Annexe C - Details of visits undertaken by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Visits undertaken by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee in Session 6DatePlaceMet with/learned aboutInquiry or legislationLate 2021Members of the Committee visited the Niddrie Road (Strathbungo East, Glasgow) EnerPHit Retrofit project to see retrofitting work in practice in tenement.John Gilbert Architects and Southside Housing AssociationRetrofitting21 February 2022The Committee visited Govan to discuss how NPF4 might affect community regeneration projects in the area, most notably the transformation of Old Govan Church into a museum and the regeneration of the Govan Graving Docks.Members engaged with community activists, council planners and other relevant organisations to learn about the challenges and opportunities that had impacted on the project and to hear about ways in which such projects could be facilitated.Draft NPF42022Visited allotment sites in Edinburgh and GlasgowLeith Community Croft, Inverleith allotments, Pilton Community Health Project, Lauriston Farm, Springburn allotments, Urban Roots, and Budhill & Springboig allotments.Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 Part 9 - allotments2023Renfrewshire’s Third Sector Interface ‘Engage Renfrewshire’ in PaisleyLocal community partner organisations to hear about community planning in action.Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 – Community Planning2023Great Cumbrae in North AyrshirePre-legislative scrutiny of the Community Wealth Building Bill (which was considered by the Economy and Fair Work Committee at Stage 1)2023OrkneyVisitor Levy (Scotland) Bill2023AviemoreVisitor Levy (Scotland) BillEarly 2024AnonymisedTo that end, the Committee undertook a visit to meet people living in an affected building and held a roundtable session owners and tenants living in affected buildings too.Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) BillNovember 2024ObanArgyll and Bute CouncilHousing emergencyMarch 2025Park Ecovillage at FindhornTo see examples of different housing technologies, including the use of heat pumps.Pre-legislative scrutiny on heat in buildingsNovember 2025Members of the Committee visited the Midlothian Energy Centre, a large-scale heat network development delivered by Vattenfall Heat UK and Midlothian Council.Pre-legislative scrutiny on heat in buildings