A ray of hope, NPF4 and Housing
We are regularly contacted by people concerned about the impact of housing on services and our environment and just the sheer numbers of houses being put forward for allocation into development plans. It often...
Planning Democracy Blog
A Vision for Housing or More of the Same?
With a new consultation on housing coming up this autumn the Government have launched a draft vision for housing. In this they say “we want Housing to 2040 to be a lasting legacy that...
Scotland’s planning bill: a time consuming grind, an opportunity missed, a failure of democracy
It has taken a few days to recover from the long sessions spent in Parliament listening to the debates and voting on the planning bill. Really, they do need to sort the seats out...
Its nearly all over
The Planning Bill will be debated on Tuesday 18th June to Thurs 20th June 2-4pm. After that it will become law. As you can see in our blog below we have been working hard...
People Powered Planning Conference Report
On the 11th May 2019 Planning Democracy’s People Powered Planning: Putting Communities on the Front Foot Conference was held in Glasgow’s Trades Hall. Here is a report of what happened with links to some...
Registration now closed for our People Powered Planning Conference
Thanks everyone for responding to the blog below. Registrations have now closed and the conference was very full and successful, read more about it in our report here Have you registered for our...
People Powered Planning Conference: Putting Communities on the Front Foot
Fantastic news! Planning Democracy are holding another conference. This year’s theme is People Powered Planning: Putting Communities on the Front Foot. Saturday May 11th 10-4.30pm Trade’s Hall Glasgow G1 1UH If you want to...
Where are you on your planning journey? Can you help someone else who is on theirs?
Daya Feldwick our community network officer explains our exciting new planning support and mentoring project. This project has been made possible by the People’s Postcode Trust and Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. ...
Part 2: Them & Us (or why we might need a dose of populism in planning)
Rutger Bregman was an overnight sensation after his speech at the World Economic Forum. The Dutchman delivered an unexpected home-truth to his audience made up of the world’s richest and most influential people who...
The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley
Reflecting during his Burns night supper, Dr Andy Inch takes a wider perspective on the planning bill and why we are where we are with planning. Part 1: The wrong answers to the...
What Has the Planning Bill Done for Us?
Happy Newish Year! We haven’t got around to blogging for a while. To be honest, we were in need of a break well before the holiday season. Working on the planning bill (and...