Scottish Property Federation

The Scottish Government has today opened a consultation on proposals to increase fees and resources for major planning applications. The consultation paper seeks views on a new fee maximum of £125,000 for major applications for most categories of development (£62,500 for applications for planning

Paul Curran Paul Curran, managing director of Edinburgh-based Quartermile Developments, has been announced as the new chairman of the Scottish Property Federation (SPF).

A new report into Scotland’s planning system has found that planning decisions in major cities are lagging behind the rest of the UK in terms of both speed and volume. An annual planning survey published by the Scottish Property Federation and GL Hearn is the first time data taken from the Scottis

Chris Stewart Cabinet secretary for the economy Keith Brown and property developer Chris Stewart will today co-chair the inaugural Scottish Real Estate Forum, established to underline the status of the property sector as a key economic driver.

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

Derek Mackay Thirteen of Scotland’s leading business organisations have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary for finance and the constitution seeking a reversal of the decision to double the Business Rates Large Business Supplement from 1.3p to 2.6p.

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the 5 per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT).

The Atria building in Edinburgh The value of sales in the Scottish commercial property market has increased by £200 million in the second quarter of 2016 to £819m despite a 13 per cent fall in investment values to £382m, according to new statistics.

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).

Pam Ewen RTPI Scotland and the Scottish Property Federation have welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will seek to simplify and strengthen the planning system with a White Paper later this year and a Planning Bill in 2017.

Vaughan Hart Industry bodies have blamed rates relief changes for a 28 year low slump in Scottish industrial construction output.

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

David Melhuish The value of Scotland’s commercial property sales in the first quarter of 2016 fell by over 40 per cent, according to new figures from the Registers of Scotland.

David Melhuish Scottish Property Federation director David Melhuish summarises the latest developments in Scottish real estate policy, and explains what is being done to attract investment into Scotland’s cities.

David Melhuish Scottish Labour’s plans to revaluate the country’s residential properties have been welcomed by the Scottish Property Federation.