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I refer to the article in Scottish Housing News on 11th August 2023 which outlined how housebuilder Persimmon is to put pressure on suppliers and subcontractors to find savings as part of new measures to curb falling sales and profits. It resonated with an item in The Guardian on the

Tender prices for social housing in Scotland fell 4.4% in 1Q 2023, compared with 4Q 2022 but were still well above the price levels in the same quarter a year earlier (up 3.4%, compared with 1Q 2022), according to the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). This reflects a fall in demand – h

Ardrossan-based debt, welfare and housing advice charity, CHAP is continuing to expand its capabilities.

Jon Frullani Architect has submitted plans to build sixteen flats and four retailunits at the site of a recently demolished Dundee pub.

Glasgow City Council planners have approved plans to convert a vacant B-listed listed snooker hall premises in Dennistoun into flats.

An "eco-friendly" residential-led mixed-use development could be delivered on the site of a Glasgow gym, under detailed plans lodged with the local authority.

Cala Homes has successfully appealed a decision to close a well-used car park in Aberdour. Fife Council’s Review Body has overturned the original, delegated decision to close the temporary car park adjacent to the development on the village’s Main Street.

The Scottish Government is to limit funding for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems to properties that include renewable heating systems.

Improvement works to a roundabout near the Springfield Properties Dykes of Gray village development in Dundee will begin shortly after the housebuilder signed a Minute of Agreement with Transport Scotland. Finalising the design and improvement plans for the roundabout has been a complex pr

Stephanie Callaghan MSP was welcomed by Barratt Developments to Torrance Park in Motherwell on Thursday in celebration of its site managers’ Pride in the Job Quality Award wins.

A local authority in England has been criticised by the housing regulator for complaint handling failures which left a resident and her two vulnerable children in a home with damp and mould.

A Dundee sheriff has granted decree of absolvitor to the former partner of a man who sought a five-figure sum from her on the basis that he had given it to her to allow her grandmother to buy her council house, in which he had expected to eventually live with her.

The results of a major public consultation on Aberdeen City Council spending that will help shape next year’s annual budget have been published.

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has launched its first annual report highlighting findings from the inaugural year of its Development Value for Money (DVfM) tool. The purpose of the tool is to provide developing landlords with detailed analysis of cost, time and tenant satisfaction indicators

Work to regenerate a previously condemned Livingston housing estate is now underway with the first brick laid at Deans South. Housebuilder Springfield has kick-started the long-awaited regeneration project which will see the creation of high-quality affordable and private new homes across the 2.9-ac