East Ayrshire

The Wee House Group has unveiled a significant additional working space in its East Ayrshire factory, taking the premises to a vast 120,000 sq feet, an area the size of almost two full-sized football pitches.

A wide-ranging plan to reduce the risk of flooding across Ayrshire has been published.

Connect Modular has marked an important milestone this week as the first homes for its 101-home development in Kilmarnock arrived on site.  The first eight modules being craned into place make up the first two homes comprising a two-bed amenity bungalow and a two-bed disabled bungalow

Barratt West Scotland and East Ayrshire Council have partnered on its first affordable housing project to bring 21 affordable housing units within the grounds of a new housing development at The Scholars in Kilmarnock. The affordable houses were delivered as part of a larger private housing developm

East Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a new 95-home housing development at Dalshalloch Wood near the village of Auchinleck. In February this year, LMA Architects submitted an application on behalf of Fitzsimmons Construction Ltd seeking permission for 95 homes on the Mauchline Road site at Da

A reclaiming motion by a local authority challenging the refusal of its counterclaim against an adjudicator’s decision that a Final Certificate of an amount due to a building contractor was not conclusive has been refused by a 2:1 decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. D McLaughl

Russell Roof Tiles has supplied sustainable and long-lasting concrete roof tiles to support the vital re-roofing of a social housing project in East Ayrshire. The upgrade project has been delivered by A.C. Whyte, an energy efficiency contractor in the major refurbishment of social housing for local

The first programme of the QTS Rail Skills Academy has successfully completed, with 10 young people now equipped with the skills required to join the rail industry. Delivered by QTS Training and funded through the East Ayrshire Council's Young Person Guarantee programme, the Academy launched in May

An app to help the owners of shared properties in Edinburgh repair their buildings has been so successful in its first year it is already being rolled out by two other local authorities in Scotland. Developed by the City of Edinburgh Council with tech company Novoville, a new app launched in April l

Bellfield Interchange and Cultural Kilmarnock have been selected by East Ayrshire Council as the projects that will benefit from its £30 million bid to the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund. The UK Government announced Round 2 of the UK Levelling Up Fund in March 2021, focusing

Muir Homes has acquired land to allow the delivery of new family homes at its first development in Kilmarnock. The development will be 4.76 acres in size and the layout is being prepared to give a range of options to families.

A public consultation is being held on a new housing development proposed for Kennedy Drive in Kilmarnock.

QTS Group and East Ayrshire Council are looking for enthusiastic young people, aged 18 to 24 years, to join Scotland’s first Rail Skills Academy. The Academy, which is being delivered by QTS Training and funded through the council's Young Person Guarantee programme, will help to combat the ski

A group of local dignitaries have paid a visit to a proposed Eco-Therapy Wellness Park, located on the site of the former Barony Colliery, near Auchinleck in East Ayrshire. Attending on the day to hear more about the ambitious proposals from Community Interest Company (CIC) National Pride UK were lo

Strategic landowner Lands Improvement, owned by Telereal Trillium, has concluded the sale of residential development land to Bellway Homes Scotland Limited, with Savills Development Team representing the vendor.