Leading figures from the homebuilding, legal and banking sectors joined together to celebrate their strong and emerging female talent as part of this year’s International Women’s Day. Supporting this year’s campaign theme, #BalanceforBetter, the event was organised by Taylor Wimpey
Homes For Scotland
Homes for Scotland has repeated its call for growth across all housing tenures as an increase in new build home completions masked a drop in the private sector. Yesterday’s Quarterly Housing Statistics for Scotland revealed a 4% increase in the number of new build homes completed across all se
Twenty-one of Scotland’s senior policy-shapers and key building experts, academics, and commentators were welcomed to a roundtable in Edinburgh earlier this year to debate: “What Kind of a Britain are we Building: Scotland?” The event was hosted by Niall Trafford, CEO of BRE a
More homes need to be built on small sites and myths surrounding landbanking by housebuilders busted if the 80,000 homes deficit that has arisen over the last decade is to be addressed, MSPs will hear today. Industry trade body Homes for Scotland said there has been a near 40% reduction in the amoun
Housebuiler industry body Homes for Scotland has called for a “more meaningful and inclusive” approach to analysing the country’s planning performance. Director of planning Tammy Swift-Adams has questioned the focus of official planning performance statistics, the latest of which r
As the level of housing completions continues to head in the right direction, the country’s home building industry has urged the Scottish Government to build on this positive news to enable it to deliver more of the homes Scotland’s growing population needs. Official statistics released
With the need for more new homes to address the country’s housing crisis top of the political agenda, ensuring high levels of quality and customer satisfaction is a matter of equal importance, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The message will be delivered to the audience of 150 senior in
Proposals to introduce new rights for communities to appeal planning decisions have failed to pass a key stage of the parliamentary legislative process. MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee voted against a series of amendments to the Scottish G
Tony Elliott will chair the Nation Council for Scotland CITB has today announced the new members of its Nations Councils for Scotland, England and Wales.
The Scottish Government is on track to meet its target of delivering 50,000 affordable homes over the duration of this Parliament, according to statistics in two newly published reports. Figures in the Housing Statistics Annual Key Trends report show an increase of 745 homes (4%) across all sectors,
Nicola Barclay Political parties must reverse cuts to local authority budgets and understand the barriers which are preventing housing delivery if they are to fully address Scotland’s housing demand, according to Homes for Scotland.
Tammy Swift-Adams Scotland’s home building industry has applauded the recommendations of an independent Reporter which will ensure SESplan 2 – the next strategic development plan for South East Scotland – not only meets housing need and demand in the region but also supports wider economic gro
RTPI Scotland has joined forces with a number of high profile organisations in a letter sent to the Scottish Government and MSPs arguing for a change of direction in the Scottish Planning Bill. In an edited letter published in The Herald on June 29, the signatories called for the new legislation to
Nicola Barclay Scotland’s home builders have welcomed official statistics showing a 4.8 per cent increase in the total number of housing completions in 2017 (17,739) but highlighted the long road that lies ahead in tackling the country’s housing crisis as the figures equated to just 806 extra ne
Nicola Barclay Homes for Scotland (HFS) has published a discussion paper on the actions required to meet the country's housing need and demand.