These are posts from the trust’s recent news items:
The city’s last review of its Local Development Plan was in 2019, and DCT commented fully on it at that time. Dundee City Council has now started the ball rolling again and wishes to work on a new plan over the next two years, publishing a new version in 2028. The Council has put out […]
As some will have seen in the Courier, the Victorian mansion of Northwood in West Ferry has been bought by enthusiastic local couple Brenda and Scott Ettershank, who plan to turn it into serviced offices. Originally called Corona, the Category B listed house was designed by George Shaw Aitken, a London-born architect who trained in […]
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 […]