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Glasgow City Council has approved plans to converted office space in a B-listed city centre building into apartments. The upper floors of premises on the corner of Renfield Street and St Vincent Street will be converted into six flats.

A former care home at 48 Polwarth Terrace in Edinburgh is to be converted into a residential development led by Yeoman McAllister Architects if planning permission is granted. Canal View Care Home is located near the Union Canal within the Merchiston and Greenhill conservation area and constitutes a

Construction firm JR Group has been awarded a contract to build new housing in Kirkcaldy on behalf of Fife Housing Group.

A new housing development just metres from the former home of music icon Billy Mackenzie could feature a street named after him. Councillors will consider whether to christen one of the roads in the development at the former Taybank Works in Morgan Street, Billy Mackenzie Street.

Aberdeen City Council has launched a consultation for residents in multi storeys into draft guidance for planning consents after eight of the buildings were given Category A listed status. This guidance document has been prepared in response to the listed buildings status granted by Historic Environ

Plans to bring around 120 new homes to Symington have been rejected by South Ayrshire councillors. Banks Property had hoped to secure permission for the new development, which included 25 affordable homes, on a 5.6-hectare Stockbridge site to the north of Symington Road South.

A building in Glasgow city centre which is the subject of an 11-storey residential development proposal was engulfed in a huge fire yesterday. Eleven fire crews — including two high reach units — tackled the fire on the corner of High Street and George Street which was reported around 1.

Local contractor M&J Ballantyne has started work to create more much-needed affordable housing on the historic site of the former High School in Kelso for Eildon Housing.

Hallam Land Management Ltd has unveiled plans to deliver a new residential development of family homes on land at Dullatur Golf Club in Cumbernauld.

An independently chaired panel of customer representatives has published its first annual report on the performance of housing provider Mears. The scrutiny board was set up in 2020 to work alongside the Mears PLC Board and provide oversight, challenge and support to improve Mears services. Chaired b

Shelter Scotland has appointed Andy Knox as its national legal services manager. Formerly principal solicitor at Lanarkshire Community Law Centre, Mr Knox's new role at Shelter Scotland will see him providing professional and regulatory management and support to the legal team.

The year ahead will see the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) support the national COVID-19 response alongside carrying out a programme of planned regulatory activities. Publishing a summary of its work plans for 2021/22, the Regulator said it will continue to work with the Scottish Government and co

A document that will help guide Glasgow city centre's development over the next three decades, drive economic renewal and meet the challenges of climate change has now been adopted by Glasgow City Council after approval from the Scottish Government.

The next Scottish Government will face immediate trade union pressure to follow through on urgent reform of residential care, the STUC has warned. In its election care briefing, the organisation said service users and workers have been let down by successive Scottish governments and that improving p

Angus Council is to accelerate a pandemic-delayed programme of council house repairs. The local authority’s planned stock improvement investment is £2 million behind schedule for the year, largely due to the lockdown.