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The High Court of Justiciary has tripled a fine imposed on a care home that pled guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the death of a resident after the Crown challenged the original level of fine as being unduly lenient.

The site of a former day care centre in Clydebank could be transformed into social housing after it was sold to a developer. West Dunbartonshire Council has sold a site at Auchentoshan Estate for a price of £225,000 plus VAT. The site was home to a day care centre until it closed in

The site of the former Auchinairn Primary School in Bishopbriggs is to be developed for affordable housing, a new council report has confirmed. A report to East Dunbartonshire Council’s PNCA Committee this Thursday will confirm the local authority's decision earlier this summer to tr

The transformation of Whitlawburn is now complete thanks to a unique partnership approach by South Lanarkshire Council, CCG, hub South West and West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op.

Community groups in West Dunbartonshire have benefited from more than £103,000 in council grants to support vulnerable and disadvantaged residents.

Scottish Labour has urged the Scottish Government to offer real support to homeowners after new analysis revealed that around 6,900 Scottish households could already be in arrears. With thousands more expected to suffer as mortgage rates continue to rise, Scottish Labour’s Mark

Thenue Housing Association has been granted planning permission to deliver 41 units for social rent in Dalmarnock.

Residents are being encouraged to join in the conversation about West Dunbartonshire Council’s budget for 2024/25 as work gets underway to close an £11.8 million gap.

The membership body for Scotland’s largest free advice network has called for more sustainable funding for advice, and multi-year funding to give advisers job security.

Members of Highland Council’s Economy & Infrastructure Committee have agreed two reports that relate to developer contributions and the next steps for the preparation of a new style Development Plan for the region. One of the reports confirmed how a new Development Plan aims to represent a

Planning approval has been achieved for 17 homes for affordable rent on a brownfield site in Falkirk.

Planning permission has been granted to deliver supported living bungalows on the site of a former Aberdeen school.

Housing minister Paul McLennan met Borders Housing Network (BHN) representatives to find out more about the work they are doing in relation to domestic abuse including the challenges they face supporting victims and survivors living in rural communities. Michelle Meldrum, chief executive for Berwick

The chief executive of a housing association in England has been ordered to apologise directly to a resident after her noise nuisance complaints were ignored or not acted effectively on for nearly two years.

A former care home in Glasgow is to be transformed into 18 new apartments. Plans to convert the former Queen Mary Eventide Home in the Queens Park area were granted planning permission by councillors.