Scotland round-up: Scotland to regulate short-term lets; New-build green heating on the cards in Scotland
A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 4 January-10 January, 2020
Scotland to regulate short-term lets
Scottish housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced that local authorities will be able to implement a licensing scheme for short-term lets from spring 2021.
The Planner
New-build green heating on the cards in Scotland
The Scottish Government has announced that building regulations are to be changed so all that new homes use renewable or low-carbon heating from 2024.
The Planner
Be a planning radical at The Planner Live
Got something original to say and a burning desire to tell your fellow planners? We’re looking for four RTPI members to give five-minute speed presentations at The Planner Live on 29-30 June 2020.
The Planner
Landmark deal for Midlothian new town
Midlothian Council and the developers behind the new town of Shawfair have signed a pioneering landmark sustainable growth agreement that commits them to delivering a well-designed, sustainable community to promote wellbeing and healthy lifestyles. This initiative involves the local authority, the developer and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Midlothian Council
Green light for Kirkcaldy masterplan
Councillors have approved a masterplan from Cala Management to deliver about 1,200 homes, a primary school, and retail units in Kirkcaldy.
Scottish Construction Now
Proposals for a 265-home scheme in Cambusbarron have been rejected by Stirling councillors as overdevelopment.
Scottish Housing News
Plans to create a city region-wide Glasgow Metro tram network are gathering momentum following an agreement on the financing of the first phase – a link between the airport and Paisley.
Glasgow Herald
The government has begun consulting on plans to update the planning performance and fee regimes in a move reflecting ministerial commitment to the principle that any increases in planning fees must be linked to improved performance.
Scottish Government
Cockenzie power station redevelopment refused
East Lothian Council has rejected a planning application from space technologies company Skyrora Limited to erect an equipment testing facility, office and storage structures at the former Cockenzie power station site.
Scottish Construction Now
Aldi has announced plans to open another six stores in Scotland this year, including two in Glasgow and one in Edinburgh.
Glasgow Herald
Residents in Fort William, Aviemore and Grantown are being given the chance to hire electric bikes to improve their fitness, mobility and ability to get about their rural communities more easily in a pilot scheme promoted by HITRANS, the regional transport partnership for the Highlands and Islands.
The Highlands Council
Pentland Hills Regional Park blueprint
Residents and visitors to Pentland Hills Regional Park are being consulted on a new 10-year strategic plan.
Edinburgh City Council
Queen’s Park Football Club’s proposals for a 1,700-seater stadium at Lesser Hampden in Glasgow have been granted planning permission.
Scottish Construction Now
Midlothian multi-activity project makes waves
Proposals to transform Midlothian Snowsport Centre into an all-year-round, multi-activity leisure facility have moved forward. An application has been lodged for planning in principle for the scheme, which will include the UK’s highest zip line and longest alpine coaster.
Scottish Construction Now
The National Trust for Scotland has unveiled plans to invest more than £700,000 to repurpose the historic House of Dun, an A-listed Georgian mansion, as a historical park for Angus.
Scottish Construction Now
Edinburgh hotel gets the go-ahead
The city council has approved a £32 million Nyx Hotel to be built in the capital’s Jeffrey Street, making it the brand’s first hotel in the UK. The scheme also includes 31 new homes.
Scottish Construction Now
The iconic ‘lost’ distillery of Port Ellen is set be revamped after plans were approved by Argyll & Bute Council. It will see the historic pagoda-roofed kiln house restored alongside the creation of new state-of-the-art production facilities.
Scottish Construction Now
Proposals for major new salmon farming projects on the Isle of Arran and off Eigg in the Inner Hebrides are facing fierce opposition from locals.
The Guardian and Glasgow Herald
Edinburgh ‘Disneyfication’ struggle
An alliance of permanent residents and community enterprises has mobilised in a struggle to curb what they see as the ‘Disneyfication’ of the capital with such developments as the controversial Christmas market and the Hogmanay celebrations.
The Observer
Prison application lodged with Edinburgh council
Proposals to build a replacement for Barlinnie Prison on derelict former gas industry land at Provanmill in Glasgow have been submitted to the city council by the Scottish Prison Service.
Scottish Construction Now
151-home plan submitted in Glasgow
Swan Group has submitted plans for 151 flats beside Newhall Street in Glasgow’s East End.
Scottish Construction Now
Business park plans lodged with Angus Council
Detailed proposals for a business park and a phased 250-home residential development at Pitskelly in Carnoustie have been submitted to Angus Council.
Scottish Construction Now
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