Friday 1 January 2010

The culture of planning

What do the Government planners think planning is about?

"Planning has an image of being a barrier to development: of having a culture that is too regulatory, too reactive, too slow and too technical.


The planning system manages development in the public interest. It is crucial to everyone's quality of life. To maximise it's impact it should be more efficient, more enabling, more facilitating and understandable to all.

High quality developments will make successful places that are attractive and efficient for residents, employers, visitors and which will contribute to the Scottish Government's core purpose of sustainable economic growth. The need for this focus is even more acute in the current economic climate"

Read more here

Now, what do we mean by public interest?

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