46 - Alloa and town centre living with Steve Malone, Johnny Cadell and Grant Baxter

The Scottish Housing News Podcast

Kieran Findlay is joined by Steve Malone and Johnny Cadell, both principal architects at Architecture & Design Scotland, and Grant Baxter, the planning & building standards team leader at Clackmannanshire Council, to tell the story of a town centre development at Primrose Street in Alloa.

Together they share their experiences of working to support the multi-generational housing project, explore the collaborative policy, design, community engagement and procurement processes involved in the journey and reveal how the project became a catalyst for regeneration not just in the town centre, but in nearby Alva and across Clackmannanshire.

Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here:

https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-placemakers-of-the-world-unite

Further reading:

• Town Centre Living Report - https://www.scottishfuturestrust.org.uk/publications/documents/town-centre-living-report
• The original case study on the Place Standard work in Alloa - https://www.ads.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-05/case-study-place-standard-alloa-2020.pdf
• Article on the Norwegian delegation visit in connection with Place Standard use in Alloa - https://www.ads.org.uk/blog/place-standard-tool-norwegian-colleagues-visit-scotland
• Case study on town centre living work in Alloa - https://www.ads.org.uk/blog/town-centre-living-primrose-street-alloa
• ADS report on Alva - https://www.ads.org.uk/case-study/alva-pathfinder
• ADS report on A Caring Place - https://www.ads.org.uk/resource/town-centre-living-ten-principles-caring-place

Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner.

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