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Pivotal time for housing

Homes for Scotland welcomes director of policy

fionna Kell
Homes for Scotland has appointed Fionna Kell to the position of director of policy. Responsible for developing and driving forward the organisation’s wider policy objectives as set out in itsRead More

Barclay urges better planning

Call for housing action amid ‘worrying drop in activity’

Nicola Barclay HFS conf
Nicola Barclay: ‘Latest figures show a worrying drop in private sector activity’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Housing industry leaders have told Communities and Local Government Secretary Aileen Campbell that theRead More

Industry demands change

Housebuilders ‘need more help’ to meet homes shortfall

Nicola Barclay HFS conf
Nicola Barclay: ‘misconceptions’   More homes need to be built on small sites to help bridge an 80,000 shortfall across Scotland, according to the industry’s trade body. Homes for ScotlandRead More

Call for better measurement

Planning decisions still taking twice the legal time limit

Tammy Swift Adams
Planning decisions are still taking more than twice the legal time limit, according to new figures obtained by a housing group. Homes for Scotland said data it has received showsRead More

Minister speaks of more help

Support for planning may feature in Mackay’s Budget

Aileen Campbell HFS conf
Aileen Campbell: Budget coming up (pic: Terry Murden)   Further measures to support the planning system may be outlined in Derek Mackay’s Budget next month, according to Communities and LocalRead More

Labour regrets decision

Building groups relief over third party planning verdict

Tammy Swift Adams
Building trade bodies have welcomed a Scottish government committee’s decision to resist calls for a third party right of appeal on planning verdicts. However, Labour MSPs and a campaign groupRead More

Industry backs recommendations

Greenfield land needed to meet housing demand

Building homes on greenfield land will be required to meet demand for homes in south east Scotland, says a report for the Scottish government.

Barclay attacks regulatory hurdles

Homes tally welcome ‘but well short of meeting demand’

Nicola Barclay 2
Scotland’s home builders today said an increase in the number of dwellings built last year was welcome news, but fell well short of meeting demand.

New paper published

Homes group says debate ‘misunderstands’ housing needs

Nicola Barclay 1
House builders in Scotland say many reforms currently being proposed fail to recognise the challenges facing the industry.

Brexit 'making problem worse'

Skills crisis hits third of house builders

Fountainbridge homes
Almost a third of housebuilders (31%) claim they are suffering a skills shortage