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A number of buildings and pavilions in West Lothian will be disposed of by the council after being declared surplus to requirements. Sites at Armadale, Broxburn and Livingston Xcite swimming pools have been approved as being surplus to requirements by the local authority.

A Dundee sheriff has granted decree of absolvitor to the former partner of a man who sought a five-figure sum from her on the basis that he had given it to her to allow her grandmother to buy her council house, in which he had expected to eventually live with her.

A local authority in England has been criticised by the housing regulator for complaint handling failures which left a resident and her two vulnerable children in a home with damp and mould.

Improvement works to a roundabout near the Springfield Properties Dykes of Gray village development in Dundee will begin shortly after the housebuilder signed a Minute of Agreement with Transport Scotland. Finalising the design and improvement plans for the roundabout has been a complex pr

The Scottish Government is to limit funding for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems to properties that include renewable heating systems.

Cala Homes has successfully appealed a decision to close a well-used car park in Aberdour. Fife Council’s Review Body has overturned the original, delegated decision to close the temporary car park adjacent to the development on the village’s Main Street.

Stephanie Callaghan MSP was welcomed by Barratt Developments to Torrance Park in Motherwell on Thursday in celebration of its site managers’ Pride in the Job Quality Award wins.

An "eco-friendly" residential-led mixed-use development could be delivered on the site of a Glasgow gym, under detailed plans lodged with the local authority.

Glasgow City Council planners have approved plans to convert a vacant B-listed listed snooker hall premises in Dennistoun into flats.

Jon Frullani Architect has submitted plans to build sixteen flats and four retailunits at the site of a recently demolished Dundee pub.

Ardrossan-based debt, welfare and housing advice charity, CHAP is continuing to expand its capabilities.

Tender prices for social housing in Scotland fell 4.4% in 1Q 2023, compared with 4Q 2022 but were still well above the price levels in the same quarter a year earlier (up 3.4%, compared with 1Q 2022), according to the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). This reflects a fall in demand – h

Energy efficiency organisation Changeworks has partnered with local authorities to deliver £13.6 million worth of major home improvements to households in or at risk of fuel poverty. Working alongside seven local authorities, Changeworks improved the energy efficiency of 1,587 homes, helping h

Wheatley Group has revised its proposals for a new development at the site of a former care home in Glasgow. The social landlord has enlisted Anderson Bell + Christie to develop plans for 60 Forfar Avenue, which was most recently occupied by a care home.

More than 30 of the UK's largest housing associations have written to ministers to call for more targeted support to protect millions of people expected to struggle with their energy bills this winter.