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A new village with more than a thousand homes is being planned for a site between Dalmahoy and Ratho. Investors Inverdunning and planning consultant Clarendon intend to bring forward a masterplan for between 1,200 and 1,500 new homes and local facilities at Hatton Village on the A71.

Plans have been submitted by Oliver Chapman Architects for a new canal community hub in Falkirk. The proposals for Lock 16 will see the former Barrs Irn-Bru factory building transformed into a new workshop, offices and training facilities for Scottish Canals and its partnering organisations.

Falkirk Council has submitted plans to deliver 24 new flats for social rent on the site of the former Torwood Primary School in Larbert.

Structured House Group’s proposals to develop a block of student flats with a convenience store on behalf of Scotmid have been refused by Edinburgh councillors. A joint planning application submitted in the summer proposed the demolition of the existing Scotmid store at 236 Gorgie Road to be r

2018 has proved to be a definitive year for Glasgow and Manchester-based integrated interior fit out specialists Linear Projects with turnover topping £19 million, office staff increasing to 45 plus on-site operatives to 200 as well as a 25th anniversary. Starting life in 1993 as a labour

GRAHAM has been named as a global leader in people management practice having won the inaugural Excellence in Health and Wellbeing Award at the recent Investors in People Awards in London. The prestigious award, which was an international award across all industries, was in recognition of GRAHAM&rsq

An innovative home which aims to set the model of how Edinburgh helps to transform the day-to-day lives of people with disabilities has been unveiled for the first time.  With the help of a number of manufacturers and suppliers of building materials and kitchen and bathroom solutions, a working

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has promoted John Tulloch to associate quantity surveyor. Tulloch joined Hardies’ Dunfermline office in 2016 as a senior quantity surveyor. Prior to this, he worked for a firm of quantity surveyors in the Scottish Borders before spending a number

CMS Window Systems is in the running to win one of the construction industry’s most prestigious awards. The UK-wide manufacturer and installer of aluminium and PVC windows, doors and curtain walling has been shortlisted for the award of ‘Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover over &

Electricians’ trade body SELECT has added to the portfolio of services it offers to its members with a new tool to assist with producing vital risk assessment information and guidance. The organisation has entered into an arrangement with the Building Safety Group (BSG) to provide Member compa

A trainee domestic energy assessor from Castlemilk is celebrating after receiving an award at Glasgow Guarantee’s Annual Celebration Awards. Nineteen year old Shannon McLaughlin, who is currently undertaking a traineeship with building contractor McDermott Group, was named as the winner of the

Artists are being encouraged to submit proposals to help create the main entrance area for the new Balfour Hospital in Orkney.

Actress Tilda Swinton has withdrawn plans for renovations at her 113-year-old Highland home after objections from neighbours. The Oscar award-winning actress submitted plans to Highland Council for an extension to her £650,000 coastal Nairn property earlier this year.

The final stretches of the long-awaited Aberdeen bypass are to be fully open by Christmas with the completion of work on the River Don Crossing – though the £745 million project bill is now more than £1 billion, members of a parliamentary committee were told today. A document submi

The latest draft of the Planning (Scotland) Bill will place up to 88 new duties and responsibilities on planners without the resources required to undertake them, according to figures published today from the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI Scotland). The analysis shows that recent amen