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why we need to better integrate land-use and community planning in Scotland
[Image]This article first appeared in RTPI Scotland's journal The Scottish Planner (June 2016 edition).
Better integration of spatial planning and Community Planning has been a hot topic in natio...
GUEST BLOG: Steven Tolson on housing access, capitalism and choice
[Image]Thanks to Steven Tolson FRICS, chartered surveyor and past chairman of RICS Scotland, for this guest blogpost – an examination of land and housing in Scotland, outlining what needs to be ...
The politics of the planning profession
This blog post first appeared in The Scottish Planner (April 2016 edition).
Why is RTPI Scotland spending so much effort on the Scottish Government's Review of the Scottish Planning System and try...
Review of the Planning System: what should we wish for?
The Scottish Government’s Review of the Planning System is a great opportunity to make planning work better for the country. With only a few days left until the 1st December deadline for written ...
urban 'hygge': lessons for Scotland?
I'm just back from a trip to Copenhagen. It's famous as a city of cyclists: 52% of Copenhagers cycle to work or education every day, there are over 350km of cycle tracks, and cycling is growing f...
planning and entrepreneurship
Recently I was at an interesting meeting with Iain Scott of Can Do Towns and Scotpreneur, civil servants from the Scottish Government’s regeneration & planning divisions and RTPI Scotland.
The s...