Dumfries And Galloway

Galloway has been confirmed as the proposed location for Scotland’s next National Park with a further investigation to be carried out on its suitability. The joint proposal from the Galloway National Park Association and the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO biosphere highlights Galloway&r

A new £11.6 million affordable housing development in the Stewartry area is nearing completion.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed Lisa Arnold as its first executive director economy and infrastructure. Lisa Arnold has more than 20 years' experience of working in local government and is passionate about providing high quality, effective services that meet the needs of local communitie

A significant milestone has been reached with the contract being signed for the new Dumfries High School.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has commissioned a feasibility study into options for a replacement footbridge(s) on the River Annan. This study is required following the removal of the two previous structures, the Cuthbertson Memorial Footbridge, and the Diamond Jubilee Footbridge, which were lost du

A new £3.6 million footbridge and lifts are now in place at Dumfries station.

Network Rail engineers visited a steelworks in Annan to see progress on steel fabrication for ongoing projects to improve accessibility at three stations across Scotland.

Dumfries & Galloway Council has agreed to establish two new net zero targets – one for the council and one for the Dumfries and Galloway region.

Story Homes has secured a minded to approve decision to deliver a further 92 new homes on land at Marchfield as part of its existing Summerpark development in Dumfries.

The leader of Dumfries & Galloway Council has praised a massive £22.9 million new-build development – the largest new affordable housing project ever seen in the region. Wheatley Homes South, part of Wheatley Group, is building 89 affordable homes on the site of the former Curries Ya

Dumfries station footbridge will permanently close after the last train through the station on Friday night.

Several Scottish projects have been successful in obtaining Levelling Up funding towards regeneration projects.

Building work resumed this week at Loreburn Housing Association’s development at The Garrick, Stranraer. Work on the flagship development ceased back in April 2023 when the site’s main contractor, Stewart & Shields, announced its liquidation, leaving Loreburn with an unfinished devel

Energy services company Union Technical is concluding work on a £1.5 million retrofit of almost 300 homes in Dumfries. Residents of the town’s Sandside Estate will benefit from newly fitted internal wall insulation, ventilation systems and heating controls this winter, designed to improv

Scotland’s Railway will begin construction work to provide step-free access between platforms at Dumfries station.