Homes For Scotland

Tammy Adams Homes for Scotland (HFS) has promoted Tammy Adams to the position of director of planning, responsible for developing and promoting the organisation’s position on local, strategic and national planning policy and practice, and on the infrastructure and utilities needed to support devel

CITB strategic partnerships manager Michael Lennox and Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Homes for Scotland (HFS) have launched a new £250,000 scheme to train non-trade employees.

Ewan MacLeod The real estate and infrastructure practice of Shepherd and Wedderburn has agreed with Homes for Scotland to sponsor its annual conference.

Tammy Adams New quarterly statistics into housing development decision times show Scotland’s planning system is failing to deliver the homes Scots desperately need, according to Homes for Scotland.

Karen Campbell Industry body Homes for Scotland said the supply of housing in Scotland continues to lag behind increasing demand after new figures revealed a fall in housing completions.

After First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government to MSPs at Holyrood yesterday, Scottish Construction Now highlights the details and responses of interest to construction and the wider sector. Infrastructure investment

Tammy Adams The long-awaited approval of Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan (LDP) will not deliver the number of homes that the city needs, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned.

The average price of a house in Scotland rose by 4.6 per cent in June compared to last year, according to statistics from Registers of Scotland. The latest figures from the UK house price index (UK HPI) showed prices have risen to £143,282, 2.7 per cent higher than May.

Nicola Barclay Channelling accelerated capital funding into the delivery of more desperately needed homes would boost both jobs and the economy, according to Homes for Scotland.

Mandy Catterall Annual planning decision time statistics published by the Scottish Government have been met with a mixed reaction by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) and Homes for Scotland (HFS).

Tammy Adams Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s response to the report of the independent planning review panel, praising its commitment to strengthening and simplifying the planning system to achieve positive outcomes for Scotland, including the delivery

After a recent win of the coveted Homes for Scotland ‘‘Best Private Development of the Year’ award, for the Woodcroft development in Edinburgh’s Morningside area, Queensberry Properties, and partners, Telereal Trillium, have made it a double celebration, winning the Scottish Homes’ ‘Sho

Gordon Nelson New housebuilding figures for Scotland underline the severity of the challenge that the Scottish Government faces if it is to tackle the country’s housing crisis, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Scotland has warned.

Tammy Adams Scotland’s construction firms have said they have much to encourage them in their efforts to address the country’s chronic undersupply of housing following a review into Scotland’s planning system.

Nick Wright RTPI Scotland has broadly welcomed recommendations made following an independent review of the Scottish planning system.