http://liz-gilchrist.co.uk/nairn-enquiry-550-homes/
Nairn development public enquiry commences.
Good article by Press and Journal’s two reporters Jonny Muir and Iain Ramage.
This application was turned down by the Councillors because of their concerns?
Why are the same rules not put in place for all developments within the region.
Developments will happen, they have to. Increasing population demands require more homes and [...]
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Deveron Homes – Public enquiry in Nairn starts today
Towns and Cities – UK Carbuncle awards 2010
Inverness up for ugly award
The Highland capital is on a shortlist of the UK’s worst eyesores
Inverness has emerged as a surprise contender to be shamed as the country’s most dismal city in the inaugural UK Carbuncle awards.
The Highland capital could earn the dubious honour after a panel of UK architects and designers singled it out [...]
Architects and designers include highland capital in nominations for 2010 carbuncle awards
Inverness in the running to become UK’s ugliest city
By Iain Ramage – Press and Journal
Published: 25/01/2010
The Highland capital is a contender to be named the UK’s ugliest city. A panel of architects and designers included Inverness in the nominations for the UK-wide Carbuncle Awards.
It [...]
Tories to give “struggling locals the chance to build own rural homes”
Grant Shapps, the shadow housing minister is off to Cornwall today – a Tory/Lib Dem battleground county at the next election where the Lib Dems defend all six seats, most of which are pretty high on the Tory target list.
Mr Shapps will be there to announce a policy seeking to address the problem of [...]
Highland Housing Fair – Scotland’s Housing Expo – 2009 – 2010 – 2011 or Never?
Taxpayers may face Housing Expo bill in the event of cancellation
Council chief makes clear public will pick up the tab if event does not go ahead
By jonny muir – Press and Journal
Published: 16/11/2009
The taxpayer will pick up the tab if a multimillion-pound exhibition showcasing [...]
Major new homes plan reconsidered – South West region of England
Some 29,623 homes would need to be built in the region annually
The government has announced it is to rethink controversial plans to build more than half a million new homes in the South West region of England.
The Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West (RSSSW) proposed 592,460 new homes to meet official predictions [...]
Pollphail at Portavadie ‘Ghost village’ to be demolished
A village built in Argyll to meet the demands of the UK oil boom of the 1970s but abandoned without ever being occupied is set for a new role.
Pollphail at Portavadie was to house workers needed to construct concrete oil rigs, but the plan was abandoned.
The site’s owner Alan [...]
Highland Housing Fair – Local Community Totally Misled
Housing fair brochure branded ‘fabrication of reality’
HUNDREDS of glossy brochures promoting a controversial housing project on the outskirts of Inverness are to be destroyed after it was discovered they contained misleading information.
By Val Sweeney – Inverness Courier
Copies of the 26-page booklet, showcasing the Highland Housing Fair, were distributed at the Scottish Parliament in a move [...]
Highland Housing Fair – Brochure described as “absolute fiction”
A new dawn for the Housing Fair at Milton of Leys looks increasingly unlikely. Gary Anthony
Is sun setting on housing fair?
By Val Sweeney – Inverness Courier
A CONTROVERSIAL housing project scheduled to take place in Inverness next year could be in doubt as all the funding is not yet in place.
The Highland Housing Fair, which is [...]