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The Galashiels Academy support centre Work has got underway to create a support centre for pupils with complex needs at Galashiels Academy and a new nursery at St Boswells Primary School.

Plans to build 70 homes and a new cemetery on greenbelt land in Strathblane have been refused by Stirling Council. The development, which was being taken forward by Gladman Developments, was proposed for land south of Broadgate House on Campsie Road.

Communities and developers will be invited to have their say in shaping a refreshed approach to dealing with developer contributions for developments across Highland. Members of the Highland Council’s environment, development and infrastructure committee yesterday gave the go ahead for a six week

The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals to revise the Code of Conduct for registered property factors and other related amendments to the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011. The consultation also seeks views on whether the original Code has led to improvements in the quality of factorin

A new fundraising drive has been launched as Govanhill Baths Community Trust enters the final stage of securing funding to refurbish and reopen the Edwardian Bathhouse as a new health and wellbeing centre. Following the architects’ images of the redevelopment revealed last year, the organisation i

Stuart MacDonald A major retrospective exhibition is taking place to celebrate the life and work of the late Scottish visual artist Professor Stuart MacDonald OBE.

The Albyn Aberdeen bar brought to market with hotel planning consent

A massive 11,000-square feet Leonard Cohen mural was inaugurated in downtown Montreal this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the singer’s death. Artists El Mac, Gene Pendon and the MU collective based their work off a photograph that was originally taken by Lorca Cohen in 2008.

The Carnegie Library and Galleries in Dunfermline The Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries scooped the UK’s richest architecture prize last night as it was awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2017.

Andrew Sutherland The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has announced joint managing director of Miller Developments, Andrew Sutherland, as its new chairman.

How the new Retail Park at Wallneuk Road in Paisley will look Two of the UK’s fastest growing High Street brands have signed up as anchor tenants at a new £10 million retail park in Paisley, which has just won planning approval from Renfrewshire councillors.

Representatives from Esh Border Construction and Heriot-Watt University met this week to celebrate the beginning of an extensive refurbishment project at the prestigious higher education establishment. Livingston-based Esh has been awarded the contract to completely transform the university’s Came

Affordable housing at Elba Gardens in Ayr South Ayrshire Council is to work with partners to build approximately 1,000 new social houses over the next five years, its latest Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) has revealed.

Kenny McLean Glasgow City Council has officially approved the Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) which will deliver up to 10,000 affordable homes during the next five years.

The vision from the original PAN for EuroPark submitted last year A revised Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) for the landmark EuroPark project just off the M8 has been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council, including a major affordable housing allocation.