tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post7935885697049813963..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Doing anything Monday night? (13th)Graisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-49218132635402766702010-12-10T15:51:45.878+00:002010-12-10T15:51:45.878+00:00Couldn't there be a design competition for Arc...Couldn't there be a design competition for Architecture/Town Planning students at say Grays/Edinburgh/Glasgow School of Art to come up with proposals.<br />I'm sure they did that as part of Ian Wood's plan for concreting over Union Terrace Gardens to turn it into a 'Plaza' and from what I remember, the student ideas looked far better than the professionals ones. <br />It may Nairnachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027373926599351418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-18198667928373737142010-12-07T17:40:28.437+00:002010-12-07T17:40:28.437+00:00Thanks IainThanks IainGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-54266955071948187522010-12-07T17:39:08.507+00:002010-12-07T17:39:08.507+00:00Council house building incentive scheme outlined b...Council house building incentive scheme outlined by Danny Alexander MP at a Federation of Small Business meeting in Inverness two weeks ago. Must be a policy statement somewhere.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-41795262852997648792010-12-07T17:23:23.232+00:002010-12-07T17:23:23.232+00:00It's a pity Sandown ended up such a mess with ...It's a pity Sandown ended up such a mess with 'weapons of mass construction' Trying to build with such huge numbers of houses was not acceptable to the community but something of less density would have been. <br />Perhaps a lot of very good homes could have been built by now by housing associtions etc to take Nairnshire people off the waiting listGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-4062314835559187902010-12-07T17:21:30.530+00:002010-12-07T17:21:30.530+00:00@ Iain - have you got a source for that informatio...@ Iain - have you got a source for that information Iain?Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-59333460889304159132010-12-07T16:19:37.944+00:002010-12-07T16:19:37.944+00:00Such is the drive to build new homes, the Council ...Such is the drive to build new homes, the Council receive an amount equal to the Council Tax - for a period of 6 years. That is a powerful incentive to build flats instead of considering other options.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-53133407728643712162010-12-07T09:52:12.676+00:002010-12-07T09:52:12.676+00:00Perhaps flats bring in more council tax per square...Perhaps flats bring in more council tax per square foot than any other options? Surely that cannot be the reason that the council is so keen on them regardless of what locals would like to see? Could it be?...Seafieldnoreply@blogger.com