East Ayrshire

An event to mark the completion of New Cumnock’s £8.97 million flood protection works was held yesterday, with guests getting the chance to see the culmination of almost two years’ work that will protect residential and commercial properties near the Afton Water and River Nith. Cou

A family-run housebuilder has lodged a planning application for 29 new detached homes built on land just off Glasgow Road in Kilmarnock. Muir Homes intends to build three, four and five-bedroom homes in what will be its first development in East Ayrshire.

Proposals for a wellbeing destination have been backed by a hat-trick of local organisations in advance of determination by East Ayrshire Council later this week.

The ground has been officially broken at East Ayrshire Council and CCG (Scotland)’s new housing development on Kilmarnock Road, Mauchline. The site includes an assisted living development and three wheelchair-accessible bungalows, which are being built for the East Ayrshire Health and Social C

The Wee House Group has unveiled a significant additional working space in its East Ayrshire factory, taking the premises to a vast 120,000 sq feet, an area the size of almost two full-sized football pitches.

A wide-ranging plan to reduce the risk of flooding across Ayrshire has been published.

Connect Modular has marked an important milestone this week as the first homes for its 101-home development in Kilmarnock arrived on site.  The first eight modules being craned into place make up the first two homes comprising a two-bed amenity bungalow and a two-bed disabled bungalow

Barratt West Scotland and East Ayrshire Council have partnered on its first affordable housing project to bring 21 affordable housing units within the grounds of a new housing development at The Scholars in Kilmarnock. The affordable houses were delivered as part of a larger private housing developm

East Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a new 95-home housing development at Dalshalloch Wood near the village of Auchinleck. In February this year, LMA Architects submitted an application on behalf of Fitzsimmons Construction Ltd seeking permission for 95 homes on the Mauchline Road site at Da

A reclaiming motion by a local authority challenging the refusal of its counterclaim against an adjudicator’s decision that a Final Certificate of an amount due to a building contractor was not conclusive has been refused by a 2:1 decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. D McLaughl

Russell Roof Tiles has supplied sustainable and long-lasting concrete roof tiles to support the vital re-roofing of a social housing project in East Ayrshire. The upgrade project has been delivered by A.C. Whyte, an energy efficiency contractor in the major refurbishment of social housing for local

The first programme of the QTS Rail Skills Academy has successfully completed, with 10 young people now equipped with the skills required to join the rail industry. Delivered by QTS Training and funded through the East Ayrshire Council's Young Person Guarantee programme, the Academy launched in May

An app to help the owners of shared properties in Edinburgh repair their buildings has been so successful in its first year it is already being rolled out by two other local authorities in Scotland. Developed by the City of Edinburgh Council with tech company Novoville, a new app launched in April l

Bellfield Interchange and Cultural Kilmarnock have been selected by East Ayrshire Council as the projects that will benefit from its £30 million bid to the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund. The UK Government announced Round 2 of the UK Levelling Up Fund in March 2021, focusing

Muir Homes has acquired land to allow the delivery of new family homes at its first development in Kilmarnock. The development will be 4.76 acres in size and the layout is being prepared to give a range of options to families.