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RTPI Scotland planning policy & practice officer, Nikola Miller, sets out the Institute’s manifesto for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in May 2016. The Scottish election takes place on 5 May. At this important time for planning – what with a planning review and difficult economic circu

Aileen McLeod Land reform minister Aileen McLeod will today move 49 amendments to the Land Reform Bill, which she said would ensure the proposals are “far-reaching and best-deliver for the people of Scotland”.

Springfield Properties has made a decision to invest £21,000 in Automated External Defibrillators to each of their active construction sites following a national campaign raising awareness for cardiac arrest. The ‘Save a Life for Scotland’ campaign hopes to save 1,000 lives over the next five y

Gareth Hoskins Argyll & Bute Council is to dedicate Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park to late architect Gareth Hoskins following the award of a £2.3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Public opinion sought for major River Ness artworks The Highland Council has sought views from the public on art installations proposed for the banks of the River Ness in Inverness.

Following on from a church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella’s fabled glass slipper in Taiwan, which SCN featured on this page earlier in the week, ITV.com as compiled a list of what it calls ‘10 of the world's wackiest buildings’. The list also features the giant basket shaped headqua

A £100 million infrastructure redevelopment of Dundee's waterfront region is to be completed on budget and ahead of schedule, first minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed yesterday. The Central Waterfront infrastructure plan is part of the £1 billion transformation of the city's eight kilometre Waterfr

The Royal Highland & Agricultural Society has submitted plans to demolish its existing MacRobert Pavilion at Ingliston in order to develop a new multi-purpose facility. Designed by 3DReid Architects, the proposed building will be used for a range of functions and events including the main Royal

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is to launch its manifesto tomorrow which will call for essential changes to Scotland’s property sector. Developed by RICS practitioners, property professionals and industry leaders, Shaping Scotland’s Housing Future aims to inform political pa

Construction work of a new bridge over the River Don restarted yesterday after the death of a worker. Ian Walker, 58, from Dundee died at the Third Don Crossing in the Danestone area of Aberdeen on Wednesday.

Dundee's plans for a National Performance Centre for Sport were rejected in favour of a facility in Edinburgh A new £17 million regional sports facility in Dundee could come a step closer next week if a tender for preparatory works gets the go-ahead.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced the release of 12 major sites for sale, including Craigiehall in Edinburgh, to provide land for up to 15,000 new homes. Defence minister Mark Lancaster said the move was expected to raise £500 million, which will be ploughed back into frontline defence bu

Two firms have been fined after a cold store collapsed and seriously injured two employees at a construction site in Motherwell. St. Albans based John Sisk and Son and HIL Installations of Birkenhead were fined £64,000 and £71,000 respectively after both were found guilty of an offence under Secti

A generous landowner has handed over one hundred acres of land and buildings at Milltown Airfield to help a charity construct a centre for outdoor learning. Located to the south east of Lossiemouth, the ex-MOD Airfield has been returned to the Innes Estate and the owner Mark Tennant and his family h

Jonathan Fair, managing director at Stewart Milne Homes Central (second from left) with staff from the Castlemilk disability resource centre (from left) John Kerr, Angela Friel, Margaret McReadie and Marjorie Kerr Castlemilk and Bridge of Allan community projects win Stewart Milne campaign