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Plans to deliver affordable homes on the site of a former Dundee nightclub have been submitted for full planning.

Residents and interested parties are being invited to view and discuss the proposals for the latest North Ayrshire Council housing developments in Ardrossan and Irvine. A total of 19 new homes are planned for the site of the former James McFarlane School on Dalry Road, as well as a total of 31 units

Plans for three new housing developments totalling a further 66 homes at the Bridge of Earn have been approved. Developments of 29 homes, 20 homes and 17 homes will be built on land north of the A912 at Oudenarde.

Construction workers came to the rescue of a small puppy stuck in the mud at their site - only to realise the animal was a fox cub.

Construction, refurbishment and fit-out company Insite Group has been appointed as the main contractor for the highly-anticipated refurbishment of the Old London House, East London Street in Edinburgh.

Proposals for student accommodation in Glasgow city centre have been given the go-ahead by the local authority.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has appointed former Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay as outgoing board chair Andy Outram comes to the end of a successful three-year term. Guided by over 30 years' experience in construction and housing development

Allied Surveyors Scotland has announced the immediate appointment of Carla Walker as a building surveyor and director to their Inverness office. Carla has over 20 years’ experience as a building surveyor having worked for several national firms, with the last 4 years being based in Inverness.

A planning application has been lodged with the Loch Lomond National Park Authority to create a new primary school in Callander.

An estimated 1,658 car journeys could be taken off the road every day if a proposed railway station at Winchburgh comes to fruition, a new report has found.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has appointed four new members to senior governance roles across the organisation, including a new senior independent governor.

A refurbishment project at Northern Meeting Park in Inverness gets underway this week. The work is going ahead as one of three projects along the River Ness in Inverness being supported with almost £20 million from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund.

Edinburgh-based fire and flood restoration specialist INSUREPAIR is expanding into Glasgow in a move set to create over a dozen jobs. The all-trades reinstatement company has been successfully servicing Scotland’s largest city from its headquarters in the capital.

A major £3.2 million redevelopment of Greenock’s traditional high street is underway.

Councillors have been recommended to approve plans by Miller Homes to redevelop the former Playdrome leisure centre site in Clydebank. The housebuilder was chosen as the preferred bidder for the 8.5-acre site in 2022, beating five other housing developers to the £5.675 million sale.