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Relaxing green belt restrictions will make it easier for developers to build on green belt land, writes Colin Lavety, planning director with Barton Willmore. It is a controversial question, but should we be looking at ways of relaxing green belt restrictions to make it easier for developers to build

East Ayrshire Council has adopted the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Make a Stand pledge supporting people experiencing domestic abuse. Developed in partnership with Women’s Aid and the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance, the pledge encourages housing organisations to make a commitment to

A community initiative in Castlemilk involving Cassiltoun Housing Association and Ardenglen Housing Association has again become the recipient of Glasgow City Council’s Food Programme award. Castlemilk Together: Community Food Action is a group of people and organisations working and livi

GHA and Provanhall Housing Association are joining forces to build 106 new energy-efficient houses and flats in Easterhouse. The £14 million development, made up of 80 homes for GHA and 26 for Provanhall, should be ready by next autumn.

Savills has launched a new Residential Lettings service in Edinburgh. Charles McCosh has been appointed head of the new team, specialising in the letting and management of flats, townhouses and family homes.

A retirement development in Milngavie has been commended by the Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) as a successful example of later life housing. Bield’s Oakburn Gardens has received a bronze award in the annual EAC Housing Awards - with tenants, staff and visitors all nominating the developm

Academic researchers are conducting a study into an innovative housing construction method which could help to bring down the cost for homebuyers. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is collaborating with the Construction Scotland Innov

The National Trust for Scotland has launched a public consultation on what new developments, if any, would be acceptable near Culloden Moor, the site of the 1746 battle. It follows a row over new houses being given planning permission on land within the battlefield's conservation area.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has removed Kincardine Housing Co-operative from the register of social landlords following the transfer of its homes to Grampian Housing Association. The Regulator used its statutory powers to direct the transfer of assets of an RSL for the first time in November foll

The extent of empty homes and how these can be brought back into use is to be investigated by the Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee. National Records of Scotland data from 2017 has shown that 4% of the dwellings in Scotland are unoccupied and the committee’

Value for money, affordable rents and homelessness are among the priorities set out by the Scottish Housing Regulator for the next three years. Introducing its new Corporate Plan for 2019-22 today, the Regulator said it will also focus its resources on embedding its new Regulatory Framework, tenant

Housing charity LAR has spoken of its disappointment that after a planning application for affordable homes was rejected by East Lothian Council. A bid to deliver four houses and 22 flats on an empty site in Prestonpans was refused by members of the local authority’s planning committee.

Stephen Cowan, managing director of Yuill + Kyle, looks at summary warrants and the powers and effects they can have. What is a Summary Warrant?

South Lanarkshire Council has broken ground in East Kilbride on one of its biggest developments of new council housing on the site of the former St Leonard’s Primary School. A total of 60 units will be built in a mix of housing types designed to meet local housing needs in general as well as,

Older people’s rights are at the centre of a new framework to ensure people can remain active, keep working if they want to, feel safe, and access the services they need. The Older People’s Framework aims to challenge unwelcome attitudes to and discrimination towards older people.