At the packed Hutter’s Rally in Dundee yesterday, Lesley Riddoch was quick to introduce delegates to the elephant in the room: land reform is perhaps the most pressing requirement for a more rapid growth of hutting in Scotland. Our near neighbour Norway, with it’s similar population but diverse land ownership pattern, has one hut for […]
Planning Perceptions and Rural Scotland
Rural-Proofing the Planning Process
Another stimulating Rural Housing Scotland conference last week threw up countless options for blogging. Evidence shows ’rural’ affordable housing investment is tending to end up largely in urban settlements. Are homes built in Inverness, or Ayr, or Dumfries truly rural? There was much talk of rural housing ‘enablers’. We need more and better support for […]