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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Probe call over North Lanarkshire council land deal
The land at the centre of the affair currently has a golf course on it
A council is set to launch an internal inquiry amid fears that millions of pounds have been lost through insider trading over a land deal.
North Lanarkshire Council sold 84 acres of land near Cumbernauld.
But the day after the new [...]
Donald Trump using bully tactics, claims Aberdeenshire estate resident
Homeowner refuses to sell to make way for tycoon’s golf resort
By Gillian Bell – Press and Journal
DEFIANT David Milne is refusing to sell his Hermit Point home to the Trump Organisation.
The angry homeowner lives in the middle of Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire estate and has [...]