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Bancon Homes has obtained planning approval for the third phase of new homes to be built at its Lochside of Leys development in Banchory.

Regeneration specialist Urban Union has been granted planning consent to transform the site of the former Glasgow Coliseum Theatre into 64 new homes.

Housing minister Paul McLennan has urged the UK Government to commit to linking Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to rents in future years to protect private renters on low incomes. Speaking ahead of the forthcoming UK Budget, the minister also said the Treasury should reverse the forecast 10% rea

An open letter published today is urging the First Minister to think again about the cuts being proposed to the 2024-25 budgets for housing and planning. The call comes the day before the Scottish Parliament votes on the draft Scottish Budget for the year ahead and follows the findings of independen

New Gorbals Housing Association’s milestone North Gate development is one of 17 projects to have been shortlisted for the 2024 RIAS Awards by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Winners of the prestigious prize, announced on 4 June, will become the ‘l

West Lothian Council is to invest £132.982 million over the next four years with significant resources invested in the creation of new homes and a strong focus of maintenance of quality standards across existing housing stock.

As many as eight of the biggest housebuilders in the UK may be sharing commercially sensitive information with their competitors, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed today as it published its final report on the housebuilding market in Great Britain.

With the Tenant Protection Bill’s in-tenancy rent cap and eviction measures due to expire in a matter of weeks, the Scottish Government has proposed an adjudication scheme to ease the transition until a long-awaited Housing Bill comes to pass. Under the proposals, the process for rent adjudica

Avant Homes Scotland has started construction on the final 35 homes on a 16.5-acre site at its £60 million Carnethy Heights development in Penicuik.

A range of budget savings options are to be considered by elected members next month to close West Dunbartonshire Council’s remaining £8.3 million budget gap.

A woman who was refused a review of her council tax banding by the Assessor for Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board and had a challenge to that refusal rejected by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland has failed to obtain permission to further challenge the decision before the Upper Tribunal.

Almost £10 million of one-off funding from council reserves will be required to sustain local services and support key projects in the face of unprecedented financial challenges, under proposed financial plans for 2024/25 by Scottish Borders Council.

The leader of Dumfries & Galloway Council has praised a massive £22.9 million new-build development – the largest new affordable housing project ever seen in the region. Wheatley Homes South, part of Wheatley Group, is building 89 affordable homes on the site of the former Curries Ya

Forgewood and Garrion People’s Housing Cooperatives have welcomed Paul Lennon as their new director. Following the announcement that Cathy Brien was retiring from her position as director, the two cooperatives engaged the services of EVH to support them in taking forward a rigorous recrui

A new initiative between Argyll and Bute Council and key community partners will deliver vital accommodation for key workers on Coll, Tiree, Mull and in the Lorn area. The move is the latest action by the local authority to tackle Argyll and Bute’s housing emergency which was declared in June