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New designs for a £75 million hotel to be built at the former Royal High School on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill have been submitted after a public consultation “fundamentally altered” the initial plans. A proposed design for a 160-room development released in March was criticised from heritage gro

The existing building CALA Homes and City & Country have collaborated to rekindle plans to restore the building formerly home to Donaldson’s College in Edinburgh.

Alex Neil meets residents who have benefitted from Help to Buy The Scottish Government has unveiled more details of its plans to spend £195 million over the next three years on a successor to the existing Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme.

A deal to bring a new £15 million hotel development to Edinburgh Airport by next year has been secured. National planning consultancy Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (NLP) first mooted the deal in November following a surge in traveller numbers at the airport in 2014.

The construction of a £1 million holiday home gifted to families who have children with cancer has started following the fundraising success of a small Edinburgh charity. It’s Good 2 Give, the charity run by volunteer fundraiser Lynne McNicoll OBE, has turned the turf on a plot of land on the ban

Work on the walled Memorial Garden at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh is due to start today. Parents were asked to choose between four different designs which aimed to provide a private and peaceful place for personal contemplation.

Planning consent has been granted for a brand new office development and multi-storey car park in Edinburgh’s city centre for Hermes Investment Management. Centrally located off Morrison Street in the heart of the Exchange district, the ‘Capital Square’ building will comprise 152,623 sq ft of

Workers at an Edinburgh housing development have been banned from taking vehicles on to the site following growing safety fears. Richmond Homes, which is currently building seven high-class townhouses on West Mill Bank in Colinton, had its access to the site withdrawn by the City of Edinburgh Counci

The City of Edinburgh Council has refused to re-establish an arms-length company to provide evidence for the Tram Inquiry. The council, which has earmarked £2 million for its participation in the inquiry, said re-establishing Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE), as requested by Lord Hardie, would

Andrew Burns Business leaders throughout Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland are being urged to pledge their support for a proposal designed to accelerate growth in the region.

Plans for a new hotel at the heart of the new St James centre development in Edinburgh have been given the green light, despite concerns that its centrepiece ‘ribbon’ design could “damage” the city’s skyline. The Jestico + Whiles designed plan was recommended for refusal as it went before

Queensferry Crossing The new Queensferry Crossing has outgrown the tallest bridges in the UK some 16 months before it is due to start carrying traffic across the Firth of Forth.

Plans to regenerate Granton Harbour to the east of the Edinburgh appear to have been dealt a blow after planning officers recommended the rejection of the development. First unveiled at the end of last year, the plan for Granton Harbour includes a 400-berth marina, a larger community boatyard and im

Planning officials have urged councillors to reject plans for the ‘ribbon’ hotel at the heart of Edinburgh’s St James Centre £850 million redevelopment, insisting the unusual building could “damage” the city’s skyline. The Jestico + Whiles designed plan is due to go before the City of E

Plans for a trio of bespoke detached villas overlooking Ravelston Quarry in Edinburgh have been unveiled by Michael Laird Architects. Nestled in to the centre of the disused old quarry near Ravelston House, the practice collaborated with Rankin Fraser to create three separately designed, high spec,