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Launch of 2016 Festival of Architecture with ‘Hinterland’
22nd March 2016
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Festival of Architecture, which is a centrepiece of the 2016 Year of innovation, Architecture and Design, was launched on Friday 18 March with Hinterland, a thought-provoking and beautifully considered display of light and sound at St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross. Within the remaining shell of the world-renowned modern…
Planning Delivery Advice: Housing and Infrastructure
17th February 2016
Purpose of the Advice On 17 February 2016 we published Draft Planning Delivery Advice on Housing and Infrastructure. The main purpose of the advice is to assist in the preparation of development plans by helping to provide clarity on how housing and infrastructure requirements can be clearly identified and programmed for delivery. The advice builds…
Independent Planning Review Online Discussion Forum
4th February 2016
UPDATE: Due to an enthusiastic response the online forum will now remain open until midday on 29th February. Thank you for all your contributions so far. Haven’t posted yet? Sign up today and make your views heard. Having your say As part of the on-going review of planning, the independent panel launched a call for…
Planning Decisions
25th January 2016
Ever wondered what happens when a planning application is notified to Scottish Ministers? Planning Decisions is a small team of civil servants and professional planners who process and assess cases notified to Ministers under Circular 3/2009: Notification of Planning Applications. This brings us into contact with lots of interesting and high profile cases, some big,…
Improved ePlanning portal launches
13th January 2016
A new eplanning system, launched January 13. 2016, will save applicants and local authorities almost £6m a year. The revamped version of ePlanning Scotland – now ePlanning.scot – lets individuals, architects and agents submit and manage planning applications online, saving millions. The upgrade will help secure the long term future of the service and enable…
Supplementary Guidance on Wind Energy – good example guidance.
11th January 2016
The Scottish Government were recently issued with a Notice of Intention to Adopt Supplementary Guidance on Wind Energy for South Ayrshire. We were impressed with the content and format of the document and its compliance with national policy, guidance and advice. As such we believe this Supplementary Guidance to be a good example of how…
Lessons learned from the Aussie housing challenge.
14th December 2015
Ian Gilzean is Chief Architect within Planning & Architecture Division. In December last year Ian flew out to begin a three-month secondment with Melbourne University and guest blogs to share his experience of working in Australia. In the past 18 months Planning and Architecture Division has seen a great deal of collaboration with the city…
Place standard Launch
10th December 2015
The new Place Standard tool for Scotland was launched today. Designed to support communities, public, private and third sectors, to work efficiently together, the Place Standard provides a framework to assess the quality of a place. Place Standard has been tested with stakeholders and piloted in communities across Scotland in 2015 and has been developed…
Planning Delivery Advice – Housing and Infrastructure
1st December 2015
Feedback on Stakeholder Workshops In June 2015 Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights, announced that new advice to improve planning for infrastructure and housing would be published towards the end of the year. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Scottish-Government-signals-planning-modernisation-19c7.aspx The purpose of the advice is to support the more effective delivery of housing and…
National Development Management Forum
25th November 2015
Building networks, engaging with others, and sharing good practice were key themes at this year’s National Development Management Forum, which took place yesterday 24th November, 2015 at Scottish Government’s office Victoria Quay, Edinburgh. The event brought together 100 delegates from planning authorities, the private sector, the Agencies and central Government, to discuss and share ideas…