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Stirling-based housebuilder Avant Homes Scotland has submitted plans to build 342 new homes with a gross development value of £91.6 million at Blindwells in East Lothian. The planning application follows Avant Homes’ agreement to acquire a 20-acre site at Blindwells from developer Hargre

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A former nightclub in Fife which was destroyed by a fire over the weekend is to be demolished due to safety concerns. A blaze broke out at the derelict building, which formerly housed Maxwell’s, on Wellesley Road, Methil at around 2.30pm on Sunday.

Councillors are set to make a decision on whether to purchase Callendar Square as the site for the replacement of the town hall in Falkirk. A report to a special meeting of Falkirk Council has put forward the High Street retail and leisure centre as its preferred location, as well as providing indic

Scotland’s biggest port operator Forth Ports has outlined a commitment for its operations to be carbon neutral by 2032 and net zero by 2042.

Preparatory work ahead of the demolition of the rail section of the River Leven (Bawbee) bridge is now underway.

Scotland is in a strong position to exploit the potential of low-carbon hydrogen, but only if the right decisions are quickly made on production locations and demand models, according to a new report. The potential of hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to traditional fuels has increasingly hit the

Building materials supplier Breedon has hailed a "significant moment" in its history today as the business moved its stock market listing to the main market of the London Stock Exchange. 

A building company that was hired to build an extension for a house has been successful in an Outer House action in which it sought over £370,000 from a client following adjudication in its favour.

The construction of new accommodation for workers in Mull is among a number of projects designed to stimulate economic activity, boost tourism and improve community assets on Scotland’s islands that will share £4.1 million in the latest round of funding from the Islands Programme. A tota

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Work is well underway on 31 modern affordable apartments being constructed on the site of the former Xmas Shop in Dundee which was devastated by fire in 2014.

Turner & Townsend has been appointed to develop the City of Edinburgh Council’s Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES) as the authority presses ahead with plans to decarbonise homes, workplaces, and public buildings.

Fife Council leader David Ross and housing spokesperson Judy Hamilton have visited Persimmon’s Rosslyn Gait development to hear about the home builder’s investment in Kirkcaldy and across Fife. Rosslyn Gait is part of a project that will deliver over 1,000 new homes in the area – 1

Residents, businesses and groups are being invited to help prepare the way for a vital document which – when adopted – will guide the future use of land in East Dunbartonshire.