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Miller Homes has submitted plans for around 250 new homes in West Calder to West Lothian Council. The housebuilder is seeking planning permission in principle to build the homes on a site in Moss End, near the famous Five Sisters, the West Lothian Courier reports.

OSSO, a specialist fluid temperature control and separation solutions provider based in Aberdeen, has expanded into the construction market with the opening of a new operating facility in Warwickshire and launch of new specialist products for the sector. The company brings over two decades of fluid

Homebuilding body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned that a key Scottish Government document outlining the approach to planning and development to 2045 risks making the country’s housing deficit even worse. In its submission to the consultation on National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), HFS hig

Revised proposals to build four three-bedroom luxury homes overlooking the Old Course in St Andrews have been submitted to Fife Council. Under the plans submitted by agents Iceni Projects, an existing 1960s property at the Fairways in The Links, near the historic Swilcan Bridge, would be demolished

Highland-based Caley Timber and Building Supplies has laid the foundations for further success and guaranteed the future of more than 20 jobs with a switch to employee ownership. Caley Timber and Building Supplies was established by Donald John Morrison in 2003, and with depots in Inverness and Uist

Cunninghame Housing Association has launched its own in-house repairs and maintenance service for its Ayrshire tenants, Direct Works. 

An Edinburgh resident has submitted plans to squeeze a new build one-bedroom house between two historic tenements in Inverleith. If approved, the small two-storey house would be built between 6 and 7 Bangholm Terrace.

Lar Housing Trust has appointed Alana Durnin as director of finance to help drive growth at the Dunfermline-based housing charity and its two subsidiary companies. She joins Lar from Oak Tree and Cloch Housing Association where she also held the role of Finance Director.

Arranging repairs to a shared building can be a challenge. However, an upcoming event at the AK Bell Library in Perth aims to give advice and help to any property owners looking to repair or maintain their jointly owned tenement. Hosted by MILL Architects together with Perth & Kinross Council's

There were 18,974 all-sector new build homes completed in Scotland in the year to end June 2021, according to quarterly statistics on housebuilding and affordable housing supply published today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. This is an increase of 10% (1,751 homes) on the 17,223 completions

An official ceremony has been held to celebrate the completion of Cunninghame Housing Association’s 300th new build home for social rent in Dumfries & Galloway.

Most architects in the UK want to return to the office full-time as the Covid pandemic eases, rather than continue with a 'hybrid' mix of home and office working, a new survey suggests. A majority (53 per cent) of architects surveyed by netMAGmedia said they would be "returning to an office environm

One of the last standing examples of Japanese Metabolism, the post-war architectural movement dedicated to building superstructures fit for a transformed society, is to be demolished next month.

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Engineering consultancy Will Rudd Davidson has been appointed by City of Edinburgh Council as consultant civil and structural engineers to oversee two housing projects in the capital and a survey of the condition of high-rise homes in the city.