Planning and Architecture

  • Upcoming Planning & Architecture News

    23rd March 2016 by

    From 24th March there are restrictions on communication until after May 5, Scottish Parliament Election http://ow.ly/Y4l9R  Here are some of our upcoming changes and projects during this pre-election period. We are seeking comments on our Draft Planning Delivery Advice: Housing and Infrastructure by March 31, 2016 to deliveryadvice@gov.scot. This draft advice has been issued in order to allow for further…

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  • Supplementary Guidance on Wind Energy – good example guidance.

    11th January 2016 by

    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…

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  • Lessons learned from the Aussie housing challenge.

    14th December 2015 by

    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…

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  • Scotland’s Towns Week…Celebrating Scotland’s towns

    18th November 2015 by

      This week marks Scotland towns week #STW15 – a celebration of Scottish towns centres and the people who work hard to protect them. And this month marks the second anniversary of the Town Centre Action Plan, the plan the Scottish Government published following the year long national review of town centres that concluded in…

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  • Drawing Places

    29th October 2015 by

    Pens were at the ready on 14th October for this year’s Drawing Places skills symposium. This was organised in advance of the Architecture and Design Scotland’s Place Challenge (Arbroath) which is being held this week to identify the issues challenging the role of town centres as sustainable places. The event was held at the Lighthouse,…

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