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Planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore is are urging planners and developers to have their say and complete a survey to help influence the Planning (Scotland) Bill. Barton Willmore, who recently expanded its operation in Scotland with the opening of an office in the centre of Glasgow, have

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes has been given planning permission to build an exclusive development of six bespoke properties on the site of the former Whitecraigs bowling club in Giffnock. Due to begin on site in Autumn next year, the showpiece of the development will be the former ‘a

Ligia Teixeira Clore Social Leadership and the Centre for Homelessness Impact have announced details of a new partnership in response to the increasing crisis in housing and homelessness and the need for stronger, evidence based approach to leadership within the sector.

Before and after: 96 St Leonard’s Road in Ayr had fallen into disrepair after the previous owner moved away An awards ceremony which recognises the work being done in the battle to bring Scotland’s 37,000 privately-owned long-term empty homes back into use is calling for nominations from across

Argyll and Bute Council’s housing services team brought a total of 55 empty homes back into use last year – double the annual target. The team’s successes were highlighted at last week’s community services committee meeting.

Ayrshire Housing is supporting this year’s Ayrshire Doors Open Day. The association has given a grant to the organisers, the Kyle and Carrick Civic Society, to purchase ten more banners to advertise the growing number of venues.

Gheila Galbraith, sales consultant for Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, with Kirsty Aitken, service manager for Children 1st Ayrshire and members of her team The Ayrshire Family Support team of Scotland’s national children’s charity Children 1st has received a donation of £1,000 from housebuilder

Proposals for a mixed used development at Govan’s Graving Docks have been refused by council planners. ZM Architecture and developer New City Vision, which owns the site, unveiled plans in March last year to bring the site back into use after 40 years of dereliction with the creation of 750 homes

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Some of Fife’s finest were treated to a fun-filled afternoon last week as the Fife Housing Association Alliance hosted a free afternoon tea for their older tenants. In an effort to help tackle the loneliness and isolation often experienced by our senior citizens, tenants of Fife Housing Group, Kin

RICS, as part of its Pledge 150 campaign, has joined forces with Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park to help reduce homelessness among young people in Scotland. Corporate teams and RICS members can now take part in any of the Sleep in the Park events, across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen wit

Wilma Strang A care worker has resigned from her position as vice-chair at Wellhouse Housing Association after being struck off by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) for assaulting an elderly resident at a care home.

(from left) Iain Sutherland (bid director of Robertson Northern), Colin Wright (senior project manager at Robertson Northern), Stephen Hay (clerk of works at Hanover Scotland), Richard Lochhead MSP and Mike Martin (chair of Hanover Scotland) A new social housing development for older people at Spyni

Dundee City Council has unveiled plans to develop around 35 new social let homes on the site of a block of flats set for demolition. Local authority architect Ray Low told a meeting of North East Local Community Planning Partnership that the new homes will be built at Murrayfield Drive and Murrayfie

Bryan Wilson A new £15 million housing development on part of Peel Park on the outskirts of East Kilbride has been given planning consent by South Lanarkshire Council.