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The Dumfries and Galloway Council Economy and Resources Committee issued the 15th edition of the Development Plan Scheme (DPS) earlier this month, laying the groundwork for the upcoming Local Development Plan (LDP3). The annually updated DPS is a blueprint that informs future infrastructure and deve

A community consultation has been launched regarding the development of a new residential project slated for French Street/Carstairs Street, located in the south Dalmarnock area of Glasgow. The project, spearheaded by Clyde Gateway and led by Stewart Stevenson Architects, aims to rejuvenate a dereli

First Endeavour LLP has proposed a large affordable housing project near Fife's border with Clackmannanshire, along Kincardine’s Toll Road.

The Albyn Housing Society, in partnership with Lairg and District Community Initiatives (LDCI), has unveiled a £2.3 million rural housing project in Lairg, Sutherland. Funded by a coalition of the local Development Initiative group, the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal, the Highland Cou

A banker, originally from a Welsh council estate, is set to sell his renovated folly in Wales, featured on the 2009 edition of Grand Designs, for a price of £1.85 million. The dilapidated property, spread over 24 acres, was purchased and refurbished by Dean Berry and wife Sarah. The updat

Structural and civil engineering consultancy Narro has today unveiled changes to its board of directors with Andrew Brown set to retire from the board from July 1st. After an illustrious engineering career spanning 40 years, 30 of those with Narro and 20 serving on the board, Andrew will be stepping

The chairman of Springfield Properties has challenged Stirling Council on the "considerable delays" by planning officials to progress housing at Durieshill. Attending today’s Stirling Council meeting, Sandy Adam made a bold visual statement with an eight-foot figure of a sn

Plans have been submitted for a new "modern, fit-for-purpose" prison to replace HMP Barlinnie. The new HMP Glasgow will be built on the site of the former Provan Gas Works on Royston Road in the north-east of the city.

With the recruitment crisis in construction creating enormous pressure on both contractors and consultants across all roles, Redpath Construction has teamed up with Glasgow Caledonian University with a view to developing its own site managers. Oliver Conroy and Blair MacDonald, who are stu

The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) has stepped up its transition into sustainable energy with the appointment of Rick Bull as renewables technical sales manager. Most recently with the UK’s largest electrical wholesaler Edmundson Electrical as manager of the firm’s GreenTech renewables w

Renewable energy apprentices now number a quarter of all heating engineer trainees as the race to install more air and ground source heating systems steps up. In the latest intake at Forth Valley College’s Renewables and Energy Efficiency Training Centre, a quarter of the class of 16 apprentic

Canmoor has secured planning consent from Renfrewshire Council to develop 300,000 sq ft of brand new speculative space on a 13-acre site at Westway, next to Glasgow Airport.

Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson (T&A) is helping revitalise a community football centre with the creation of a carbon neutral, state-of-the-art youth facility in Edinburgh.

Fife Council's plans to regenerate council housing in the Law and Henryson Road areas of Touch in Dunfermline are coming a step closer. Tenants and residents in the area are being invited to take part in information and engagement sessions to hear more about the plans which could eventually involve

Councillors have upheld a decision to reject permission for a North Kelvinside mews development.