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The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by 42 per cent over the previous year, an industry body has reported. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,442 new homes were registered between March and May in 2015, when compared to 2,423 homes dur

Nineteen built environment firms are the first in the UK to become signatories of a new industry initiative launched by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) this month to help the land, property and construction sector attract and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce. The RIC

Dundee development wins major house building industry award Whiteburn Projects is celebrating after its Parkview development in Dundee has scooped the Renovation of the Year Award (multiple dwellings) in this year’s Scottish Home Awards.

CALA Homes has been granted planning approval for a site in Edinburgh - making it the first green belt site to be given the go-ahead by the council under the city's new Local Development Plan (LDP). The Edinburgh-headquartered housebuilder is to deliver urgently needed new homes in Currie after plan

Sajid Javid The UK business secretary Sajid Javid has announced plans to partly-privatise the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank (GIB).

Councillors have unanimously rejected proposals to allow a greenfield site in Duntocher to be opened up for housing development. West Dunbartonshire Council’s planning committee was directed to approve a Scottish Government ministers recommendation to include the Duntiglennan Fields site into

Work has started on a £7.5 million project to build a new primary school in Armadale after West Lothian Council appointed a contractor to the project. Ogilvie Construction is to deliver the new facility which will include eight new classrooms and two general-purpose rooms as well as a gym and dinin

Bancon Construction managing director Gavin Currie (left) and Bancon chief executive John Irvine outside Mile End School Bancon Group is on track to meet ambitious five year growth plans as it lodges accounts for the year ended 30 November 2014 with Companies House.

Tracey Menzies Delays to planning consent are the most significant barrier to building new homes, according to a survey of the housebuilding sector conducted by law firm Brodies LLP.

Brian Ashcroft Scottish output growth is being fuelled by a combination of capital investment – particularly infrastructure spending – and consumer spending, according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute.

John Forster The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on permitted development rights – a waiving of planning permission if certain requirements are fulfilled – for commercial non-domestic rooftop solar.

Stewart Milne Homes apprentice quantity surveyor Abbie Duthie (centre) shows pupils Natalia Lisowska (left) and Chloe Kelly (right) features of The Gardens at Crathes development Female secondary school pupils from across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have gained an insight into exciting career opportu

Austin-Smith:Lord unveils Helensburgh public realm and outdoor museum Helensburgh’s new town centre public realm, designed by Austin-Smith:Lord, has been officially opened in Colquhoun Square.

Aberdeen city councillors seized a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to kick-start a 20-year regeneration programme for the city centre. The principles of the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan outlined in a presentation by independent consultants BDP were unanimously accepted – with further det

John Swinney Two multi-million pound health centres have been given the green light thanks to funding from the Scottish Government.