08/08/2016 - The planning system affects us all – it shapes
our local services, job opportunities, transport infrastructure and more.
Through balancing competing demands for development, it aims to create places
which improve the quality of life for communities.
While it does have the public interest at its heart,
Scotland’s planning system is not perfect. Around ten years ago, the Planning
etc. (Scotland) Act marked the most comprehensive reform of our planning system
in sixty years. It aimed to
modernise the planning system by making it more efficient and
inclusive, with a focus on sustainable development.
A decade on, the effectiveness of this modernised system has
been placed under scrutiny through a substantial independent review,
published in May this year. This article takes an opportunity to compare the
findings and recommendations of the Review with the Government’s response for
action, issued in July. Read
more.
Source: SURF
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