy 2020-2030 which sees Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity as one

Good planning is the most important factor for preventing construction projects from going over budget, according to new research by Association for Project Management (APM). A survey conducted for APM by research company Censuswide asked project professionals whose primary project is on or under bu

International law firm Pinsent Masons has launched a global guide to help the infrastructure sector to better deliver global mega infrastructure projects through Joint Ventures (JVs). The number of global mega projects, such as HS2 in the UK, is set to increase - with scale and stimulus measures lik

Highland Council has announced its biggest ever single investment in roads with an extra £20 million capital announced in its budget proposals for the year 2020/21.

CALA Homes (West) has lodged an application with Stirling Council for the creation of a residential-led mixed-use development on the former Killearn Hospital site.

Industrial land at Port Dundas, Glasgow, has been earmarked development with Wellwood Leslie Architects intending to build a block of 68 flats for private rent.

A disgruntled contractor who drove a digger through the front of a Travelodge has been jailed for five years and four months.

The strategic business case behind a major project to transform the BioQuarter into a vibrant new neighbourhood in the south east of Edinburgh has been unanimously backed by councillors.

CALA Homes (North) has outlined plans to deliver 47% more homes this year in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire following a record start to 2020. The company has kicked off the year reporting its strongest January sales and the opening of a new city centre premises.

Taylor Wimpey has outlined plans to sell fewer homes in the year ahead in order to focus on profitability.

Councillors in East Lothian have agreed to spend more than £174 million over the next five years on building new council housing and modernising existing stock.

A masterplan detailing proposals for 350 new homes at Auchendinny has been lodged with Midlothian Council.

LAR Housing Trust has submitted plans to transform a fire damaged B-listed tenement building at Glasgow Green into 45 affordable flats. The roof of the former hotel at Greenhead Street, which was known as the Inn on the Green, was destroyed by fire in 2014.

Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL) has been announced as the first private sector developer to sign up to greenspace scotland’s ParkPower programme. This pioneering partnership sees the developer commit to exploring the delivery of clean, green energy solutions with the potential to fulfil

Work is set to begin on a new £2.5 million cutting edge Robotically-Enabled Sensing (RES) hub at the University of Strathclyde.