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(from left) Barry Dawson (local partnership manager at CITB), John Turnbull (investment director at Clyde Valley Housing Association), young people from Skills Development Scotland, Clare Haughey MSP, Stephen Profili (regional MD at Lovell), John O’Hare (contracts manager at Lovell) Clare Haughey

Lynsey Reid outlines the “agent of change” principle in planning policy. On 16 February 2018 researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Newcastle and Turku in Finland published the UK’s first live music venue census. The survey found that 29% of small music venues (defined as those with l

Homes reflective of those coming to South Queensferry Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has secured a Resolution to Grant detailed planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council for 341 new homes at South Scotstoun, South Queensferry.

Golfing professionals from Scotland’s Construction, Housing & Property sector will take part for their chance to be crowned national business golf champions and there are just six spaces left in the event. Including the Scottish Construction Now team there is a stellar line up of companies inv

Social landlords in Scotland are likely to experience significant financial pressures as a consequence of changes to the benefit system – according to research from Mobysoft, a provider of rent collection software to the social housing sector. The study – which covered around one third of the UK

A new group formed in the wake of a Parliamentary debate on tenement maintenance has called for action to ensure the protection of Scotland’s historic and most common type of residence. The first meeting of the Working Group on maintenance of Tenement Scheme Property highlighted the growing concer

Spire View Housing Association has announced the beginning of work on the creation of a new, state of the art community facility on Roystonhill. The new building will replace the existing Rainbow Hall while retaining its fabulous façade to ensure the new building complements local surroundings, inc

A new deal between developer The EDI Group and housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is set to regenerate a key brownfield site in Edinburgh with 169 new homes for the capital. Taylor Wimpey has submitted an application with detailed plans to build a mix of private apartments and terraced and detached houses a

Plans for hundreds of new homes to be built in Blairgowrie have received planning approval from Perth and Kinross Council. Planning officials had recommended approving the Westpark Partnership’s application to build 400 houses as well as new retail and business space on the town’s western edge,

The developer behind plans for 299 private rented flats and a public promenade at Aberdeen’s Rubislaw Quarry has submitted the application for planning. Toronto-based developer Carttera also wants to deliver a gym, and a “heritage bistro” at disused the quarry, which will host a permanent exhi

The Highland village of Croy is set for 100 new homes after plans were approved by local councillors. Developer Scotia Homes also intends to build a shop and a cafe on the Highwood site on Dalcroy Road.

SafeDeposits Scotland has praised EastEnders on a recent storyline tackling issues faced by some in the private rented sector and has provided advice for others who may be in similar situations. In scenes aired recently on the popular BBC One soap, Albert Square landlord Masood Ahmed returns to Albe

Plans have been submitted to Aberdeen City Council for the development of 130 affordable homes on the bank of the River Dee. Stewart Milne Homes wants to build the properties on the site of a former pipe yard on Abbotswell Road.

Graeme Brown Housing in homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has bemoaned new statistics which revealed that one million people in Scotland, more than a fifth of them children, are living in relative poverty after housing costs.

Dr Sally Reynolds Scottish Land Commissioner, Dr Sally Reynolds, looks at scale and concentration of land ownership in Scotland.