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    Category: New towns

    Vauban reflections

    IT was 12 years ago when I wrote up my experiences of a visit to Vauban. I had been part of a Scottish Government delegation…

    admin June 6, 2022

    Adding up all those green fields into a new town

    If we are relaxed (at least relatively) at the prospect of housing on ‘greenfield’ sites, why not encourage these developments to amalgamate into a single,…

    admin March 12, 2022

    What we might learn from Scotland’s New Towns

    SCOTLAND’s New Towns (East Kilbride 1947, Glenrothes 1948, Cumbernauld 1956, Livingston 1962 and Irvine 1966) were an early example of so-called ‘public interest-led development’ (PILD), set up in the…

    admin April 13, 2021

    New town dreams. If I could wave a magic wand…

    IF I could wave a magic wand, I would invest in a brand-new conurbation between Edinburgh and Glasgow called ‘Glasburgh’ (I admit, I’ve borrowed the…

    admin November 2, 2020

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