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Aberdeenshire Council has extended the online consultation on its Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 (LDP) until Friday, July 31. Following close monitoring of the consultation to-date and having listened to concerns raised by some stakeholders, the decision has been taken to extend the period by

The UK Government should relax its ban on combustible cladding imposed after the Grenfell Tower fire, according to a housebuilder. Berkeley Group has argued that tall buildings that feature the same type of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding involved in the disaster, which led to the deaths

A major new partnership between North Ayrshire Council and Crown Estate Scotland aims to unleash the economic potential of North Ayrshire’s stunning coastline has been launched. 

New recommendations to be made by the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) must avoid looking at homelessness in isolation from the wider housing system, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). Submitting comments to HARSAG, which was reco

Additional funding of £5.5 million is being made available for renewables projects to contribute towards a green recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.

Queens Cross Housing Association is considering making changes to its letting policy which will give housing applicants more control when applying for properties.

The promotion of the compulsory purchase of two empty homes in Govanhill has been agreed by Glasgow City Council.

Linstone Housing has revealed the extent of its support for tenants during the coronavirus health emergency. The Association said it was undertaking many "unprecedented measures" and thanked its tenants for their "many acts of kindness which have kept communities going".

Building standards managers have highlighted an increased demand for site inspection work as the sector begins to ease out of lockdown, according to the head of the Scottish Government’s building standards division. In a letter to local authority chief executives, Stephen Garvin said it is lik

An online community consultation has been launched today with the intention of developing a new mixed-use neighbourhood, as part of plans by Edinburgh BioQuarter to create a new Health Innovation District.

North Ayrshire Council’s plans to build the next generation of council homes has continued with an application for 50 homes at the former Towerlands Primary School site in Irvine. Once again led by Mast Architects, and delivered by Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd in partnership with hub South West Sco

City of Edinburgh Council’s housing, homelessness and fair work convener, Councillor Kate Campbell, outlines the phenomenal response from organisations working to prevent homeless during the pandemic. The council’s homelessness service has been working with the Scottish Government, third

The decision on whether to award eight Aberdeen flat blocks 'A-List' protective status has been placed on hold until further notice.

The Scottish Land Fund has awarded the Langholm Initiative charity £1 million towards the purchase of 10,500 acres of Langholm Moor in the south of Scotland, which would see the local community creating a vast new nature reserve.

Midlothian Council has approved plans which could see local community groups turn areas of publicly owned land in places like health centres and parks into growing spaces for food.