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Plans for 44 new homes on greenbelt land near Dunblane have been lodged with Stirling Council. Kippendavie Group Trust, which manages the Kippendavie Estate, has proposed to build the homes at land east of Kellie Wynd, Leighton Avenue and Leighton Court off Robertson Road, the Stirling Observer repo

Work to lay the foundations that will pave the way for the electrification of the Levenmouth Rail Link is about to get underway. The first phase of work between Thornton Junction and Haugh Mill Lade will see the project pile foundations for masts that will carry overhead wires in readiness for the i

The average price of a property in Scotland in August 2022 was £195,391, an increase of 9.7 per cent on August 2021, the latest provisional statistics from Registers of Scotland's UK House Price Index show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 0.2 per cent b

Campion Homes has submitted plans to Perth and Kinross Council for 100 homes in the village of Meigle. The Fife-based developer set outs plans for 90 houses and 10 flats on a Forfar Road site currently used for crop production in its application to the council, The Courier reports.

Angus councillors have approved plans submitted by Scotia Homes for 146 new homes on the north-western edge of Arbroath. The Ellon-based housebuilder submitted plans for the Crudie Farm site, adjacent to Arbirlot Road West, last year.

Bellway has warned of slowing demand for housing as a result of "rising interest rates and wider economic uncertainty". The UK housebuilder today published its preliminary financial results for the year ending 31 July 2022, showing revenue up by 13 per cent to a record £3.5 billion and gross p

Scotia Homes has begun consulting on proposals for a £35 million housing development near Forfar, Angus. The Ellon-based housebuilder has submitted a proposal of application notice for a residential development, incorporating open space and associated infrastructure at land adjacent to Westfie

Cala Homes has been appointed to deliver around 300 new apartments on a Glasgow site currently owned by Celeros Flow Technology. Celeros FT previously announced plans to provide future stability for its ClydeUnion Pumps facility in Cathcart by offering six acres of redundant land and buildings to th

Planning officials have recommended that the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park authority rejects proposals for a new salmon farm at Beinn Reithe, Loch Long. The report of recommendation was published on Monday ahead of a special meeting of the National Park Authority Board on Monday 31st

Proposals to develop a new "creative hub" at the Briggait have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. Collective Architecture said its design would "grow the cultural community that has been resident in the developed parts of the Briggait complex since 2010" and "knit two disparate halves of the co

More than half of NHS Scotland buildings contain asbestos, according to figures released under freedom of information rules. A total of 52% of buildings belonging to NHS Scotland contain asbestos, significantly higher than the 26% average across Scottish Government buildings.

Leading lights from the Scottish construction industry have been recognised at the inaugural CIOB Scotland Awards. Eight built environment professionals were recognised for their contribution to the sector at a celebratory lunch at the Hilton Doubletree, Cambridge Street, Glasgow, hosted by writer a

A former lighthouse building with a historic connection to author Robert Louis Stevenson has gone up for sale for £149,000. The Lighthouse Engine House is adjacent to Noss Head Lighthouse and was home to Alan Stevenson, the engineer who oversaw the construction the lighthouse in the 1800s &mda

East Dunbartonshire Council has officially opened the new £40.9 million Boclair Academy building in Bearsden. The new school, built on the site of the previous Boclair Academy building in Inveroran Drive, Bearsden, is now home to around 1,000 pupils.

Perth and Kinross Council has approved plans for a 77-metre turbine at insurer Aviva's Pitheavlis site. The turbine, sited adjacent to the overflow car park area on the Pitheavlis site in Perth, will allow 100 per cent of the office's electricity demand to be met through renewable energy.