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April 20, 2011
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has revealed the first sites to be released through the land disposal programme as announced in the Budget. HCA will use its experience and property assets to bring forward sites for development at an accelerated rate, which will allow more homes to be delivered on its land. The Agency [...]
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April 20, 2011
Outline planning permission to build a new village on the Isle of Skye was granted yesterday by local planning authority the Highland Council. The proposed development includes 93 homes, offices, sports facilities and a shop. If completed, it would link the two campuses of Scotland’s national centre for Gaelic language and culture, located on both [...]
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April 14, 2011
One of its lesser reported, but still significant announcements, was plans for pilot schemes in which public land with planning permission is auctioned off to developers. The Government is hoping that trialling the land disposal element of the land auctions model will boost development, because it allows for councils to capture most of the rise [...]