Falkirk

Another crucial milestone in the Westfield A9/A904 Improvement project has been reached with the approval to appoint Balfour Beatty as the engineering contractor. The decision taken by councillors at yesterday's meeting of the executive cements Falkirk Council's commitment to the ambitious project,

Falkirk councillors will be asked to approve the appointment of a contractor to undertake the major Westfield A9/A904 improvement works. If the green light is given at the executive on Tuesday, 13 June, then Balfour Beatty will begin work over the summer to widen carriageways, build major crossing p

Councillors have agreed to purchase Callendar Square and use the site to build the replacement town hall to serve the Falkirk area.

Two of Falkirk Council’s arts venues have recently seen an upgrade thanks to an investment of £90k in both Grangemouth and Bo’ness Town Halls. New truss systems have been installed at both venues (a motorized system in Grangemouth and a manual hoist in Bo’ness). The work at G

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

Falkirk Council has approved revised plans for the A9/A904 Westfield project to create an improved road network in place of the initially planned pedestrian bridge.

Falkirk Council is to consider revised plans for the Westfield development after significantly increased construction costs made the iconic pedestrian bridge unaffordable.

Developers looking to deliver a mixed-use development which includes 453 houses in the village of Banknock have presented more information to Falkirk Council.

Multi-utilities provider Arc-Tech MU has commenced works at a new, large-scale residential development in Hallglen.

Council house rents and housing investment will be discussed at a meeting held by Falkirk Council later this week.

Scotland’s minister for higher education and further education, youth employment and training Mr Jamie Hepburn officially opened Forth Valley College’s award-winning Falkirk Campus at a celebration event on Tuesday 6 December. The £78 million state-of-the-art campus opened its door

To mark the run-up to the 2022 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award winner being announced next week, SCN will preview all the shortlisted entries beginning with the Forth Valley College - Falkirk Campus designed by Reiach and Hall Architects. The new Falkirk Campus for Forth Vall

Proposals for a £120 million development of around 500 homes and a new neighbourhood centre in Polmont will go before Falkirk councillors tomorrow. Hansteen submitted the application for planning permission in principle for the Gilston Park residential-led mixed-used development, which will be

Plans have been submitted for 17 new affordable homes on a brownfield site in Westquarter, Falkirk. Developer C&S Group and SB Architects have come forward with designs for 2 & 3-storey housing and 3-storey apartment blocks which they say "sympathetically infills a wasteland s

A new 30-bed ward is being designed and built at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert by modular construction specialist Portakabin. The ward, which is the final step in the development of the new National Treatment Centre - Forth Valley, will enable around 1,500 additional operations to be carrie