Scottish Housing Planning Hub to unlock delivery of new homes

A new Housing Planning Hub is set to increase the rate at which homes with planning permission are delivered in Scotland.

It is hoped this will stimulate housing supply and support economic growth.

The hub is set to be operational in early 2025.

There will also be three times the number of current student bursaries available to encourage more future planners and address staff shortages.

Public finance minister Ivan McKee said: “Planning has not created the housing emergency, but it can help us to find solutions to the challenges we are facing.

“The Scottish Government is focused on working with partner organisations to identify how our planning system can help to provide these solutions.

“This decisive and properly targeted action, based on evidence, will provide more homes and better places for people to live in.”