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Technology-enabled housing within a ground-breaking housing and care development in the heart of Blantyre won the award for Excellence in Health and Wellbeing at the CIH Scotland Excellence Awards 2022. South Lanarkshire’s Health and Social Care Partnership have been working in collaboration w

Developments which reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and restore nature would be promoted under finalised proposals for long term planning reform. The revised draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) sets out sustainable policies against which planning applications would be assessed

Significant investment is required to ensure there is a sufficiently skilled workforce to install new domestic heating technology and meet net zero targets safely, Scotland’s largest construction trade body SELECT has warned. The campaigning electrical association says investment in &ldqu

Residents living in Moray’s 18 conservation areas are being offered financial support to repair or install traditional windows. Moray Council’s Windows Repair and Replacement Grant Scheme, funded by the Scottish Government’s Place Based Investment Programme, offers a grant of up to

Midlothian Council has launched its rent consultation. The consultation is open to all Midlothian Council tenants and presents options for setting next year’s rent levels to cover the period from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2026.

A planning application to demolish a hotel in Bigger and convert it into homes has been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council. Plans include demolishing the Abington Hotel cottage to provide ten new homes with an access road and parking.

Subscribers to the free daily Scottish Housing News newsletter have exceeded 9,000 for the first time with more than 100 new readers last month taking the figure to 9,119.

A new report into Scotland’s 20-minute neighbourhoods reveals several findings about the scale and type of developments needed to deliver successful sustainable communities. The ‘20-Minute Neighbourhoods for Scotland’ insight report from planning and development consultancy Lichfie

Cala Homes (West) is holding the first community consultation on proposals for a new residential development in Cathcart. The housebuilder will host an in-person event on Thursday 10 November between 6pm and 8pm followed by a second session on Saturday 12 November between 10am and 2pm. Both will tak

Housebuilder Persimmon said today it is on track to deliver its full year 2022 volume target of between 14,500 to 15,000 homes despite some increased risk from recently elevated cancellation rates. In a trading statement which covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 7 November 2022, the firm said 

Property developer Ken Ross has acquired Hallhill Developments Ltd (HDL), the large mixed-use development beside the A1 at Dunbar, for an undisclosed sum. The project, which has been under development in Dunbar for over two decades, extended to over 400 acres and includes a range of uses, including

Glasgow City Council has accepted the award of £6.437million in funding for 2022/23 from the Scottish Government to deliver energy-efficient improvements in homes in Glasgow. The funding comes from the Energy Efficient Scotland Area Based Schemes (ABS) programme, which takes an area-based appr

The strategic development framework for North Glasgow is to be submitted to the Scottish Government for adoption in the Glasgow City Development Plan. The North Glasgow SDF is is one of six such initiatives which guide future planning in the city.

A house in Wester Ross designed by Skye-based Dualchas Architects has won the coveted award for the Best New Building at the 2022 Highlands and Islands Architecture Awards. A stone ruin of an old croft house in the township of Diabeg was taken down and rebuilt alongside a new larch-clad mirror image

Residents, businesses and visitors are invited to have their say in shaping the Fife of the future by giving their views on the next Local Development Plan.