nick wright planning
Community engagement
All news and projects relating to community engagement
Local Place Plans arrive in the Highlands
Highland Council has registered their first Local Place Plan.
Stratherrick and Foyers, south of Loch Ness, are the first out of the blocks. It means that the community now has a plan that sets out ...
Digital engagement in the pandemic: sharing the learning
[640-alexandria.png] Online community engagement has received increasing attention during the last 2 years. For some people it means yet more time on Zoom calls, for others it means Surveymonkey a...
20 minute neighbourhoods & Local Place Plans - new tools for a healthier, greener Scotland
[Image]This is an edited version of an article written for RTPI Scotland on 26 January 2021. Creating places for people, supporting communities to shape where they live, and planning for the green ...
community-led planning: success stories
Communities sometimes ask: what’s the point of a community-led plan? Why sit around talking about a plan? Why not just get on with what needs to be done?
There are two answers to this. The fir...
Making the most of digital engagement
[Image]There's been a lot of talk about online engagement in planning since lockdown started in March, much of it focussing on the use of web platforms for public Pre-Application Consultation on pl...
If early engagement is such a great thing, why isn’t everyone doing it?
The original version of this article, jointly authored with Kathie Pollard of the Scottish Land Commission, was published on the Land Commission website on 15 June 2020. This version has been sligh...
redesigning George Square | a fresh start
[Image]Towards the end of last year, Glasgow City Council decided to ask its citizens a simple question about George Square: is it time for a change? Many will remember the international design com...
Local Place Plans | what are they?
[Image]Local Place Plans - one of the provisions of the new Scottish planning system - are the subject of much uncertainty in the world of Scottish planning. Have they started yet? What will they l...
the value of early engagement: where's the evidence?
[Image]My colleague Steven Tolson and I are delighted that the Scottish Land Commission has asked us to research the value of early public engagement in the planning system.
We see this as really...
creating a buzz: the collaborative city centre
One thing I love about Glasgow city centre is the buzz: people everywhere, events in the street, new places to visit.
In my professional life as an urban planner, I’m really interested in how to ...
Scottish planning awards: cutting edge or simply best practice?
The annual Scottish Quality in Planning Awards took place last Wednesday night in Edinburgh.
If you're interested in seeing the 20-plus awards that illustrate the best of Scottish planning in 2...
Glasgow city centre Avenues: initial design proposals for Argyle Street
As part of the team led by Civic Engineers with Urban Movement, Icecream Architecture and others for Glasgow City Council, we've just kicked off the first round of public engagement to roll out the...
community charrettes: how we can maximise their impact
[Image] I've had the privilege of being involved in almost twenty charrettes in Scotland. And it really is a privilege, because on every occasion I gain a fascinating insight into local life and as...
real community planning in Lockerbie?
[Image] Earlier this year, Lockerbie Community Council commissioned a Community Action Plan to support community-led activity aimed at improving the Lockerbie area as a place in which to live, work...
barriers to community engagement in planning – an issue of trust
[Image]When I first heard of the Scottish Government’s proposed research into barriers to engagement in planning - linked to the ongoing review of the planning system - I expected the barriers woul...
Moffat's on the move
[Image]Moffat is doing is what I call real town planning: a Community Action Plan that considers how to plan a better community in the round. Not just physical things like land use and buildings, b...
delivery v engagement: a way through the tension?
[Image] (This article was originally published on the RTPI Scotland blog and RTPI Scotland LinkedIn page on 21 February 2017.)
A constant tension has been present in the Scottish Government’s Pla...
it's official: young people are important
In last week's consultation on the future of the Scottish planning system, the Scottish Government says that it will "bring forward proposals that will require planning authorities to consult more...
Lessons in community empowerment: Crianlarich
[Image] It's not often that we planners get to see a plan being delivered on the ground - not, I hope, because they are undeliverable, but because it can take years for proposals to come to fruitio...
How can planning contribute to wellness?
BEFS (Built Environment Forum Scotland) this week organised an evening seminar asking: How can the planning system contribute to wellbeing in a fairer Scotland? Alongside Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet ...