Search: State must lead on major affordable housing development, argues new paper

A developer has launched a public consultation into plans to replace redundant Glasgow city centre offices with student flats.

Revised plans to demolish a property in Glencoe, made notorious as the home of disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile, to make way for a new residence look set to be given the green light. Allt-Na-Reigh near Ballachullish has been subjected to continued vandalism despite also being the pre

Every five years, Grampian Housing Association Group’s board of management undertakes a comprehensive review of the strategic direction of the Association.

A revised masterplan for the regeneration of Sighthill in Glasgow has suggested a possible increase of around 300 homes to the overall number of properties.

The Scottish Government is estimated to have helped 2,015 households with children into affordable housing between April and December 2023 as part of a £1.4 billion investment to tackle child poverty, according to a new report. The investment is detailed in an annual progress report which high

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has released its response to the Investing in Planning consultation, noting the consultation’s reliance on planning fees, which the Institute states will not be a silver bullet to fixing the planning system. The Institute’s response, whic

Scottish Borders Council is to consider whether it should declare a housing emergency amid growing calls for the local authority to address its growing housing and homelessness pressures.

Housebuilder Persimmon is reportedly exploring a £1 billion takeover bid for Cala Group.

Ray Watt, regional employer engagement director from Highland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association visited the HHP offices to present the organisation with its Armed Forces Covenant.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has opened a new residential office in Bearsden as its strategic growth plan continues apace. Headed up by Bearsden local, Shepherd residential partner Alan Fleming, the new office is situated at 4 Canniesburn Toll and is the first to present its brand-new signage and sh

East Ayrshire Council's cabinet spokesperson for Housing, Transport and Communities joined the council's Housing Asset Services to view housing improvement works underway in Auchinleck and Barshare. More than 71% of respondents stated that improving the existing housing stock was their top prio

Fife Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to submit an Evidence Report to Gate Check, the first stage in preparing a new style Local Development Plan for the Kingdom.

Ralph Sayer, the Edinburgh-based solicitors and estate agents, has broken new ground with the recruitment of its first trainee. Napier University law graduate Megan Kane joins the firm on a two-year traineeship having recently attained her Diploma In Professional Legal Practice from Strathclyde Univ

The Duke of Fife has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to invite interest from housebuilders to increase significantly the number of homes at Chapelton, the new community five miles south of Aberdeen. Chapelton is being built on land partly owned by David, the Duke of Fife, a director of the E

An event is being held in Stromness this week which will kick-start the Orkney Local Development Plan review process.