Plans for a £29 million housing estate, which will include low-cost homes aimed at helping people get on the property ladder, have been approved in Rattray. Springfield Properties has won permission to build 217 homes at its Kinloch Gardens site, off Glenalmond Road. The plan includes scope for 60
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Angela Constance The group overseeing a review of building and fire safety regulatory frameworks following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London held its fourth meeting yesterday to discuss the latest evidence on automatic fire suppression systems.
Moray Council has approved detailed plans for the first 870 new homes, two new schools and a state-of-the-art Moray Sports Centre at the new Elgin South Village.
The Seaton tower blocks in Aberdeen No council high-rise block in Scotland contains the type of cladding said to have been used in the Grenfell Tower fire, it was confirmed yesterday as the first meeting of the Ministerial Working Group convened to examine building and fire safety regulatory framewo
Charities and legal experts have raised serious concerns following reports that the Home Office is threatening to arrest and deport homeless people sleeping on the streets of Edinburgh. Investigative platform The Ferret has reported that Home Office enforcement teams have been involved in a series o
New plans have been revealed for a development on the outskirts of Ellon of almost 1,000 homes, a quarter of which will be affordable. The mixed-use development proposed for land at Cromleybank Farm consists of up to 980 houses, 2 hectares of employment land, a southern bypass to Ellon, a water rese
Proposals to transform the old Boroughmuir High School to create 87 mezzanine apartments and 28 affordable homes have been rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council. Councillors on the city’s planning committee rejected advice from their own officials, who had earmarked the designs for approval, t
A £280 million development near Edinburgh Airport consisting of 1,400 new homes, hundreds of which would be affordable homes, has been recommended for refusal by council officials. Work on the Maybury development, which would also include a primary school, shops and offices, had been hoped to
Proposals for phase 2 of The Village The developers of the multi award winning Athletes’ Village have submitted a detailed planning application to build a further 125 new homes on the Dalmarnock site.
The offical opening of new Loretto homes in Eriboll Crescent Development projects by Loretto Housing Association, West Lothian Council, Link Group and Places for People have been shortlisted for a home building industry award by Homes for Scotland.
Plans to transform a former Perthshire primary school into flats have been approved by Perth and Kinross Council. Crieff-based construction firm Corryard was given permission to create 17 properties and one house at Blairgowrie’s Hill Primary after a bid to turn it into a community hub failed.
Parliamentary committees from Holyrood and Westminster will work together for the first time to investigate the successful delivery of the devolution of social security. The social security committee and the Scottish affairs committee will hold two joint meetings in Edinburgh and London in order to
A developer is seeking approval for new homes on the site of a former Edinburgh school on behalf of Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association. The Edinburgh Evening News reports that city-based Hopefield Partnerships wants to transform the site of the former Hunter’s Tryst Primary School into 89
Falkirk Council is proposing to make over £400,000 worth of efficiency savings from its general housing fund as it attempts to plug an estimated budget gap of around £20 million for 2017/18. The local authority has already made significant savings, including reducing the workforce by 7 per cent in
John Blackwood Scottish landlords’ representatives will hold a series of meetings in London this week to thank Scottish MPs for their support in trying to reverse proposed tax changes which they argue will threaten investment in Scotland and harm the supply of affordable housing.