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UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) director Ken Gibb welcomes the launch of the Housing to 2040 roadmap and, after reading it several times, reflects on its intent, actions and aims for positive change. On Thursday, March 18, I participated in a panel session run by the Chartered I

Clackmannanshire Council has approved a revenue budget of £131.868 million to spend on services in 2021/2022 as well as a capital budget programme of £255m for the next 20 years. Earlier this month, councillors agreed to freeze council tax in April and also agreed a net resourc

Almost 8000 new applications for social housing have been received by West Lothian Council in the last three years. The West Lothian Courier submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the local authority and asked a range of questions on the social housing and homelessness waiting lists.

The Scottish Government should carry out a review of planning policy and practice to ensure that the concept of 20 minute neighbourhoods becomes a golden thread running through the planning system, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said. It comes as Scotland embarks on efforts to rebuild

Issues faced by protected and disadvantaged groups should be proactively addressed as the country navigates its post-Covid recovery to ensure that nobody is left behind, according to a report from the equalities and human rights committee. MSPs on the committee are calling on their successor committ

Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland West) is celebrating after the company retained its five-star status with the Home Builders Federation (HBF) for the fifth successive year. Bellway was named in the HBF’s annual list of the housebuilders most highly rated by their customers.

Construction work has commenced on 71 homes at Miller Homes’ new development at Bertha Park in Perth. The project off Geddes Avenue will comprise of a mix of three, four and five-bedroom homes and becomes the first development in the East of Scotland to boast a full portfolio of Mill

Stewart Milne Group, the home builder and timber systems manufacturer, has been awarded the 2021 Gold Award for customer satisfaction across all its UK regions for the third consecutive year. The awards, run by specialist market research company In House Research, carried out customer surveys and fo

Housebuilder Barratt Developments Scotland has pledged to support the nation’s recovery from the pandemic with a £57,500 investment in employability and education. Eight charities spanning the length and breadth of Scotland have been selected to receive a share of the funds, which aim to

The Scottish Government has announced that the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI Scotland) will be an early delivery partner for its Digital Planning transformation programme.

Barclays is issuing a scams warning focused on the 26,525 property and construction companies based in Scotland. Data released by the bank has revealed that scams targeting businesses increased by almost a third (31%) in January and February, when compared with last year.

A new Social Enterprise Action Plan will offer increased support to the sector, including £5 million of funding, to boost its potential for growth and put the social enterprise model at the heart of Scotland’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced.

A commitment to ensure adult social care workers receive at least the Real Living Wage of £9.50 an hour has been agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA. Funding of £64.5 million will be committed to ensure adult social care workers will be paid at least the Real Living Wag

Scottish councils doubled their use of bed and breakfast accommodation for people experiencing homelessness during the first few months of lockdown last year as part of the measures taken to protect people during the coronavirus pandemic, new official statistics have revealed.

The impact of lockdown on social sector housebuilding has been laid bare in new statistics with a 67% drop in starts (407 homes) recorded between April to June 2020 on the same quarter in 2019, a 98% fall in completions (20 homes).