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Renewable energy company Drax has kick-started a £2 million refurbishment of the historic Tongland hydroelectric power station in the south of Scotland. Tongland power station, near Kirkcudbright, is part of the Galloway Hydro Scheme which was developed in the 1930s. The scheme has six power s

Network Rail has submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project. It is the latest milestone in the development and delivery of the project that will reconnect the local community to the mainline rail net

People and communities across Caithness are set to benefit from a new £3.75 million community fund created by ScottishPower Renewables’ Halsary windfarm. The 30MW, 15 turbine Halsary windfarm – which came into operation in July 2021 – generates enough clean energy for the equ

A Highland care home operator has resubmitted plans for new affordable housing for key workers in Inverness. The project forms part of a multi-million-pound care hub in the city which comprises a 58-bed care home, currently under construction, which will then be followed by a later living village on

The founder of the North Coast 500 Tom Campbell has been appointed as the first managing director of Edinburgh-based glamping site design consultancy Glampitect. Mr Campbell was chairman of NC 500 for seven years until he stepped down last month and joins Glampitect as it prepares for another p

Plans have been submitted for 17 new affordable homes on a brownfield site in Westquarter, Falkirk. Developer C&S Group and SB Architects have come forward with designs for 2 & 3-storey housing and 3-storey apartment blocks which they say "sympathetically infills a wasteland s

One of Scotland’s leading house builders is seeking skilled workers, sub-contractors and suppliers from across Aberdeen, Inverness, Moray and Tayside to help fulfil demand for new homes. Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland are hosting their annual 5 Star Partners Event at the Village

A third attempt to bring a former independent school in Glasgow into residential use has won the favour of councillors. Designs by Wellwood Leslie Architects, submitted last winter, will see the former villas at the Craigholme campus on Hamilton Avenue at St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields co

A new development of up to 1,200 new homes, a neighbourhood centre and a primary school is being proposed at Hatton Mains in Edinburgh. Urban design consultancy Pegasus has filed a proposal of application notice for the plan on behalf of Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd and landowner W&S Crawford

The unveiling of a luxury floating home in Panama last month quickly sank when the structure ended up becoming partially submerged. Touted as the first step on the road to man's colonisation of the ocean, the £1.3 million SeaPod suffered an awkward pump malfunction, resulting in

Glasgow-based sustainable packaging firm Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging has revealed ambitious plans for a major expansion that will make it one of the world’s biggest fibre packaging manufacturers. Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging is investing £15 million in a new innovation and design hub,

Bids to support two school estate improvement projects will be submitted to the Scottish Government later this month. The applications from North Lanarkshire Council would see an extension at Chryston High School and a new-build Gartcosh Community Hub through the Learning Estate Improvement Programm

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB)  has launched its biennial Master Builder Awards, a national competition that has been running for over 30 years. The awards celebrate high-quality craftsmanship, exceptional customer service and building excellence delivered by Master Builders across the

A group of Persimmon apprentices took advantage of the opportunity to showcase their skills to the Scottish Government’s minister for higher and further education, youth employment and training, during a recent site visit. Jamie Hepburn MSP visited Persimmon’s Fairfields development in M

Mactaggart & Mickel Homes’ site manager Stuart Gillespie is once again named amongst the country’s best after winning a prestigious industry award for a thirteenth time. Stuart, the senior site manager at the company’s Greenan Views development in Ayrshire, won in the medium ho