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The Highland Council has agreed the distribution of an additional £20 million for road maintenance programme and also agreed to continue with the current distribution method for the £7.2m base allocation.

The forecasted growing demand for senior living accommodation considered against the current undersupply presents an obvious gap for developers, writes Juniper Residential director Steven Simpson. However you look at it, the face of retirement is changing

The detailed masterplan for a £70 million Angus residential and business development is set to be approved by Angus Council. Five years after permission in principle was granted for the Pitskelly scheme at Carnoustie, Angus development standards councillors are being recommended to conditional

Planning permission has been granted for ten specially-designed assisted homes in Nairn to provide accommodation for tenants with various medical needs. The 'FitHomes' development allows residents to be supported while maintaining their independence.

Plans to build up to 400 new houses to the east of Fallin have been approved by Stirling Council’s planning and regulation panel, subject to conditions.

A £275,000 project to install 740 solar panels has been completed at Scottish Water’s Craigie drinking water service reservoir in Aberdeenshire.

Barratt Homes has teamed up with the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) to uncover exactly how a fully liveable home would look and operate within the hostile environment of the Moon.

The joint venture behind the delivery of a build-to-rent neighbourhood on the site of the former Strathclyde Police headquarters in central Glasgow has secured £80 million of debt funding to finance its construction.

Workloads in Scottish construction fell at a reduced rate at the end of last year compared to the previous two quarters, assisted by a rise in public housing and infrastructure workloads, according to the RICS Construction and Infrastructure Monitor, Q4 2020.

The board of housebuilder Barratt has decided to resume dividend payments to shareholders after the company experienced record sales over the past six months.

Transport Scotland has included long-mooted plans for a metro connection between Glasgow Airport and Paisley Gilmour Street Station in its second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2). Under the proposals, the link from the airport to Paisley Gilmour Street Station will be built in the first p

A sod-cutting ceremony was held yesterday to mark the beginning of construction work on Cupar’s new £7.5 million retail park.

Property development company S Harrison has agreed the sale of a second large-scale development site in Edinburgh to residential for rent homes provider Watkin Jones for an undisclosed sum. The site, on the corner of Westfield Road and Westfield Avenue, is close to Murrayfield Stadium

Iona Capital is to invest in Binn Group’s 8.6MW EFW plant at their Binn Eco Park near Perth, Scotland, which will provide power to existing occupiers of the industrial park and export power to the National Grid.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for a site in Cathcart to be used as a residential development.  Officials approved an application seeking planning permission in principle for a block of flats at the junction of Newlands Road and Tankerland Road.