Union Street Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme Nominated for Planning Award

That the Parliament congratulates the Union Street Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), supported by Aberdeen City Council, Historic Environment Scotland and Aberdeen Inspired, on being named as a finalist in the Excellence in Planning for Heritage and Culture category at the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards of Planning Excellence 2019; recognises that CARS has been nominated for a project that saw almost 400 primary school children from Albyn, Heathryburn, Kittybrewster, Middleton Park and Skene Square schools and Robert Gordon’s College, develop their own creative ideas for how Aberdeen’s main thoroughfare, Union Street, should look in the future; understands that the project was developed by CARS, the Aberdeen Urban Studies Trust and Aberdeen City Heritage Trust, and was supported by The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at the Robert Gordon University and the Aberdeen Society of Architects; commends all those at the Aberdeen schools that were involved in this innovative project, and wishes CARS and its supporters the best of luck at the awards ceremony in London on 24 April 2019.