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Plans to conserve and redevelop a bingo hall in Leith into new student homes have been granted planning permission.

Scotland’s largest construction trade association has welcomed the Scottish Government’s Housing Emergency Action Plan, but has warned that it is “absolutely vital” for the country to have a pipeline of qualified and skilled professionals to deliver it. SELECT has responded p

A long-established Perth golf club faces potential closure after councillors rejected its joint bid with contractor Kilmac Ltd to deliver a major mixed-use development.

Forty-two public sector bodies are to benefit from a bumper rebate pot worth £563,104. Now in its eighth year, the long-running rebate initiative has returned more than £4.8 million to public sector partners, rewarding their investment in housing, community infrastructure, energy efficie

Cruden Homes has submitted a planning application for a major residential development on Broad Street, Denny, in Falkirk.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has been granted planning permission by East Renfrewshire Council to deliver 125 new homes that will form a key part of the Barrhead South Masterplan.

Elected members will be asked to make a ‘preliminary decision’ on how the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme will progress and consider valid objections at a full meeting of East Lothian Council.

House prices in Scotland edged up in August despite demand falling flat, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, and surveyors are optimistic that sales will rise through the months ahead.

The Highland Council is taking firm planning enforcement action in response to a growing issue involving the sale and marketing of small plots of land in areas such as Achnabobane, Inchbae, Garve, Roy Bridge, Spean Bridge and Daviot. The local authority said these plots are often advertised with mis

Moray Council has been awarded £1.769 million by the Scottish Government to make homes in the region more energy efficient.

Additional projects to deliver more new, affordable homes across North Lanarkshire have been approved and are included in the council's Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) 2026/27 - 2030/31.

The controversial Carbuncle Awards have returned after a decade-long hiatus to hand this year's unwanted title of “most dismal town” – complete with the notorious Plook on the Plinth trophy – to Port Glasgow. Event organisers claimed that despite its “great bones,&rdquo

Twelve new apprentices have joined teams across Hillcrest Homes, Hillcrest Enterprises and Hillcrest Maintenance.

It’s just one week until SHN's sister publication Scottish Construction Now welcomes the key industry players to Glasgow to discuss Scotland’s construction future.

Thenue Housing delivered a resilient message to members at its 46th AGM held in Calton last night. The RSL outlined its ongoing and ambitious building programme, but recognised that the “seemingly never ending” cost of living pressures were making life difficult for its communities.