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Angus Council has announced plans to cut its workforce by up to 800 staff over the next three years. The local authority, which currently employs 5,042 people, equating to 4113 full-time equivalent (FTE) posts, had already reduced the number of FTE posts by more than 500 in the last six years.

Springfield Properties has submitted planning application notice to Glasgow City Council announcing its plans for 204 affordable homes along Dalmarnock Road. Situated opposite the Dalmarnock train station, the 2.3ha of land was previously used as a goods yard before closing in 1960. The pocket of la

Link Group Ltd’s development at Beinn Dubh View in Luss has been officially opened by Councillor Robin Currie, Argyll and Bute Council’s policy lead for communities, housing, islands and Gaelic. The £1.045 million construction of five homes for social rent commenced in September 2016, using £5

Scotland’s housing shortfall could be plugged by Build to Rent homes but opportunities as well as threats exist for the sector, says Dr John Boyle. Build to Rent (BTR), or institutional investment in the private rented sector (PRS), is now emerging as a major new way of providing housing acros

Almost 100 homes in Dundee could be in line for major upgrades if councillors approve a pair of tenders next week. Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood services committee will be asked to agree to £750,000 of work to kitchens, bathrooms, central heating and window replacement by the council’s co

Partick Housing Association’s new build development at Broomhill Gate has been shortlisted in the Affordable Housing Development of the Year category for the prestigious Herald Property Awards 2017. The mixed development on a brownfield site, designed by MAST Architects, consists of 14 three-bedro

The UK government has taken the first step in a £1 billion programme to give over 800,000 poorer households across England and Wales access to cheap solar electricity. International trade minister Greg Hands has welcomed £160 million of capital expenditure into UK renewable energy backed by Dutch

Work on a window replacement project in Wishaw for Garrion People's Housing Co-operative is now complete. CCG Asset Management delivered the contract to around 40 properties in the Gowkthrapple area.

Dame Elish Angiolini QC Parkhead Housing Association is now accepting registrations for the 3rd annual John Wheatley Lecture in association with Wheatley Group.

A fifteenth floor flat in a multi-storey in the Broomhill area of Greenock is, for the third time, hosting an exhibition by acclaimed cult photography project, The Dark Side o’ The Clyde as part of Inverclyde’s Doors Open Day events. The exhibitions, which have attracted upwards of 200 visitors

Homelessness charity Glasgow City Mission is taking “radical” steps to address the growing problem of rough sleeping in the city by purchasing homes to get people off the streets. Ten flats across the city will initially be purchased for some of the charity’s most vulnerable clients, with resi

South Lanarkshire Council has agreed its key housing strategy for the next five years, with one of the main priorities to deliver on the council’s commitment to build 1,000 new council homes. The Local Housing Strategy 2017-2022 (LHS) sets out nine outcomes covering housing supply, quality and ene

Plans for a £29 million housing estate, which will include low-cost homes aimed at helping people get on the property ladder, have been approved in Rattray. Springfield Properties has won permission to build 217 homes at its Kinloch Gardens site, off Glenalmond Road. The plan includes scope for 60

Nicola Sturgeon Significant measures to safeguard the environment and improve the quality of housing are expected to be announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon when she sets out her legislative plans for the coming year.

Clackmannanshire Council leader Les Sharp Plans to bring forward housing development sites in Clackmannanshire are among a list of potential projects for the proposed Stirling & Clackmannanshire City Deal, the council has revealed.