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In February 2022, the Scottish Government laid the Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Amendment ...
We are delighted to welcome Rachel Croll to our team. Rachel joins us as an Administration Assistant and will support the Practice Manager in the day to day running of the practice.
From 1 April 2022, standard planning application fees in Scotland will rise for the first time in 8 years. Following on from the Scottish Government’s consultation on planning performance and fees in December 2019, the Town and Country Planning ...
Our offices will close from 5pm tonight for the festive period and will reopen on Wednesday 5 January 2022. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients, consultants and contractors for their continued support throughout another ...
We are seeking to add an experienced administration assistant to our team. The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of day to day general admin duties including: Answering telephone calls Typing - letters, reports, spreadsheets ...
We are absolutely thrilled to have secured planning permission for an adventure golf facility at Clayton Caravan Park. The 18 hole course will be the ultimate ‘Old Course at St Andrews’ experience for all you budding amateurs even featuring the ...
What a difference a simple rooflight can make. This semi-detached dwelling had an upstairs room with dark areas, and our client wanted to inject some life into the room. By carefully positioning a new rooflight we were able to create a more ...
Well that's a year since we closed the doors to our beautiful Eden Park House with the expectation that we'd be opening them up again in a few months time... but like so many of us we're all still in our home offices! We still remain hopeful ...
Eden Park House looking very pretty in the snow this morning! Hope everyone is enjoying all this snow/snowdays This working from home malarkey means we're all sitting at our desks working hard!!
Our offices will close from 5pm tonight for the festive period and will reopen on Tuesday 5 January 2021. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients, consultants and contractors for their continued support throughout this ...
What a stunning photograph from one of our recently completed projects.
So excited to see Clayton Leisure Centre will be opening next week! We’re delighted to have been involved in this project, delivering a first class leisure facility for the local area! As always, it’s been a pleasure working with Clayton ...
The view out this window will never be the same again. We had to say goodbye to one of our beautiful beech trees, at 170 year old she proudly stood, framing the view up to our lovely listed Georgian building. After losing a large limb last year, ...
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 6 April and came into force on 7 April. The Act contains numerous emergency powers including an extension to the duration of planning permissions which are due to expire on or before 7 ...
Our office is now closed to all visitors. From Monday 23 March, all staff will be working remotely from home and remain available via email and by calling our office telephone number (01334 654936). We are committed to ensuring that all our ...
We are very much aware of the growing concerns around Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the important role we all have in keeping healthy. This is a fast-moving situation and MFA is committed first and foremost to the health and safety of our staff and ...
Gary recently enjoyed his Fakro CPD trip to Poland. He visited Wieliczka Salt Mine as well as having a go at Trikke Skiing (without breaking any bones).
On the 18th December 2019, the Scottish Government published a document entitled “Consultation on Planning Performance and Fees - 2019”. In what is described as the biggest change to the structure of planning fees in over 25 years, ...
All of us at MFA wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year. Our offices are now closed but we will be back at our desks on Monday 6th of January 2020. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our client’s ...
Have you seen our new staircase game? Why don't you take a look on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/montgomery_forgan_cupar/ and see if you can answer it correctly?
The Scottish Government has now finally approved legislation to increase the maximum caravan dimensions so that they align with what is currently permissible in England and Wales. Essentially the new maximum dimensions are as ...
We were delighted to hear that one of our projects in Cupar Muir, Fife, which was built by Campion Homes, has been awarded top honours from Police Scotland, receiving Secured By Design (SBD) Gold ...
The Building Regulations and Technical Handbooks issued by the Scottish Government provide reasonable standards for securing the health, safety, welfare and convenience of people in and around buildings. They also aim to conserve fuel and power, and ...
The much debated Planning Bill officially became the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 on 25 July 2019 when it received Royal Assent. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/contents/enacted The Act includes new requirements for statutory ...
We had a day we won't FORE-get at our annual team day out last Friday. The team enjoyed a "round" at the Himalayas in St Andrews followed by drinks and dinner at the Balgove Steak Barn. Congratulations to David for his outstanding putting skills ...
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It's great to see another one of our larger projects breaking ground this week. The construction of the new Clayton Leisure Centre is underway with the concrete foundations being poured. This new bespoke leisure facility will be an exciting ...
The founding partners were out for lunch with the current partners today, which just so happened to coincide with presenting Alan Forgan with his final EVER paycheque... I wonder who they made pay the bill?
It doesn't look like its all work for Joe on his Fakro CPD trip to Poland, there's been a salt mine tour and apparently there's also been one or two shots of a tipple that Poland's pretty well known for!
We are seeking to add an experienced administration assistant to our team on an initial temporary basis. The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of day to day general admin duties including: - Answering telephone calls - Typing - ...
Merry Christmas from everyone here at MFA! Our office is now closed for the Christmas and New Year period. Normal business will resume on Thursday 3 January 2019.
It was the annual DIA (Dundee Institute of Architects) Awards ceremony and dinner last night. A few of us went along to support our 7 entries, however it was a tough year with 118 entries including some fairly significant projects such as the ...
We are currently experiencing problems with our telephone system this morning - if you have an urgent message please communicate via Facebook or send an email to admin@montgomery-forgan.co.uk We will post an update when the phone system is working ...
We like to start them young at MFA, meet our latest recruit... Maisie (8 weeks old). Although it appears that working turns out to be a very tiring business!
A very happy birthday to our Practice Manager Kerry. By the looks of this photo taken at the weekend, she battled the birthday blues and did her best to make this birthday twice as good as turning 21!
The Planning (Scotland) Bill was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 4 December 2017 and is currently working its way through the legislative process. The Bill contains a wide range measures intended to strengthen the planning system's ...
PRIVACY POLICY WITH EFFECT FROM 25 MAY 2018 Montgomery Forgan Associates takes privacy very seriously. This privacy policy explains how we use personal information you provide us with, including how we share it with third parties, and when you use ...
Montgomery Forgan Associates are very pleased to announce that Joe Narsapur and Darren O’Hare, who are currently Associates with the practice, have accepted invitations to become Partners from 1 May 2018. Joe and Darren have brought a wealth of ...
Due to the adverse weather conditions the office is closed until Monday. Fingers crossed all staff will be able to dig themselves out by then & it’ll be back to business as usual!
Historic Environment Scotland have recently published an updated guidance note covering windows in historic buildings. The document, entitled Managing Change in the Historic Environment: Windows sets out the principles that apply for anyone ...
It has been an extremely busy yet very successful week here at MFA. It was 3 out of 3 at this week’s North East Planning Committee with planning permission secured for a residential development of 40 bespoke bungalows (including 8 affordable ...
A few of us are back on the office today and we have decided that there is nothing like a good clear out seeing that one of the office hoarders is not back until next week! Wishing all our past and present clients and consultants a happy and ...
Ho Ho Ho... we are now closed for the festive period and will re-open on Wednesday 3 January 2018. On behalf of everyone here at MFA we wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Montgomery Forgan Associates are seeking an Architectural Technician with a minimum 3 years post qualification experience. Applicants should have experience of running projects through all stages both individually and as part of a team. ...
Following the First Minister’s announcement back in September 2015 about a ‘root and branch’ review of the land-use planning system in Scotland, the Planning (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on Monday. The Bill, ...
The annual DIA Design Awards and Dinner took place last night at the Invercarse Hotel, Dundee. There were over 90 entries and a shortlist of 20 competed for awards over 11 categories. Unfortunately, MFA were not shortlisted for any awards this ...
Here at MFA, we do enjoy a CPD over lunch. This month we had Carol Jones from Bauder present a seminar on flat roofs. The seminar set out the individual benefits of the different flat roof waterproofing systems available in today’s market and ...
Excellent results at today's North East Planning Committee. All 3 applications approved as per officer recommendation including the demolition of a dwellinghouse within one of St Andrews Conservation Areas and its replacement with a bespoke ...
After an eight month extensive refurbishment, the amenity building at St Andrews Holiday Park opens tonight providing the holiday park with a large restaurant/bar, private dining room, games room and terraced patio area with stunning views across St ...
Great to see work progressing on site at Clayton Caravan Park. In December last year we successfully obtained planning permission for an additional 171 holiday static pitches on agricultural land to the east of the caravan park.
The Scottish Government has announced changes to the Building Standards fees for applications received from the 1st July 2017. The changes include: Increases to building warrant related fixed fees and incremental fee steps relating to the ...
We are super excited today (well I am as part of the admin team), the new stationery has arrived with our lovely new logo (which does have a little nod to its predecessor)!
After an extensive search we are very happy to welcome Mark McLelland to our team, Mark joins us as an Architectural Technician and looks like he's going to be a great addition to the practice.
Following an independent review and industry wide consultation, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Local Government and Housing has revealed new planning application fees which come into force across Scotland as of 1st June 2017. This will ...
Great to read and get a mention in another feature about the extremely successful development at Balbinny, Forfar. Luxury self-catering accommodation designed by us on the site of a disused farm steading. The 'steading' accommodation with their ...
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