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A legal challenge to the Cairngorms National Park’s Local Plan has been abandoned, paving the way for up to 1,500 homes to be built. The appeal by a group of environmental bodies failed in the courts system twice before the appellants appealed to the UK Supreme Court in 2013, where a hearing date

Councillors in the Borders have endorsed the draft of a development masterplan for one of the region’s key visitor attractions out to consultation. Glentress Forest near Peebles is considered to be one of the UK’s premier mountain biking venues and gets more than 300,000 visitors a year.

Kilmartin Museum in Argyll has taken a step closer to a multi-million pound refurbishment. Located at the heart of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll - a landscape that boasts 800 known prehistoric and historic monuments - Kilmartin Museum currently cares for some of Britain’s oldest Bronze Age and Neolithi

German discount supermarket Aldi has unveiled plans to open 130 extra stores in the UK over the next two years in a £600 million expansion. The chain overtook Waitrose in April as the UK’s sixth-biggest supermarket, with 5.3 per cent of the market share.

(from left to right) Dominic Larkin, Ryan Goodwin, David Cooper, Director, Stewart Smillie and Anthony Boyle Construction, refurbishment and maintenance company Clark Contracts has kick started the careers of four individuals in construction.

Muirhouse adds 64 new homes to Edinburgh site Muirhouse Housing Association (MHA) has completed its final phase of homes on the former BT training ground in Edinburgh.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed McKinney Group to bring forward a potential £50 million investment plan for Stranraer Waterfront. The Northern Irish firm has agreed to work in partnership with the local authority and Stena Line to bring forward detailed proposals for the regeneration of

Michael Laird Architects (MLA) has announced the appointment of Gillian Stewart as director. One of Scotland’s foremost workplace designers, Ms Stewart has worked with DEGW, haa design and most recently BDG architecture + design.

Brian Rye Construction union UCATT has indicated its surprise at the continued rise in the number of self-employed people working in UK construction despite an attempt to tighten up the amount of casual labour in the industry.

An £8 million Gaelic primary school is set to be built in Portree on Skye after councillors gave planning permission for the development. The cost includes the demolition of the Margaret Carnegie Hostel and Boys Hostel which will make way for the new building.

Castle Mill Works in Edinburgh A Glasgow cemetery which forms an important part of Scotland’s Jewish heritage, the City Observatory Complex in Edinburgh and an extremely rare locomotive turntable in Aberdeen are amongst the latest recipients of Historic Scotland’s Building Repairs Grants Scheme.

The Mossend site Plans for a new rail freight terminal in North Lanarkshire have been approved in principle by Scottish ministers.

Morrison Construction is celebrating contract wins in Kilmarnock and Prestwick with a combined worth in excess of £5 million. Spirit Aerosystems (Europe) Ltd has chosen the contractor to construct its new specialist paint facility at Prestwick, in a contract worth £4.1m in total. The project invol

Hillcrest delivers 18 new affordable homes in Edinburgh An eye-catching and much-needed development of 18 new flats for social rent was handed over to delighted tenants in Edinburgh last week.

Student accommodation specialist Empiric has acquired part of a site in Stirling on which it plans to build a 200-bed development comprising a mix of studios and apartments. The full site, off Forthside Way, has planning consent for 214 residential apartments and it is likely that the balance of the