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The first phase of Oak Tree Housing Association’s ambitious plan to deliver 200 affordable homes across Greenock has been completed with the opening of Auchmead Road.

A self-build housing development in Glasgow is among the projects to be recognised as the best examples of planning across the UK. The Bantaskin Street Glasgow - Self Build Pilot, submitted by Glasgow City Council, is in the running for the Excellence in Planning to Deliver Homes - Small Schemes (up

Aberdeen City Council is to host a drop-in session for the public to help identify a preferred route for walking and cycling provision at the Bridge of Dee beside the Robert Gordon University.

Property developer Igloo Regeneration has ruled that staff cannot put meat on their expenses.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has added significant weight to its governance board with the appointment of 11 new members.

Cruden Group company Hart Builders has appointed Martin Cooper as its new finance director. Mr Cooper is a qualified chartered accountant and held the role of finance director at Galliford Try and Miller Construction. He also previously worked at Arthur Andersen, where he held the role of audit mana

A property developer who claimed that a Scottish local authority’s decision to demolish a leisure centre was “unlawful” has had his legal challenge dismissed.

BAM Construction has started work on a new £19 million health care centre in Clydebank.

The substantial, long-term contribution to the Scottish economy of HFD Property Group’s new office development at 177 Bothwell Street in Glasgow has been outlined in an independent report. Carried out by economic and social research consultant EKOS, the economic impact research shows the new b

Edinburgh-based building and project consultancy Paragon has launched a green investment service to help property investment funds set and attain specific environmental targets. Paragon’s proprietary two-stage service comprises a ‘green book’ guide which enables funds to set standa

North View Housing Association has received a £2 million Scottish charitable bond from Allia C&C for the development of more affordable homes in Glasgow. The loan will support the Association’s plan to build 25 new affordable homes on the site of the former Windlaw Lodge nursing

Assetz Capital has provided a loan in excess of £1 million to Status Properties Ltd to help fund the development of new apartments on Union Street in Aberdeen. The loan will be used to convert the three upper floors of a listed building, formerly offices, into nine modern flats.

Custom Build Homes, the developer behind the delivery of ten customisable homes in Midlothian, has appointed Mario Wolf as its new director of planning & strategic engagement. A founding director of the Right to Build Taskforce and influential expert in the UK custom and self-build sector, Mr Wo

Scotland’s plumbing and heating trade body has met MPs as part of its continuing campaign to amend pensions legislation. The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has been pushing for changes to the Plumbing and Mechanical Services (UK) Industry Pension Sc

A masterplan for the delivery of 600 homes has been lodged by the City of Edinburgh Council as the community-led development at Meadowbank makes progress. New visualisation of the Meadowbank development (Image credit: Collective Architecture)