The shortlisted for the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2016 has been revealed.
The judges have shortlisted projects for this year in the four categories:
Plans - innovation in development planning ranging from strategic to settlements
Process - innovation in improving, or simplifying, any type of processes Place - innovation in any architectural building or place (built or natural) Partnership - innovation in working collaboratively, at any stage, within the planning process.
Applicant | Name |
Category |
Oberlanders Architects | Holyrood North Student Accommodation | Place |
Glasgow City | Bain Square public realm | Place |
LDA Design | St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow | Place |
Dundee City | Delivering Slessor Gardens | Place |
Loch Lomond | Built Heritage Repair Grant Scheme | Place |
Glasgow City | Abstract office development, St Vincent St, Glasgow | Place |
North Ayrshire | Saltcoats Town Hall | Place |
North Ayrshire | New house in the countryside at Meikle Auchengree | Place |
Falkirk | Redevelopment of Royal Scottish National Hospital Estate, Larbert | Place |
Smith Scott Mullan | The Nevis Forest and Resort Masterplan | Place |
City of Edinburgh | Edinburgh Open Space Strategy | Plans |
South Ayrshire | South Ayrshire LDP Story map | Plans |
Loch Lomond | Bringing LLNP DP to life | Plans |
Renfrewshire | Residential Design Guide | Plans |
Dumfries and Galloway | Dark Skies Friendly Lighting Guidance | Plans |
Dumfries and Galloway | Raising Design standards across the region | Plans |
Turnberry | Chapleton | Plans |
City of Edinburgh | Planning and Building Standards Lean Reviews | Process |
Cairngorms | Speyside Way Extension | Process |
West Dunbartonshire | Councillor involvement in pre-application stages of development | Process |
Dundee City | Engaging with the Place Standard tool | Process |
Dundee City | Developer information packs at Dundee Waterfront | Process |
Scottish Borders | Identifying potential heat from waste water projects | Process |
Dumfries and Galloway | Householder application Performance Improvement Project | Process |
Moray | Creating Places in Moray | Process |
Orkney Islands | Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters MSP | Partnership |
North Lanarkshire | The Houldsworth Centre | Partnership |
Fife | Forth Bridge World Heritage Partnership Project | Partnership |
Scottish Natural Heritage | Central Scotland Regional Waking and Cycling Network Development | Partnership |
Moray | Findrassie Masterplan | Partnership |
Scottish Borders | Glentress masterplan – SPG | Partnership |
Aberdeenshire | Portsoy CARS | Partnership |
BDP | Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan and Delivery Strategy | Partnership | Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview / facilitate a site visit and to prepare a presentation or video that explains the story of the project.
After the interviews or site visits the Judges will make their recommendations to the Scottish Ministers.
Awards will be given within each category as well as an Overall Winner at a ceremony in November 2016.