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Six local authorities have been confirmed for the Key Agencies Group collaborative support offer following today’s release of the new Scottish Government guidance for producing Local Development Plans (LDPs). Pilot work on the Collaborative Local Development Plan Offer will be taken forward wi

Persimmon has appointed Stephen Partington as its new regional strategic land director in Scotland. An industry expert with over 20 years’ experience in dealing with strategic land, Mr Partington joined the company from Stewart Milne Homes earlier this month.

Inverness native Calum MacPherson, who is the currently director of Capital Projects for Robertson Group, has been appointed as the new CEO of Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF). Mr MacPherson was born in Inverness and finished his schooling at Charleston Academy before studying Law

The average price of residential property in Scotland has increased by 3% in a year to reach £184,877 in March 2023.

Caledonia Housing Association's regeneration programme which is providing 204 new build homes for Bellsmyre has been shortlisted for two of the Planning Awards 2023’s placemaking categories.

Developers who fail to remediate high-rise residential properties with dangerous cladding at their own behest will face legal action, including new legislation, to force them to do so, the First Minister has said.

Work is underway to build 16 new homes for social rent on Smeaton Street in the Ruchill area of Glasgow, due for delivery in summer 2024. The project will again see Maryhill Housing working alongside Cruden Building Scotland Limited to deliver new homes in the Maryhill and Ruchill areas, marking the

Maryhill Housing Association (MHA) is to commence work this month to replace outdated heating systems in 578 properties across four estates with Dimplex Quantum High Heat Retention (HHR) smart heaters and highly insulated water cylinders from McDonald Water Storage. The work will take place at MHA's

The Highland Council is now accepting expressions of interest for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2024-2025. The Regeneration Capital Grant Fund is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Postgraduate students from the University of Dundee are helping to shape the development of rural ’20-minute neighbourhoods’ (20MNs) throughout Angus.

Vandals have altered a construction traffic sign to instead warn drivers of something altogether more stinky. Instead of reading “construction ahead”, the digital sign located in northwest Ankeny, Iowa, now reads “poop ahead”.

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Commercial real estate firm Ryden has brought on board Ben Dobson as associate to support the growth of its industrial property business in key markets, including Dundee, Perth, Inverness and North East England. The appointment will help fuel the expansion of Ryden's property acquisition and disposa

Avant Homes has strengthened its senior team in Scotland with the appointment of a strategic land and planning director to further enable the housebuilder’s regional expansion. Michaela Sullivan, who joins from East Lothian Council, has significant director-level experience in the construction

Campaigning trade body SELECT has introduced a new sub-category of membership to reflect the growing demand for installation of electric vehicle (EV) charge points among its members. Scotland’s largest construction trade association is rolling out the dedicated EV membership classification as