Scotland round-up: Green light for redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children site; Glasgow Airport transport links move

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 2 February-8 February, 2019
Green light for redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children site
Proposals to demolish part of a former children’s hospital in Edinburgh to make way for an ambitious mixed-use development involving student accommodation and housing were approved this week.
The Planner
Glasgow Airport transport links move
A Personal Rapid Transit shuttle pod between Glasgow Airport and Paisley Gilmour Street has emerged as an alternative to a full tram-train rail link between the city and the airport. A business case for these proposals is now being worked up following a meeting between Glasgow and Renfrewshire council leaders, Scotland’s transport secretary and Glasgow Airport.
Glasgow Evening Times
Planning performance penalties urged
Industry body Homes for Scotland has reiterated its view that there should be penalty clause in the forthcoming planning bill to encourage better performance by planning authorities.
Homes for Scotland
MSPs say carbon cutting is key to oil and gas support
A boost for the country’s flagging oil and gas industry should not be finalised without a detailed plan for tackling climate change, a group of influential MPs have warned in a UK Parliamentary report.
UK Parliament
Scotland is entering a ‘new era’ in which thousands of hectares of land will be transformed into forest every year, ministers have pledged.
Glasgow Herald
Channel 4 eyes Merchant City base in Glasgow
A historic building in the Merchant City is set to be the new home of Channel 4 when it opens its new offices in Glasgow.
Glasgow Herald
Highland Council has agreed to invest in infrastructure improvements for Dingwall that will unlock the development of 150 additional houses in the town.
Scottish Housing News
Another student development for Glasgow
A project to transform a former school in Glasgow’s West End into student accommodation has been given the green light.
Sottish Construction Now
Cairngorms National Park LDP makes waves
Cairngorms National Park Authority’s has started consulting on its proposed local development plan for the period 2020-2025, which includes plans for up to 250 new homes on land owned by the Invercauld Estate, currently used as the car park for the Ballater Highland Games.
Cairngorms National Park Authority and The Scotsman
Waverley Centre rooftop plaza progresses
Proposals to develop a plaza on top of Edinburgh’s Waverley Mall have been given the thumbs up by councillors in a move which will provide an area for a performance space, farmers’ markets, pop-ups, live music and an open-air cinema.
Edinburgh Evening News
Knockroon eco-development doubts
Fresh doubts have emerged over the future of Knockroon, the pioneering eco-village envisaged by Prince Charles’s flagship charitable foundation as a “model community for Scotland” after the entire project – billed as a tartan rival to Poundbury in Dorset – was placed under review.
The Scotsman
Dumfries town centre auction setback
A group aiming to revive Dumfries town centre has missed out at auction on properties it hoped to buy as part of its ambitious Midsteeple Quarter project initiative.
The Scottish Journal and The Scotsman
Communities across Scotland are to benefit from more than £700,000 additional funding to improve flood protection.
Scottish Government
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