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MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Taylor Wimpey (East Scotland) LtdPlanning Authority: AngusDetails: Residential development including 25% affordable housing and incorporating formation of vehicular access, access roads, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructureLocation: Field 50M

Plans to demolish a former care home in Dundee to make way for housing have been submitted to Dundee City Council. The plans for Wellburn House on Liff Road arrive after the property was sold to Barratt Homes by previous owners the Diocese of Dunkeld, which ran the care home until its closure in 201

A new plan to guide student accommodation in Glasgow has been approved by Glasgow City Council.

Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland commercial at Knight Frank, discusses the investment appeal of retail parks in the UK. About a year ago, at the height of the first lockdown, few people might have predicted that the humble retail park would be among the ‘winners’ – for lack of a b

Virgin Money, owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has completed a new deal supporting Scottish Hydro Investment Limited (SHIL) in the acquisition of two operational hydro schemes from Guinness Asset Management.

Thousands of people who flocked to a rural South African village in search of diamonds have left disappointed after the gems turned out to be worthless quartz.

A major milestone for the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project has been reached as Scottish Ministers have given their go-ahead for Aberdeen City Council to progress with the compulsory purchase order for the project. Transport Scotland is writing to people and organisations which took part in a pu

More than £26 million is being invested in a major initiative in Aberdeen to accelerate the energy sector’s transition to net-zero emissions. The Energy Transition Zone, which will be located adjacent to the city's new £350m south harbour development, is expecte

Buccleuch Property has brought forward proposals for the construction of an employment development with ancillary uses in Dalkeith.

An independent housebuilder is entering its fourth decade with a major rebrand exercise designed to redefine how developers engage with their customers.

A public consultation has started regarding plans to Amber Real Estate Investment (Amber REI) to deliver a newly upgraded poultry processing facility at Coupar Angus, the primary poultry processing plant in Scotland.

Wolfcraig Distillery has signed a new land deal with Ambassador Group that will result in the £15 million development of a new Scotch Whisky distillery and visitor centre being located at the Craigforth Campus in Stirling.

Apprentices were warmly welcomed by City Building this month as work began on the Glasgow construction firm's new training college. Boasting one of the UK’s most successful apprenticeship programmes, City Building train apprentices in a variety of disciplines, including painting

Shepherd and Wedderburn has appointed Euan Murray as a partner in its construction and infrastructure team.  Mr Murray brings to the firm and its clients 16 years’ experience advising on the procurement, construction and operation of energy and infrastructure projects across the UK.

Chartered surveyor DM Hall has boosted the strength of its operations in the west of Scotland with the appointment of two more new property surveyors. Chartered surveyor Martin Fleming joins the firm’s Hamilton office as a residential surveyor while Christopher Pidgeon has been appointed