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Family-run housebuilder Muir Homes has submitted a planning application to Fife Council to build much needed family homes to add to the development of a thriving community at Dalgety Bay.

The Blackwood Design Awards, a Dragons’ Den-style competition to recognise innovations and inventions that improve the lives of older and disabled people, has announced this year’s three winners. The successful shortlisted inventors joined together to showcase their entries before the wi

East Lothian Council has decided to decommission Eskgreen Care Home in Musselburgh in light of a paper highlighting extensive refurbishment works required at the facility. On 30 May 2022, the Care Inspectorate carried out a routine visit at Eskgreen Care Home. The resulting

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has unveiled its plans for a week-long, energy-saving advice programme for tenants.

The efforts of the Building Standards team at Aberdeen City Council to ensure that properties across the city present no risk to the public have been praised by councillors.

Initial plans have been submitted to add another 45 apartments to a consented residential development at Ocean Drive in Leith. The City of Edinburgh Council’s development management sub-committee voted in favour of a 338-apartment build-to-rent (BTR) project on a brownfield site

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published its report on the outcome of its statutory intervention at Fairfield Housing Association. The intervention began in November 2018 when the Regulator used its statutory powers to appoint a manager and seven members to Fairfield’s governing

Detailed plans have been lodged to sensitively restore a dilapidated former police headquarters in Glasgow’s East End into new apartments.

Places for People's real estate fund manager PfP Capital has agreed to purchase development manager igloo Regeneration following a four-year partnership between the two organisations. PfP Capital and igloo have been working together since 2018 through a successful joint venture partnership form

Planning minister Tom Arthur and chief planner Dr Fiona Simpson have written to stakeholders with an update on the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4). On January 11, the Scottish Parliament voted to approve NPF4. it is the intention that Scottish Ministers will adopt and publish NPF4 on Febru

A permanent Gypsy/Traveller site is to be totally transformed thanks to £4 million of funding secured by Perth & Kinross Council. All of the 20 chalets at Double Dykes, Ruthvenfield, will be replaced with brand-new energy-efficient accommodation for residents. Major additional improvement

Members of the public are asked to join a national conversation and shape the future direction and contribution of Scotland’s historic environment sector.

Propertymark CEO Nathan Emerson has written to Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP about the Scottish Government’s decision to increase the Additional Dwelling Supplement. Around £34 million is expected to be raised by increasing the Additional Dwelling Supplement from 4% to 6% from 1

The North East Local Flood Risk Management Plan which addresses potentially vulnerable areas in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, and Moray Council areas as well as the Cairngorms National Park area for the next six years has been published.

Families across Glasgow are being urged to apply for financial help towards their energy bills and can now apply for the one-off £49 fuel top-up payment online. Parents and carers with children at home and who receive council tax reduction are eligible for the grant.