"Strong political leadership has led to a simpler, more efficient planning system in Scotland"

...Strong political leadership has led to a simpler, more efficient planning system in Scotland, its outgoing Chief Planner has contended.  Addressing an agendaNi seminar, Jim Mackinnon remarked that planning had “more opportunities for public involvement, guaranteed by statute, than any other area of public policy.”

(Quote taken from http://www.agendani.com/reforming-scottish-planning  The site states, 'This entry was posted on Friday, August 24th, 2012 at 8:28 am and is filed under Economy, Environment, Planning.')



Well, there may be "more opportunities for public involvement, guaranteed by statute, than any other area of public policy" but effectiveness of  these opportunities  is what counts and if I felt at the system was working well then I would not be running this blog.