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Ayrshire Housing has lodged a planning application for 22 houses at Queen’s Terrace on the edge of Maybole.

The Scottish Government should carry out a review of planning policy and practice to ensure that the concept of 20 minute neighbourhoods becomes a golden thread running through the planning system, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said. It comes as Scotland embarks on efforts to rebuild

A commitment to ensure adult social care workers receive at least the Real Living Wage of £9.50 an hour has been agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA. Funding of £64.5 million will be committed to ensure adult social care workers will be paid at least the Real Living Wag

A new Social Enterprise Action Plan will offer increased support to the sector, including £5 million of funding, to boost its potential for growth and put the social enterprise model at the heart of Scotland’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced.

Almost 8000 new applications for social housing have been received by West Lothian Council in the last three years. The West Lothian Courier submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the local authority and asked a range of questions on the social housing and homelessness waiting lists.

An increased supply of affordable housing and better data are key to tackling the issues facing Scotland’s housing sector, according to a Scottish Parliament committee. Evidence gathered by the local government and communities committee as part of its scrutiny of the Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill

Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland West) is celebrating after the company retained its five-star status with the Home Builders Federation (HBF) for the fifth successive year. Bellway was named in the HBF’s annual list of the housebuilders most highly rated by their customers.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has engaged Turner Services to deliver its reactive and void maintenance contract. Turner Services will start to deliver the three-year contract from April 1 and will continue to deliver high levels of service to WSHA tenants and customers it has 

Construction work has commenced on 71 homes at Miller Homes’ new development at Bertha Park in Perth. The project off Geddes Avenue will comprise of a mix of three, four and five-bedroom homes and becomes the first development in the East of Scotland to boast a full portfolio of Mill

Blackwood has officially opened the doors to a collection of 24 homes fitted with cutting-edge technology which transforms lives.

Stewart Milne Group, the home builder and timber systems manufacturer, has been awarded the 2021 Gold Award for customer satisfaction across all its UK regions for the third consecutive year. The awards, run by specialist market research company In House Research, carried out customer surveys and fo

Issues faced by protected and disadvantaged groups should be proactively addressed as the country navigates its post-Covid recovery to ensure that nobody is left behind, according to a report from the equalities and human rights committee. MSPs on the committee are calling on their successor committ

Clackmannanshire Council has approved a revenue budget of £131.868 million to spend on services in 2021/2022 as well as a capital budget programme of £255m for the next 20 years. Earlier this month, councillors agreed to freeze council tax in April and also agreed a net resourc

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has reflected upon the past year and discussed what is next for the future of Scottish social housing and its regulation. Micahel Cameron, the Regulator’s chief executive, spoke yesterday to the chairs of Registered Social Landlords at SHARE’s annual

Wellhouse Housing Association has announced that Easthall Residents Association will be taking over the delivery of local community services in the area. The highly regarded community group will deliver a range of initiatives including training, classes, activities and services for local residents i