These are posts from the trust’s recent news items:
Following the pattern set to mark the Trust’s 50th anniversary in 2023, this year’s ceremony featured our own Award and Commendation categories along with a Conservation Award made jointly with Dundee Historic Environment Trust. Read more about the four deservedly winning projects on our Latest Awards page here.
Have you heard of the International Festival of Stone? If not, you’ll learn all about this celebration of our traditional building material in the leading article of Newsflash 71. Inside, we take a look at plans for a recovery village and the recent proposals for an active travel network; the barriers standing the way of […]
Our 70th Newsflash edition is out. Open this page and read our latest interesting mix of news and opinion by clicking here.
Tayside House, the Hilton hotel and the old Olympia leisure centre have now been gone for a decade and more, so that they already seem like a distant memory. Much as many people wish to have seen these and other former features of the Tay Road Bridge landfall replaced by a new expanse of urban […]
The biennial Awards are a way of honouring the Trust’s motto, ‘encouraging the best’. In turn, we encourage all who care about the improvement of the urban environment of Dundee to nominate projects worthy of recognition. Our judging panels shall look at developments completed between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2025, under the following […]
It is perhaps easy to get a bit depressed when considering the number of vacant buildings and empty plots around Dundee. The Civic Trust, however, recognises that a significant amount of development is underway involving brownfield sites and redundant buildings. This is bringing more housing and more choice to residents and students in the city. […]
The Dundee Civic Trust Board will be considering the proposal to develop the ailing Wellgate Centre into a hub for Dundee and Angus College, as outlined recently by the College Principal, Simon Hewitt. “Our preliminary view,” says Trust chairman Donald Gordon, “is that this has the potential to help significantly in the regeneration of a […]
The Civic Trust has been looking at some recent planning proposals which stand to change parts of the Riverside area if approved and developed. At Riverside Avenue, just off the roundabout below the Botanic Garden, McDonalds has proposed a drive-in restaurant (24/00509/FULL). The Trust has not opposed this, as planning approval was previously given for […]
The Trust considers all planning applications in Dundee; and we find ourselves expressing a direct interest in this one. Listed Building Consent is sought (24/00505/LBC) for a modest series of environmental and access improvements at 17 Roseangle, premises of Dundee Art Society, which functions as our meeting venue. We support the proposals, considering that the […]
Launched in July, the new Urban ReLeaf Cities app allows users of Dundee’s parks to share their experience of the greenspaces in the city. Download the app to get started! At lots of different locations, you can access short surveys containing questions on a range of topics such as ease of access, safety, play facilities, […]