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Housebuilder Persimmon is to invest £75 million in building 500 homes next to the Silverburn Shopping Centre in the south side of Glasgow.The firm said that The Boulevard, located on Barrhead Road in Cowglen, would provide “much-needed” new homes and create up to 1,200 jobs, ­hundreds of which will be ...

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has been appointed to design and build the first phase of a new school in Ashford, Kent.The £5.6m Kent County Council project will involve the transformation of Finberry Primary School into a two-form entry facility accommodating 450 pupils, once the second phase of the ...

A grade II-listed former bank in Carmarthenshire could be turned into a wine bar if newly submitted plans are given the green light.Planning consultancy McCartneys, on behalf of its clients, has submitted listed building and full-planning applications covering the change of use of 76 Rhosmaen Street in Llandeilo.The building was ...

Plans have been lodged for the expansion of the Parc Pelenna holiday development near Neath, including new lodges, reception buildings and a swimming pool.Neath Port Talbot Council previously approved an application in August 2014 for 33 additional holiday lodges and equestrian facilities.The construction of 73 lodges had previously been proposed. ...