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A care provider is planning a multi-million-pound expansion into Aberdeenshire with new care homes earmarked for Turriff and Alford. Parklands Care Homes, which has its headquarters in Grantown, has submitted an application for planning permission in principle for a 40-bed care home and later life l

Dunfermline-based furniture and fit-out specialist Deanestor has delivered a £1.6 million contract for one of the highest-performing secondary schools in Scotland. Built by McLaughlin & Harvey and designed by Ryder Architecture for East Dunbartonshire Council, the new £40.9m Boc

Dandara East Scotland is celebrating the upcoming launch of its new Pinkhill Gate development near the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo by sponsoring two of the wildlife conservation charity’s most famous residents – giant pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian.

Restoration work will now begin on the iconic gasholder, which sits at the heart of a planned new sustainable coastal town at Granton Waterfront. A report approved by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Finance and Resources Committee yesterday recommended McLaughlin & Harvey Limited carry out

HD Property Consultants has recruited Alan McNeil, previously head of projects at the University of Glasgow, as its new project director. Bringing a wealth of project management experience to HD, which is now in its 5th year, it is hoped the appointment will open doors for growth into new

Plans for a new neighbourhood on Leith’s waterfront, including around 580 homes amidst substantial public landscaped spaces, have been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. The detailed planning application marks Phase 2 of the £250 million transformation of Ocean Terminal by its S

Work is progressing well on a new council housing development in Larkhall. A total of 38 new homes are being built on Avon Road in the town, with a mixture of flats, bungalows, terraced and semi-detached homes.

Local businesses are being urged to sign-up for an event at 9am in Johnstone Town Hall on Tuesday 29 November, designed to help them bid for Renfrewshire Council contracts. The council is hosting the event to make sure as much as possible of the £200m it spends on external contracts each year

Rural-focused provisions within the latest draft of the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) have been given a cautious welcome by rural business organisation, Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). The revised NPF4, which sets out sustainable policies against which planning applications would be assess

Argyll Community Housing Association has completed the conversion of the former grade C listed Millknowe Stores Shop and the flat above into 2 x 2 bedroomed dementia-friendly homes, the first of its kind in Campbeltown. The Millknowe Store was acquired by the Association in April 2019 which allowed

HHA has completed the sympathetic regeneration of Merchant House in Inverness to create eight much-needed homes and new commercial space for the city. Forming part of the 18th Century Castle Street frontage with scenic views overlooking Inverness Castle, the B-listed building at 51-53 Castle Street

Heaps discarded and left unattended in fields next to a construction site for a new five-storey apartment block on the Maltese isle of Gozo may contain valuable archaeological material possibly dating back to the earliest phases of human settlement on the island. Dutch archaeologists said bones

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr & Mrs Wilson Strachan

Proposals for a new speculative industrial development in Rosyth have moved forward with the submission of a planning application. Scarborough Muir Group (SMG) has submitted a detailed planning application to Fife Council for the development of a 50,000 sq ft unit at Queensferry One, a major new ind

Developer HUB and specialist sustainable and impact investor Bridges Fund Management (Bridges) have received planning permission for a residential-led development on Beaverhall Road in Edinburgh. The project will provide 205 Build to Rent homes, including 52 affordable homes, as well as creative wor