We believe local development should mean local jobs.
Your street.
Your skyline.
Your job.
Scotland's unemployment rate sits at 4.3 percent but that number hides the places where it really lands. In Glasgow, joblessness is above 5.1 percent. Across Scotland, more than 64,000 young people aged 16 to 24 are out of work. When a new development breaks ground, the jobs it creates should reach the people whose streets are changing. We exist to make sure they do.
Sources: ONS Regional Labour Market, Scottish Government Labour Market Monthly, April 2026.
32
Scottish Councils
4.3%
Scotland Unemployment
64k+
Young People 16-24 NEET
25%
Affordable Housing Target
Scottish unemployment and NEET figures sourced from the Scottish Government Labour Market Monthly, April 2026.
Why We Exist
A regeneration boom that keeps
missing the people it is meant to lift up.
Every major development in Scotland carries real commitments - affordable homes, apprenticeships, training places, local hiring. The policy is strong. The gap is in what happens next: for years those opportunities have been scattered across job boards, LinkedIn and closed professional networks that favour outsiders. The people who live nearest to the cranes hear about them last.
Opportunity Platform Scotland flips that. We bring every opportunity tied to a local development into one place, council by council, and we put Scottish residents at the front of the queue.
Residents First
How it works for you
Your council. Your work.
Every listing is tied to a specific Scottish council and a specific development. Residents of that area see it first.
On-the-ground support
Listings are paired with local employability partners, not just a search box - so the path into the job is real.
Commitments, kept
Councils, developers and residents can all see that the local jobs, apprenticeships and training promised when planning was granted are actually being delivered.
Council Directory
Find your council
Scotland has 32 local authorities. We're rolling council-by-council as developments come online. If your council isn't listed yet, contact us - we'll fast-track it.
Lothians
525k residents
City of Edinburgh
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
185k residents
West Lothian
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
Strathclyde
625k residents
Glasgow City
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
340k residents
North Lanarkshire
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
North East
225k residents
Aberdeen City
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
262k residents
Aberdeenshire
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
Fife & Tayside
117k residents
Angus
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
South West
121k residents
East Ayrshire
Local opportunities, apprenticeships and training tied to developments across the council area.
For Councils & Developers
Section 75 - what the councils actually ask for
Section 75 is Scotland's mechanism for securing community benefits alongside planning permission. Every Scottish council handles drafting differently - some publish full templates, others issue guidance and draft on request. Here's what each of the councils we work with publishes today.
Aberdeen City
TemplatePublished templates for Full Planning Permission, Planning Permission in Principle, and flatted developments. Model clauses cover affordable housing, education and open-space contributions.
View council documentationCity of Edinburgh
TemplateComprehensive model agreement covering trams, schools, affordable housing and local employment clauses. One of the most detailed public templates in Scotland.
View council documentationGlasgow City
GuidanceNo single master template - instead, specific legal wording for each contribution type (open space, Fastlink transport, local employment, affordable housing). Contact the legal team for the current clause set.
View council documentationNorth Lanarkshire
Template"Style S75" short-form template. Lean and predictable for standard residential schemes; larger or mixed-use developments usually need custom drafting.
View council documentationAberdeenshire
GuidanceDetailed guidance on how developer obligations are secured. Requires engagement with the legal team to draft a bespoke S75; no public template.
View council documentationAngus
Guidance25 percent affordable housing requirement embedded in policy. Clear published process for how the S75 is negotiated during the planning decision.
View council documentationEast Ayrshire
GuidancePublic guidance explaining how Scottish S75 differs from English S106 and what their agreements must cover. Useful primer for developers working cross-border.
View council documentationWest Lothian
GuidanceComprehensive "Good Practice" guide for preparing legal agreements. No standard template but clear expectations for what a complete S75 must contain.
View council documentationAudit-Grade Evidence
Every commitment, documented.
Every outcome, traceable.
Opportunity Platform is paired with Tickbox - a compliance evidence layer built for Scottish councils, developers and their legal teams. Every job start, apprenticeship, training place and hire tied to a Section 75 agreement is logged against its clause, with a timestamped audit trail councils can show the ombudsman, the Scottish Government or a judicial review without reaching for a spreadsheet.
Ready to put residents first in your council?
When development lands in your community, the jobs should land here too. We help Scottish councils turn that belief into a live platform, council branded, within weeks.
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