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Plans have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council to turn a former Inverurie care home into affordable housing, the Evening Express has reported. The proposal would see the 37-bedroom former Blythewood Care Home in Port Elphinstone converted into flats.

Archie Waters Archie Waters from The Dispute Centre provides a piece for the Scottish Alliance for People and Places about the potential role of mediation in the planning system.

Redpath wins £4.3m Edinburgh apartment project Redpath Construction has been awarded a £4.3 million, 21 serviced apartment project for Apple apartments in Edinburgh.

SEPA chief executive Terry A'Hearn The consortium building the new Aberdeen bypass has been issued with a £280,000 penalty for a series of silt pollution incidents on the rivers Don and Dee.

The Scottish Government has published the country’s first Energy Strategy which it said will strengthen the development of local energy, empower and protect consumers, and support climate change efforts while tackling fuel poverty. The strategy includes a range of actions, including a £20 million

(from left) Gary Milne, Grant Kirkhope, Stuart Henderson and Gerry More Stewart Milne Homes has strengthened its senior team as it gears up for major growth in the Central Belt with eight land acquisitions in the pipeline in the next six months.

Rt Hon. Henry McLeish The chair of the Scottish Alliance for People and Places and the former First Minister of Scotland, the Rt. Hon. Henry McLeish, has pressed the Scottish Government to be more ambitious on housing in its recently published Planning (Scotland) Bill.

The Royal Hospital for Children with the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in the background The Royal Hospital for Children has become the second hospital in Glasgow to announce the removal of external cladding as a precautionary measure.

The much-delayed Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is now scheduled to open in autumn 2018, a full year later than originally planned. NHS Lothian said severe weather was partly to blame for the latest delays to the £150 million facility at Little France on the outskirts of the city.

Peter Reekie The Board of the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has appointed Peter Reekie as the company’s new chief executive.

An aerial view of the Kingdom Park development site in Kirkcaldy Fife Council has given the green light to public art plans that will pave the way for new housing developments in Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, The Courier has reported.

The newly-opened £20 million Nucleus building in Wick, built by Morrison Construction, took home two awards at the inaugural Architects' Journal Architecture of the Year Awards this month. The building, designed by Reiach and Hall and home to the national archive for the civil nuclear industry, won

Archie Meikle Despite recent news of a reduction in construction output, Bathgate-based main contractor Ashwood Scotland is reporting a spike in its order book following a raft of project wins.

Hillcrest Housing Association and Robertson Partnership Homes have teamed up to deliver the much needed gift of affordable housing this Christmas. The development of 138 homes at St Machar Road in Aberdeen is funded through a Scottish Government grant totalling £9,574,100.

The Wise Group and McTaggart Group have agreed an official employability partnership which has resulted in full time jobs for four young people from one of Glasgow’s most disadvantaged areas. The partnership was launched in October this year, the first site being McTaggart’s Ashfield Street, whe