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The Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's heritage watchdog, has criticised plans to knock down the former Causewayside Lads’ Institute to make room for student accommodation. 

Cala Homes has submitted plans to build 115 new homes on land at Pitfodels in the west of Aberdeen. 

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has announced that an Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning application has been submitted to Falkirk Council for a proposed development of new homes, located off Main Street in Polmont.

Persimmon Homes North Scotland has raised an impressive £14,500 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) through its annual Charity Golf Day, held this year at Kinross Golf Club.

Enquiries from prospective house buyers in Scotland accelerated at the quickest rate seen in nearly four years last month, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) residential market survey.

Thousands of people have applied to work as "wild men" in one of China's most famous parks.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has been granted planning permission by North Lanarkshire Council to deliver 117 new homes off Manse Road. Pre-construction works for the development, which follows a previously successful development in Bargeddie, are already underway.

Clark Contracts has donated a range of household items to Fresh Start Scotland, which will be used to create 'starter packs' which are packs of essential household items to help someone set up their new home or sustain their tenancy in a dignified way.

Aberdeenshire-based Kirkwood Homes has blamed higher interest rates for a £4.4 million loss in its most recent accounts. The housebuilder recorded a pre-tax loss of £4.4 million for the financial year ending 30 June 2024, having reported a £1.6m profit in the previous year.

Persimmon Homes West Scotland has completed the purchase of land in Overtown, Wishaw, paving the way for a major residential development that will deliver 601 new homes. The development will offer a wide mix of house types, ranging from two-bedroom terraced homes to five-bedroom detached properties,

A £140,000 community benefit fund has been instrumental in improving the lives of hundreds of tenants of Wheatley Homes across Scotland over the past eight years. Enabling many to secure vital household essentials, the money has provided much needed digital equipment, reading books for childre

Springfield Properties has forecasted a rise in annual revenue to £280 million, up from £266m the previous year, attributing the growth to a significant increase in profitable land sales. In its latest trading update, the group confirmed it expects to report an annual profit before tax t

Seven housebuilders have agreed to pay £100 million towards affordable housing programmes across the whole of the UK following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA launched an investigation last year following concerns that Barratt Redrow, Bellway, Berkeley

Capital Park, a new 132,000 sq ft sustainable urban logistics and trade park on Bankhead Avenue in Sighthill, Edinburgh, has achieved practical completion. The scheme comprises 18 high-specification units ranging from 2,770 sq ft to 17,077 sq ft and has a gross development value of around £35m

Almost a third of women construction workers have been sexually assaulted in the workplace, according to one of the UK's largest trade unions.