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Lar Housing Trust has appointed housing infrastructure specialist Christa Reekie as a trustee. Ms Reekie has joins the housing charity after a long and distinguished career as a projects partner at Burness and then at Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), where she held the posts of commercial director and

Giving consumers, installers and other stakeholders access to real-world heat pump performance data and customer satisfaction scores would help drive the transition to low-carbon heating in the UK, according to a new report published by the Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London’s global

Plans have been announced for the redevelopment of the former Marks and Spencer store on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street. The proposals would see the creation of a large unit for a new retailer to maintain activity at street level as well as recreating the former arcade and providing a publicly accessi

A sheriff in Hamilton Sheriff Court has granted decree for recovery of possession to a local authority after it sought to evict a tenant whose son was found with over £38,000 worth of cannabis at the property. North Lanarkshire Council sought the order under section 14 of the Housing (Scotland

As part of Scotland Excel’s ‘Supporting the journey to Net Zero’ campaign, Professor Sean Smith, chair of Future Construction and director of the Centre for Future Infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh, speaks of the importance of accelerating energy efficiency of buildings

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland has granted a wrongful termination order under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 for payment of £4,800 to a woman who was evicted from an Aberdeen property after being told the property was to be sold. Linzi Catto, the tenant under a priva

Bruce Allan, director of Malcolm Allan Housebuilders, has pleaded guilty to being responsible for the destruction of setts that were home to an estimated 30 badgers while completing construction works in Milltimber, Aberdeen. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that when Malcolm Allan Housebuilders was war

A decision on whether to approve a mixed-use development in Glasgow has been delayed to allow councillors to visit the proposed site. Ambassador Living submitted a detailed planning application to Glasgow City Council in May for the creation of 132 apartments with six commercial units

Barnardo’s Scotland has been given permission to develop a vacant site in Maryhill into accommodation which will help young people transition from being in care to being independent tenants. Last year, Glasgow City Council agreed to sell the site - located at the junction of Shiskine

An appeal has been submitted over Glasgow City Council’s rejection of a bid to transform more than 40 residential flats in Finnieston into short-term holiday lets.  Sonder Hospitality’s application involved 41 apartments at 3-7 Minerva Way, which are among 108 units built so fa

A new residential and commercial development could be delivered at Finnieston Street in Glasgow after a planning application was submitted by Keltbray Developments. The project will comprise a mixed-use development, including residential use, live/work units, commercial use – retail and/o

Angus Council has approved plans for five new houses to be built on the site of the former Carmyllie quarry. At their peak, Carmyllie’s quarries employed around 500 individuals. The site near Arbroath moved from roofing slates to quarrying pavement stone for towns and cities. However, operatio

Planning permission has been granted for a purpose-built student accommodation facility with 64 studio apartments in Edinburgh following a successful appeal by property and development company S Harrison. Planning consultant Turley managed the appeal process that resulted in a decision being issued

New proposals for the residential redevelopment of a prominent former care home site in Newton Mearns have been submitted to East Renfrewshire Council following community feedback. Property developer Dundas is looking to build 18 detached homes on the site of the former Mearnskirk House after rethin

Recovery and renewal from the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing poverty and inequality and responding to the Climate Emergency are the three over-arching objectives of the new East Lothian Council Plan. Approved by elected members at last week's full meeting, the 2022-27 Council Plan sets out the high lev