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Planning permission in principle has been granted unanimously for a new Primary School at Old Craighall. In October 2019, permission was granted for a mixed-use development including housing, employment land and the school.

Glasgow City Council’s Private Sector Housing Grant Programme provided £7.8 million funding to repair and maintain private homes over the course of the 2021/22 financial year.

Property developer S Harrison Developments has revealed proposals for a residential-led development at Ocean Point 2 in Leith.

A celebration to mark the completion of the first Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal building was held at the iconic Japanese Gardens at Cowden. The gardens, located in the picturesque rolling hills of Clackmannanshire, received £750,000 of UK Government City Region Deal funding to

A future vision for Mannachie Park in Forres has been unveiled by Moray Council and the Park steering group.

Plans for a new primary school at Chapelton are progressing with Aberdeenshire Council anticipating opening to pupils in 2026. Changes are being made to the Section 75 agreement with developer Elsick Development Company, allowing the school to open in 2026, rather than on completion of the 489th hou

A charity supporting serving members and veterans from the British Armed Forces has welcomed a new donation from home builder Persimmon West Scotland. Formerly known as the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is the nation’s oldest tri-service ch

Collaboration and determination will deliver a new future for Scotland’s towns while tackling the challenges of climate change, coronavirus recovery and the rising cost of living, a Scottish Government minister said yesterday. Tom Arthur MSP, minister for public finance, planning and community

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has marked the connection of the UK's tallest and most efficient onshore wind turbines to the national grid. The 200-metre structures are part of Banks Renewables’ Kype Muir Extension Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire that will consist of 15 new ultra-efficient turb

Robots in construction can help maintain productivity at a time when fewer people are pursuing a career in the industry, a new report has found. Management consulting company GlobalData said the construction industry’s lack of digitalisation and new technologies mean that companies will strugg

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Ms Michelle Sey

Dundee City Council is to move ahead with the demolition of Willison House in Barrack Street on safety grounds following a devastating fire at the property on Saturday November 12. The former Robertson’s furniture store has been handed over to the city council by Police Scotland and the Scotti

Plans to deliver 242 student bedrooms over seven storeys at the site of a former Dundee nightclub have been granted planning permission. The purpose-built student accommodation on South Ward Road has been designed by 56Three Architects and will be delivered by KR Developments.

One of Scotland’s most complex and challenging civil engineering projects of recent years – the multi-million-pound reinstatement of the Cairngorm funicular railway – is entering its final stages, though final costs are believed to be around £9 million higher than initial es

The head of Scotland’s largest trade body has warned against the rising trend of “six-week wonders” who are trying to enter the electrical industry after taking just a short course in basic skills. In a hard-hitting interview, SELECT managing director Alan Wilson dismissed the spre