Dundee City Councillors are set to consider two new strategic plans, which will drive the future direction of housing in the city. Both the Housing Asset Management Strategy and the Energy Efficiency and Net Zero Strategy acknowledge the serious and accelerating environmental, social and economic ...

Plans have been submitted to redevelop the Herdmanflat Hospital site in Haddington. The masterplan for the site was amended to take on board many points raised during the consultation, which included direct engagement with key local groups, a series of drop-in events for members of the public and ...

A new £28 million school in Torry has officially opened. Aberdeen City Council's Greyhope School and Community Hub, which welcomed pupils for the first time at the start of November, replaces Walker Road School. It has room for up to 434 primary pupils and 100 Early Learning and Nursery places, ...

New grants have been announced to repair historic buildings in Renfrewshire villages. Renfrewshire Council has invested £250,000 in establishing the Historic Buildings in Villages Grants. There are three grants available to help owners maintain and repair their village buildings built before 1945 ...

Fife Council has approved plans to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and switch to climate friendly heating systems across the region. Councillors on the Cabinet Committee gave the go-ahead to Fife's Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES) and Delivery Plan, which aims to create ...

A cutting-edge technology that is revolutionising the maintenance of wind turbine blades has won a top prize the Scottish Green Energy Awards. Geo-Structural, whose SQYFlex blade access platform allows turbine technicians to carry out blade maintenance in adverse weather conditions, scooped the ...

Clackmannanshire Council has been awarded £310,000 from the Scottish Government's Place Based Investment Fund (PBIF). Following the funding allocation, the council has agreed to support five projects in the region – the Carsebridge Cultural Campus, Menstrie Cycle Path lighting, Menstrie Active ...

Works are currently underway at the new Maybole Skatepark in South Ayrshire. Over £224,000 is being invested on the project to ensure the new wheeled zone is one of the best in the country. Local community groups were consulted during the planning stage and their suggestions incorporated into ...

Edinburgh's Nova Innovation has been awarded EU funding of £20 million for a 4 MW tidal energy farm, that will be home to the largest number of tidal turbines anywhere in the world. Nova will lead a pan-European consortium that will kick-start mass manufacturing of tidal turbines in the tidal ...

Scottish land value has seen significant growth between 2020 and 2022, according to a new report on land trends from the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) The research has shown a notable upswing in the demand for farmland, with Aberdeenshire and Dumfriesshire emerging as prime locations. ...