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Stirling Council is to invest more than £18 million in housing across the region's communities over the coming financial year.

Councillors in Glasgow have agreed a budget that focuses on pandemic recovery, communities and supporting households most vulnerable to a cost-of-living crisis. Measures include a £25 million local infrastructure fund to tackle potholes, repairs and improvements; extra staff to carry out neigh

Plans to fill in a Fife quarry pond to make room for a mixed-use development comprising holiday lodges and a cafe/bistro have been rejected by councillors. DDR (UK) Limited had been seeking planning permission in principle at Prestonhill Quarry in Inverkeithing.

Councillors will be asked to approve a proposal to designate the City of Edinburgh Council area as a short term let (STL) control area at the local authority's planning committee next week.

Partick Housing Association and Hanover Scotland could be set for a major planning boost next week regarding their joint proposal to demolish a listed building and build new flats near the Forth and Clyde Canal at Anniesland.

One of the UK’s largest community-led nature restoration projects has taken a big step forwards, with its crowdfunder surging past £100,000 after a £20,000 donation from charity Rewilding Britain. The community of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway is seeking to raise £2.2 mil

Householders in Inverness who meet the eligibility criteria for the Inverness Common Good Fund’s Winter Payment Scheme are to benefit from a one-off extension to the scheme and an increased payment. Members of the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed to extend

A new report published by the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) has concluded that using sustainably sourced timber panelised MMC methods to build new homes rather than masonry products can reduce the carbon impact of construction.

Glasgow's City Centre Task Force (CCTF) has announced plans to review the current model and concept of the 'Style Mile' - Argyle, Buchanan and Sauchiehall Streets - in the face of retail trends and increase in vacant units and sites that indicate the need to move to a mixed-use model in all town and

A total of 64 homes in the city’s Hilltown area could benefit from window replacements if Dundee City Council approves tenders next week. Over £558,000 worth of renewals to window and external doors would be carried out to properties with work starting as early as May this year.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has provided an update in its engagement with Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) after the landlord identified weaknesses in its management of gas safety. In an updated engagement plan published this week, the Regulator notes the action plan outlined by CVHA

Proposals for 25 new flats and a Lidl store in Alexandria have been lodged with West Dunbartonshire Council’s planning department.

Property developer HBD is to work with Aberdeen City Council on delivering high quality, energy efficient homes in the Bridge of Don. Construction of 536 council houses will begin this week on a 56-acre site at Cloverhill in the north of Aberdeen.

Glasgow-based Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) has been awarded £3,000 from the STV Children’s Appeal, which will be used to ensure residents are well cared for throughout the harsher winter months. WHA, which owns 798 good quality rented homes and factors a further 52 on behalf of ot

The Scottish Government’s ‘A New Deal for Tenants’ consultation paper must represent equally the views of landlords and tenants, according to property firm DJ Alexander. The firm said that landlords and property investors are increasingly concerned that the current consultation is