Public views and concerns are being ignored and I was totally bemused as to why!
Whilst I appreciate development must go ahead, I am equally concerned that Highland Council Planners and Councillors are not listening to the public. Care and thought must be given to good development which is appropriate and needed by the area.
Council members [...]
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New Homes in Fortrose, Scotland, Given Go Ahead
Deveron Homes – Public enquiry in Nairn starts today
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Companies House: Greenbelt Group Ltd – Status: Active – Proposal to Strike off
Greenbelt Group Ltd., face new threat, with Companies House public records now indicating that there is a proposal to strike off the company, presumed due to failure to file accounts.
Companies House records detailed below indicate that accounts should have been filed no later than 30th July 2009.
In a meeting attended by the Editor of Planning [...]
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 [...]
Greenbelt Group – Policy on open spaces unresolved
Mixed response on maintenance move
Policy on open spaces unresolved
By Leanna MacLarty – Press and Journal
EFFORTS by Aberdeenshire Council to prevent a land maintenance company from gaining control of public open spaces has received a mixed response from housing developers.
The local authority wrote to all [...]