Dumfries And Galloway

Construction work on 200 new homes on the old golf course in the village of Gretna could begin as early as this year after the submission of a detailed planning application by Alba Developments.

A housing association tenant who sued his landlord over its alleged failure to properly sound-proof his property has had his action dismissed.

Cunninghame Housing Association has marked the completion of its latest social housing development in Annan with a formal ceremony last week.

Up to 25 new jobs are set to be created by an expanding business building its own state-of-the-art headquarters. Artist’s impression of ECO’s state-of-the-art headquarters at Annan

Dumfries & Galloway Council has awarded planning consent for a single malt whisky distillery in Moffat. 

Statkraft has awarded RJ McLeod the contract to undertake the civil engineering works for the 43MW Windy Rig wind farm in Dumfries & Galloway.

The first residents have moved into a new development of 42 homes at College Mains, Dumfries following a £6.3 million investment programme by Loreburn Housing Association (LHA). The investment was jointly funded by the Scottish Government via the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (£3.1

DM Hall has appointed John Kempsell to the role of senior surveyor in its Dumfries office. Born and bred in Dumfries, John, 52, entered the property sector on leaving school as an apprentice bricklayer. Four years later, time-served, he enrolled at the local technical college and emerged with an Ord

A number of construction and infrastructure project have moved a step closer after the ‘Heads of Terms’ for the £394.5 million Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal was signed off today.

Building work has started on three family-sized passivhaus certified homes in the village of Closeburn in Dumfries and Galloway.

Engineers working on upgrading the power network in Dumfries & Galloway made an unusual discovery when what turned out to be a stash of 70 unexploded Home Guard phosphorous grenades were unearthed during routine improvement works.

The Borderlands Partnership has welcomed the commitment in the Spring Statement and the announcement of a £345 million deal from the UK and Scottish Governments, describing the news as a ‘game changer’. The multi-million-pound funding stream comes just six months after the Borderla

A former psychiatric hospital in Dumfries is to be converted into a five-star hotel following the sale of the site. NHS Dumfries and Galloway has agreed to sell Crichton Hall and surrounding grounds to the owners of the Fonab Castle Hotel in Pitlochry.

Collective Architecture has submitted planning for the redevelopment of the former Lockerbie Academy site to provide 45 new affordable houses on behalf of Cunninghame Housing Association. Forming a key gateway to the town of Lockerbie, the proposals for the brownfield site consists of a mix of semi-

Dumfries and Galloway Council has been ordered to pay expenses after its refusal of plans for decking and hot tub screening at a caravan park was overturned. The BBC has reported that a Scottish Government reporter found it had acted in an "unreasonable manner" over the scheme at Mouswald.