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The Gannochy Trust’s lifetime neighbourhood in Perth, designed by Glasgow architecture firm Anderson Bell + Christie, has won the Best Healthy Homes Development (rural and suburban) and Best Affordable Housing Development at this year’s Inside Housing Development Awards.

The Highland Council has received funding to provide financial help for tenants in social housing and the private sector at risk of becoming homeless after falling behind with rent payments during the pandemic. The Tenant Grant Fund is in addition to services already available for those struggling w

East Dunbartonshire Council is seeking views on updates to guidance related to the East Dunbartonshire Local Development Plan (LDP). The LDP sets out policies and a framework to guide the determination of all planning applications received by the council.

Guild Homes has submitted plans to Angus Council to double its housing development in West Turfbeg. The developer has pressed the council for a quick decision on the bid, urging that the homes are needed to prevent a new shortage of housing in the town.

The Scottish Government's sporting agency has objected to plans to build new homes on a Kilmarnock football pitch. Sportscotland has voiced concerns over proposals to construct 58 new houses on the Moorfield estate with part of the planned site wiping out a full-size football pitch.

Multi-utilities provider Arc-Tech MU has commenced works at a private housing development in Glasgow.

Councillors in Dundee are being asked to approve more than £4 million of repair work after a review of working practices on roofs installed and inspected by council staff over four years found more than 400 did not meet best practices as set out in the British Standards.

For today's COP26SHN instalment Eildon shares the first-hand experience of tenants after a year and a half of living in its ground-breaking Passivhaus development at St Boswells.

Average rents for two-bedroom properties have increased above inflation in ten out of 18 areas in Scotland compared with 2020, according to official figures from the Scottish Government.

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has bolstered its executive team with five new appointments. Reflecting the wide-ranging challenges facing its members, the new recruits comprise Liz Hamilton as head of local & regional planning, Richard Lewington as senior planning adviser and 

A new self-assessment tool has been launched by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) to be used alongside the CIH professional standards.

Moray Council’s planning and regulatory services committee has approved planning applications for 48 homes in Hopeman and 25 affordable homes in Lhanbryde, with a further eight specialist supported housing units. The site to the west of Hopeman will include affordable housing and indications h

Warmworks Scotland has taken on its 100th staff member to support the business as it expands to help people across the country stay warmer in their homes, improve their energy efficiency and reduce fuel bills. New procurement manager Cassandra Mackie has been brought on board at a time of considerab

Tenants of Linstone Housing are being offered a helping hand to beat soaring energy bills. The housing association has launched a new service offering energy saving advice to tackle recent rises in fuel bills and has appointed its own community energy engager who is Angela Tyrrell.

A pop-up larder is helping older people pick up their groceries and meet their neighbours without leaving the comfort of their block of flats. GHA tenants at 415 Nitshill Road in the south side are benefiting from the new service which offers low-cost food to residents living in their multi-storey.