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A decision is awaited on proposals to carry out essential alterations at a former courthouse in Berwickshire, as part of plans to secure its long-term residential use.

Baffled police have freed a man who got stuck in a chimney while trying to rescue his dog from a locked toilet. The 35-year-old man was locked out of a park building in Connecticut on Saturday night when the doors automatically locked at 10pm.

Enabling works have begun to prepare the Balmuildy Primary site for construction to start on the new Bishopbriggs school in August.

Ewan McGregor has failed to obtain planning permission to replace the lead roof of his home in Perth and Kinross. 

Site managers across Bellway Scotland East and West divisions have been recognised for the quality of their work at coveted national awards. Four site managers, two from each division, have secured Quality Awards in the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) annual Pride in the Job competiti

Scottish landscape construction specialist P1 Contractors Ltd has successfully completed the soft landscaping works at the newly opened Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School in Dunfermline, the world’s largest certified Passivhaus education building.

Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has announced a £200,000 donation towards Montrose Community Trust’s (MCT) £2 million funding goal for its transformational Gable End development, marking a new milestone for the ambitious project. The donation represents the entirety of MPA’s Co

Work has officially begun on a major new wind farm in South Lanarkshire, marking a key milestone in Scotland’s renewable energy ambitions. The £155 million Mill Rig Wind Farm, brought forward by UK renewables developer OnPath Energy, will generate enough renewable energy to power approxi

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.