Jill Armstrong By Jill Armstrong, head of commercial management at Speirs Gumley
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A church has been forced to remove a huge 12ft wooden cross – because it forgot to apply for planning consent. The Scotsman reports that the cross was fixed last month to the outside of the Grade B-listed Gilfillan Memorial Church, in Dundee, which was built in 1887.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr William Dunn
An independent survey into the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has criticised the body for having “little or no impact on its primary mission of encouraging the provision of training” among the sector’s SMEs. Research released today by Hudson Contract found that only 9 per cent of
The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary The private finance schemes used to fund Scotland’s roads, schools and hospitals are to be investigated by Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission to evaluate whether projects offer public value for money.
View of the development looking south A two-year development programme set to revitalise the St James Church site in Portobello is set to start early next year after phase one of the Edinburgh project was given the go-ahead.
Senior planning officials have rejected Donald Trump’s plans to expand his Aberdeenshire golf resort by building 2,750 new homes and holiday flats. The President-elect had bid to build a far less ambitious and cheaper version of the vast holiday and sports resort he originally fought for in 20
Sheppard Robson has submitted plans to East Ayrshire Council for the 23,000m2 Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus. Situated on a 19.8 hectare, urban fringe site – the school consolidates five disparate schools into one campus, creating a centre for education for the towns of Cumnock and neigh
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Glasgow City Council, Mr Ciaran Buchanan, Exchange House, 231 George Street, Glasgow
Alan Brown Edinburgh-based CALA Group today said it is set to deliver record profits and new homes for the fifth year in a row as it hailed a “very strong” performance for the first half.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Raglan Development Ltd
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Storage Vault / Starbucks
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: East Renfrewshire Council
Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred contractor to deliver one of Scotland’s largest and most ambitious education projects through a two-stage design and build process.
Tammy Adams Homes for Scotland has said it is “extremely disappointed” with the Scottish Government’s proposals for changes in planning policy which it argues will only “exacerbate Scotland’s chronic housing shortfall”.


