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Minister for local government, housing & planning Kevin Stewart reflects on a big week in the world of planning in Scotland. There is an especially busy and exciting period ahead for Scotland’s planning system.

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar has lodged plans for a new Bernera Bridge to link the Isle of Lewis and Great Bernera.

Plans have been unveiled to construct a large-scale renewable energy park designed to deliver between 150 – 200 megawatts of green energy to supply to the Scottish grid, with the capacity to power tens of thousands of homes across the north-east of Scotland. It is estimated that 1500 jobs will

Planning consent has been granted for a new life sciences innovation centre on Inverness Campus.

A full-scale house designed for future life on Mars has received planning permission in Bristol. The house is the outcome of an ongoing public art project, ‘Building a Martian House’.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Surjit Chowdhary

Guidance has been published for the housebuilding industry ahead of new regulations on sprinklers coming into effect next year. The changes mean all new-build social homes, flats, and shared multi-occupied residential buildings must be fitted with automatic fire suppression systems from March 2021.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) has announced plans to approve large grant funding of up to £0.5 billion for up to 160 new company projects before the end of the financial year. Together, these projects have the potential to unlock investment by businesses into Scotland’s economy, creating or s

New guidance for developers on connecting to or creating district heating systems could be adopted by Dundee City Council.

A programme to facilitate more self-build housing developments across Glasgow is to be launched following the success of a pilot initiative. Glasgow City Council was the first in Scotland to set up a self-build register (now with more than 300 entries), facilitate a unique council enabled self-build

The new Scottish National Investment Bank has been set three core missions to ensure it addresses the “grand challenges” facing Scotland. Now approved by MSPs, the missions state that the Bank should:

Construction of a new temporary bund along a section of the Old Military Road (OMR) is to begin immediately to help increase protection on the route which acts as a local diversion to the A83 Rest and Be Thankful, transport secretary Michael Matheson has revealed.

A director at Borders architectural practice Aitken Turnbull is stepping down after 21 years to continue the development of an innovative technology created to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia. David Burgher is leaving the Galashiels-based firm to focus

Story Contracting has appointed Bobby Forbes as commercial director to its Story Scotland division. Mr Forbes brings with him over 30 years of experience and will support Story Scotland with its strategic growth plans and ensure that its commercial team has the capability and capacity to meet

For the third year running, Redpath Construction has supported the Jimmy Dunnachie Family Learning Centre in Darnley with a Christmas toy donation.