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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged first notices with the sheriff court to begin the court process for a conjoined fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two care home residents. David Donnelly, aged 83, died at Hairmyres Hospital on 14 January 2019. Robert Thomson,

Two community-based housing associations have come together to give housing applicants easier access to a wider choice of homes in North-West Glasgow. People looking for a home in the Queens Cross and Maryhill areas need now complete only one online application to be registered with both associatio

Scottish energy efficiency specialist Green Home Systems has opened a new office base as the company goes from strength to strength. The company’s expansion into Kilmarnock marks a significant milestone in the company's growth and will create new jobs in the region.

The 312 responses to a public consultation on the Scottish Government’s Housing (Scotland) Bill have now been published by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has renewed its partnership with Changeworks and Warmworks for a third year.

Southside Housing Association has celebrated the completion of its new build development at St Andrews Drive, the last of three phases of development works at Pollokshields.

Horizon Housing is launching a summit designed to develop new and sustainable solutions to the chronic shortage of accessible homes and strained social care and health resources.

The owner of a historic former railway office building in Glasgow has withdrawn an application for demolition following intervention by a local MSP. A proposal lodged earlier this month would have seen much of the A-listed Flemington House in Springburn knocked down under because of an inc

Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS), Scotland's design agency for place, is hosting a free online forum on Preventative Design.

Glasgow-based developer CCG Homes has unveiled 'West Shore' – hailing it as Edinburgh's first private housing development designed to achieve (regulated) 'operational net zero carbon'.

Euan McLaughlin and Darren MacKay have bolstered the land team at the regional arm of Persimmon Homes. Persimmon North Scotland has appointed Euan McLaughlin as planning manager and Darren MacKay as land manager. The pair will be working on strengthening the land bank at the home builder’s hea

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has released its response to the Investing in Planning consultation, noting the consultation’s reliance on planning fees, which the Institute states will not be a silver bullet to fixing the planning system. The Institute’s response, whic

Stirling Council has appointed Caroline Sinclair as its new chief executive. Ms Sinclair, who is currently chief officer of East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, will take up the role this summer.

A new social housing development, a renovated tenement and a modest housing development in Edinburgh are among the 11 outstanding new buildings that have been named as winners of this year’s Scottish national architecture awards with several projects demonstrating excellence in retrofitting an

The £300 million transformation of Candleriggs Square in Glasgow’s Merchant City is continuing apace following the completion of the second major building on the site – a 346-home build-to-rent scheme, forward funded by Legal & General (L&G). Main contractor Graham Construc