PPS Scotland has been named ‘Best Supporting Company’ at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2013. The glittering awards ceremony, held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Friday 17th May, saw over 800 industry professional’s and dignitaries attend, with PPS Scotland proudly walking away with one of the highly coveted awards.
Upon receiving the award, Donald [...]
PPS was delighted to organise the launch for one of Scotland’s largest City Centre regeneration projects this week on behalf of Jansons Property. The event attracted a large turnout from the Scottish Property sector, with agents , developers and the community all well represented. The event provided a ‘Topping Out’ launch for the proposals for a 257 [...]
Now that the dust has settled following last week’s County Council elections, how has the political landscape changed?
Broadly speaking the 35 Councils contested last week, tended to be rural or southern – traditionally Conservative areas. Prior to the election, the Conservative Party controlled 28 County Councils and has subsequently lost control of 10. Eight of [...]
In the wake of DECC Minister Greg Barker’s decision to reject Halite Energy’s application for an underground gas storage facility in Lancashire, PPS asks what is the role of politics in the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) decision making process?
‘Democratic accountability’
Set up in 2009, the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) was hailed as a fast-track regime [...]