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Housing and homelessness, Society

Covid-19 planning laws ‘captured’ by property developers

Ally Tibbitt on May 1, 2020May 4, 2020

Rule changes during the Covid-19 pandemic favour property developers and risk shutting the public out from the planning system, say Scottish civic groups.

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New housing estates fail people by favouring cars, says study

Rob Edwards on July 29, 2018April 6, 2019

New housing estates in Scotland have been branded “car sick” because they pander to drivers at the expense of pedestrians, public transport and bikes.

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Bid for more power for communities fighting developers

Rob Edwards on May 28, 2018April 6, 2019

Scottish ministers are coming under concerted pressure to give communities across Scotland stronger rights to resist property developers proposing controversial building schemes.

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‘Dysfunctional’ Help to Buy subsidy should be scrapped, say critics

Ally Tibbitt on December 4, 2017August 19, 2019

The Scottish Government has been urged to drop Help to Buy subsidies for home-buyers after data reveals it mainly benefits big house-builders.

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Homes for Scotland

Housing and homelessness, Society

Covid-19 planning laws ‘captured’ by property developers

Environment

New housing estates fail people by favouring cars, says study

Environment

Bid for more power for communities fighting developers

Housing and homelessness

‘Dysfunctional’ Help to Buy subsidy should be scrapped, say critics

Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms