Scottish Government begins £3bn Green Investment Oct 22, 2019 Scotland has issued the first call under its £3bn Green Investment Portfolio (GIP) programme for projects seeking large-scale private investment. The Scottish government are revealing details of their plans at our upcoming Energy Development Conference. Wind, solar and energy storage schemes are among the technologies eligible for support, which includes potential access to capital through […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Legal & General Invest £750m in Affordable Homes Oct 22, 2019 Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) is investing £750m to new affordable housing projects across the UK – increasing its development pipeline to nearly 3,500 homes over different 41 projects. L&G speaking about some of these projects at our upcoming Essex event in November. Continuing its aim to become the UK’s leading Institutional Registered Provider […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Ballymore Lodge Plans For Dublin’s Tallest Tower Oct 17, 2019 Developer Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore Group will submit a fast-track planning application to An Bord Pleanála today for the development of a 23-storey apartment block in Dublin city centre. Ballymore are speaking at our upcoming Ireland event. The proposed tower forms part of the wider Connolly Quarter mixed-use scheme, Ballymore and its Singapore-based partner, Oxley Holdings, are aiming to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
New Gas-Fired Power Station Approved for Swansea Oct 17, 2019 A new £90 million gas-fired power station in Swansea has been given the go-ahead. The application for Abergelli Power Station, submitted by Drax Group Plc, was referred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for the final decision. Drax Group are speaking at our upcoming energy development conference. The decision to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Planning Permission given for New Garden Village in Hampshire Oct 17, 2019 Outline planning permission has been granted for the Welborne Garden Village scheme in Hampshire, which incorporates a new community of up to 6,000 homes with supporting shops and community facilities, employment space, schools, parks and open spaces. [emaillocker id=”71749″] The proposal from Buckland Development, which has been approved by Fareham Borough Council, also includes detailed […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
“New Localism” How Developers are Creating Scotland’s Future Places Oct 16, 2019 The decline of the traditional high street and the need to create a new forms of community have been omnipresent in the news media. Paul Hanegraaf of Creative Navigate at Milligan defined their attitude to redevelopment as “Placemaking to us is not gravity and rainwater, it’s not buildings, it’s about people”. [emaillocker id=”71749″] Milligan are […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Housebuilding “Key Economic Growth Sector” for Scotland Oct 16, 2019 Nicola Barclay, Chief Executive of Homes for Scotland emphasised incredible importance of the house building industry for Scotland, saying that “Homebuilding supports 80,000 jobs and contributes £370m to government and local finances and also contributes to social wellbeing”. She discussed how historical lack of building was a significant challenge for the country, she said in […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Chief Planner Claims Improvements to the “Whole System” for Process In Scotland Oct 16, 2019 This June MSPs finished what Chief Planner for the Scottish government John McNairny described as a “lengthy and controversial process” to pass the 2019 Planning Act to reform the system. The bill introduces new requirements for councils to appoint chief planning officers to prepare regional plans and manage changes for communities. McNairny said that the […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Technological Innovation Shaping 21st century Scottish Infrastructure Oct 16, 2019 Scotland’s is seeing the emergence of “A new type of infrastructure asset classes, 5G networks, EVs, Carbon capture storage” Kerry Alexander, Director of Infrastructure, Finance & Programmes at the Scottish Futures Trust told delegates. Alexander told the conference of the of the many new considerations involved in such infrastructure “Ambition is fantastic, infrastructure must be […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Scottish government Focused on ‘Leveling Up’ Skills and Communities Oct 16, 2019 The Scottish Government is focusing on ‘leveling up’ it’s workforce according to Head of Investment, Kat Feldinger. Speaking at the Scotland Development Conference Feldinger spoke about the devaluation of vocational education saying that it was previously seen as “second hand” and “not on parity” with the academic route, but this has “changed massively in the […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
