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Briar Homes has been granted planning permission by North Lanarkshire Council for a new £5 million development of 17 private homes for sale at Station Road, Muirhead. Briar Homes is the new private homes arm of AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd - a family-run, Glasgow-based housebuilder with a successful 20-

A 75-year-old West Lothian pensioner has raised over £7,000 for local Alzheimer’s and dementia facilities by taking a dip in his local pool. An ex-military piper and formally of the 1st Royal Highland Fusiliers, John Thompson, who lives at Bield’s Craigengar Park in Livingston, successfully swa

Lintel Trust (part of the Link group of subsidiaries) is holding its 24th annual charity golf tournament at Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club on Friday 15 June. The tournament, sponsored by Cruden Homes and Sidey Ltd, will see participants take to the club’s 18-hole West Course to enjoy a round of g

Druidibeg. Image credit: SNH/Lorne Gill A proposal from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) for a South Uist community group to establish a new Nature Reserve within an active crofting estate has been approved by the Scottish Government.

A new Edinburgh housing development is to provide much needed affordable and modern accommodation for more than 100 people. Fleming Place, the newest addition to Bield’s Scotland-wide portfolio of specialist housing, features 40 apartments for social rent that comprise a mixture of one and two-bed

Irene Sparkes with Kenny Harrow Scottish Borders Housing Association said goodbye to one of its longest-serving neighbourhood housing officers last week, with the retirement of Irene Sparkes.

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter A review into UK building regulations in the wake of last year’s Grenfell Tower fire has highlighted the benefit of the pre-emptive system in Scotland, though ministers have vowed to ensure its recommendations are considered n

Quality Scotland is a charitable, membership organisation working with over 250 organisations across Scotland from the private, public and third sectors. Since 1991 it has been working towards making excellence a national characteristic of Scotland. Organisations are being encouraged to assess thems

Russell and Yvonne MacMillan of East Renfrewshire Good Causes (centre left and right) celebrate the announcement of their partnership with Maidenhill alongside Audrey Ross, sales and marketing director at Taylor Wimpey West Scotland (far left), and Suzie Farrell, marketing manager at CALA Homes (Wes

Image credit: ToolsAreHome.com Well over half of people wrongly assume that millennials are useless when it comes to carrying out practical jobs around the home, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

A development of 562 new homes in Dalmarnock has been officially launched by Glasgow City Council leader, Councillor Susan Aitken. Riverside Dalmarnock is a mixed tenure development by Link Group and Laurel Homes on Dalmarnock Road, next to the River Clyde.

Sarah Boyack A report by MSPs which contains a list of recommendations aimed at strengthening the Scottish Government’s draft Planning (Scotland) Bill has been welcomed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).

Social enterprise Social Bite has officially launched its village in Edinburgh which aims to tackle homelessness by providing a safe living environment for around 20 people per year. Developed on vacant land in Granton, the Social Bite Village is made up of 11 two-bedroom nest houses intended to pro

The homes are planned for a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area Proposals for 16 homes on the edge of the Culloden Battlefield site which were previously the subject of a bizarre planning mix-up have been granted final approval.

A committee of MSPs has called for communities to be given a stronger voice in planning what their neighbourhoods look like as part of a number of recommendations aimed at addressing “frustrations” with the current system. Among its suggestions to strengthen the Planning (Scotland) Bill, the Sco