Falkirk

Falkirk Council has set its budget for 2020/21, agreeing on a £265 million spend to fund major projects and work to improve the area.  The capital budget for the new HQ/Arts Centre was retained at £45m and delivery options are to be provided to meet this budget.

Construction and residential development company JB Bennett (Contracts) Ltd is celebrating a series of new contract wins in Scotland’s social housing sector. The Cumbernauld-based firm began work last month on the construction of six residential blocks consisting of 45 units at Dumbarton Harbo

CMS Window Systems has played a key role in the creation of the new Forth Valley College in Falkirk with the manufacture and installation of high-performance aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling for the £78 million campus.

Falkirk Council has agreed to invest £316 million into its housing stock over the next five years providing improvements to existing homes and providing new homes.

The former Oakbank Home on Wilson Avenue will be home to 21 new flats and seven new bungalows to be built by Falkirk Council if planning permission is obtained.

Senior leaders from the public, private and third sectors gathered in Falkirk yesterday to hear about the Falkirk and Grangemouth Investment Zone. The meeting detailed the major economic opportunities for the local area that could see thousands of new jobs created and hundreds of millions of pounds

Falkirk Council has announced plans to replace the derelict Bonnybridge Social Club on Main Street with 22 flats for social rent.

Restoration work has started on the historic Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk, which was mothballed more than 25 years ago.

More than 1,800 additional social housing homes are planned to be provided across the Falkirk Council area over the next five years following a bid put forward to Scottish Government.

Falkirk Council has lodged plans to develop the site of former farmland it acquired to boost the supply of affordable housing.

Developers AWG Property and Mactaggart & Mickel have submitted a planning application to Falkirk Council for a residential development at Crawfield Road in Bo’ness.

Proposals have been put forward for residential development at Crawfield Road in Bo’ness by developers AWG and Mactaggart & Mickel. The development, which amounts to 225 houses, includes the delivery of 75 much-needed affordable homes. It is also proposed that affordable housing be priorit

Three more local authorities have approved investment in infrastructure projects as part of newly agreed budget plans. Falkirk Council is to invest £220 million over the next five years in various infrastructure projects.

Grangemouth refinery owner Ineos is to invest £350 million in a new energy plant at the site as part of a £1 billion infrastructure spend across the UK. The new plant will replace the existing 40-year-old facility at the refinery and petrochemicals site on the Firth of Forth.

125 additional homes, three local schools and Falkirk Council offices are all set to benefit from a newly announced £4 million project to extend an existing district heating system and create a private wire network at Callendar Park. The local authority has appointed specialist contractor McDe