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A new car-free residential development of 34 flats could be delivered on an industrial site off Leith Walk in Edinburgh's Pilrig Conservation Area under new plans submitted by Morgan McDonnell Architecture.

The Knockroon Estate, on the outskirts of Cumnock, has been unveiled as the location for a world-leading energy project which aims to revolutionise how renewable energy supplies are generated, stored and used by communities in the area.

West Lothian Council will invest over £16 million on planned improvements within local schools over the next seven years. This is in addition to the significant investment in the creation of new schools and Early Learning Centres. The funding is part of the council's overall capital programme

Southside Housing Association has received planning approval for its plans to deliver a 120-flat development in Pollokshields.

Planning consent for an affordable housing and care village development with up to 200 properties at Bilbohall has been granted by Moray Council. The approval signals a key milestone in the Bilbohall Masterplan, which was revised in 2018 and was identified in the Moray Local Development Plan as havi

Construction and infrastructure-focused partnership hub South West held two virtual Meet the Buyer events focussed on upcoming North Lanarkshire projects. With these events, hub South West’s Tier 1 contractors engaged with local businesses, suppliers, and tradespeople with the aim of connectin

Housebuilder Barratt Homes Scotland has received the maximum 5-star rating in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Trade unionists who were imprisoned for their role in the 1972 builders' strike have been exonerated by the Court of Appeal in London nearly half a century later. The "Shrewsbury 24" were arrested five months after the strike and charged with over 200 offences including unlawful assembly, intimidati

Bancon Homes has been accredited with a ‘Gold Award’ and ‘Outstanding Award’ for customer satisfaction. The awards, run by specialist market research company In-house Research Ltd, are based purely on customer feedback.

Law firm Brodies LLP has appointed three lawyers to its planning law practice. Sarah Stewart joins Brodies as a senior associate and will be based in Aberdeen. With more than 14 years' experience, Sarah specialises in planning issues for the housebuilding sector.

Campaigning trade association SELECT has launched a new series of recommended training routes to provide clear advice on the right path to becoming a qualified electrician in Scotland.

Alasdair McKee, chief executive of Glen Oaks Housing Association, adds his name to the list of high profile names in the sector to congratulate Scottish Housing News on its 20th anniversary. “Congratulations to Scottish Housing News on reaching this impressive milestone. Twenty years

The opening of a new £50 million Scottish Government fund to help transform thousands of hectares of vacant and derelict land across Scotland signals a commitment to tackling the legacy blighting communities, according to the Scottish Land Commission. Scotland has almost 11,000 hectares of vac

Keys have been handed over this week to community benefit society Common Ground Against Homelessness (CGAH) for a property in Peffermill, which will become a second homes-for-life development in the capital. (from left) Francis Barkey, board member, CGAH; Helen Carlin, founder, CGAH; Tom M

BAM Nuttall and design consultants Sweco have won a tender for a new ten-year partnership to take forward an ambitious programme to modernise the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research stations. Commissioned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), this new partnership provides the framework