Nairn gets seriously NICE
The Gurn reports that the recent community uprising against Highland Council’s planning fiascos has resulted in the legal formation of the Nairn Improvement Community Enterprise, or NICE, for short. According to the press release on the NICE website: At a meeting on Thursday 28 October some thirty concerned residents of Nairn, including representatives of all [...]
Streetscape: the final verdict?
So, the barriers are finally removed, traffic is allowed back up the High Street, and Streetscape is finished. Lack of political will and leadsership seems to have left everyone with an attempt at compromise, that pleases no one, and addresses nothing. The big problem is that Nairn was lucky to receive the Streetscape funding, which [...]
Maggot Flats completed
The flats by the maggot have been completed a little while now, with the builders removing the last of their equipment from the site over the past few weeks. Certainly they’ve been no stranger to controversy, and they looked awful going up over the summer. However, they look a lot better now they are completed. [...]
Pylons compromise with buried cables
Interesting to see some of the compromises coming out about the revamp of the Beauly to Denny powerline, with at least 40 miles of the new transmission line destined to run underground: Scheme to reduce impact of Beauly Denny power line The measures now approved by ministers are: * 6km of line and pylons around [...]
RAF Lossiemouth to close: Welcome Space Port Lossiemouth?
The strategic defence spending review looks like it confirms at least one of the Moray RAF bases will definitely close: The decision to axe the replacement Nimrod MRA4 reconnaissance planes – a project Mr Cameron said had cost more than £3bn and was more than eight years late – puts the future of RAF Kinloss, [...]
The exaggerated death of Nairn
“Reports of my death have been somewhat exaggerated.” A series of posts on the Gurn highlight some people crowing that Nairn is dead – underneath the satire of course is a real concern for recent planning to fill the town centre with yet more flats, at a time when the streetscape development of the High [...]
Highland Council’s poor planning
The Gurn raises a big heads up about the Highland Council’s appalling suggestions for redeveloping the town centre. Let’s underscore one thing – the derelict buildings owned by the Co-op are in the town centre. And as the town of Nairn grows according to recent planning briefs by Scotia, Cawdor, and Deveron, Nairn will need [...]
Nairn South Masterplan: Enquiry by Design Process, Nairn Charrette Report
One of the more interesting development documents I’ve seen for a while, laying out the aspirations of expanding Nairn southwards, is now available online: http://www.scotia-homes.co.uk/nairn/1872CharretteRpt090223_Sm.pdf The development planning by Barratts, Robertsons, and Scotia, to push the town south has been mentioned before in council and ward meetings, but now the plans are set out in [...]
Nairn in Uproar!
Nairn in uproar? Or so you’d think reading this week’s Nairnshire Telegraph. I can’t remember the last time I read such a load of NIMBY crap – everything must be objected to because, well, we’re a small town and equally size-minded about it! 1. Say no to green energy! Nairn River Council is to object [...]
Fly Inverness to Amsterdam with Flybe?
Now here’s some really interesting news from the BBC – the possibility that Flybe are about to add a route from Inverness airport to Amsterdam: Direct flights between Inverness and Amsterdam could be up and running by next summer, according to airline Flybe. It said it was close to concluding a deal with possible partners [...]