IACD is proud to share the work of Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) and Nick Wright Planning. SCDC and Nick Wright Planning were commissioned by the Scottish Government to start conversations about the opportunities and challenges presented by Local Place Plans.
Their full report can be downloaded here, and a summary has also been provided by Nick Wright Planning here. A short excerpt of the Executive Summary has been reproduced below.
1.1: In late 2018 the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) and Nick Wright Planning were commissioned by the Scottish Government to facilitate discussions on the challenges and opportunities presented by Local Place Plans (LPPs) and on the implications for the planning system and for communities. An objective of the work was to contribute to early thinking for preparation of draft national guidance for LPPs. The work was carried out through a staged process of action research using interviews and focus groups, culminating in a national seminar. Participants were drawn from local communities, local authorities and national organisations.
1.2: Community-led Local Place Plans (LPPs) have been a key element of Scottish planning reform since the Independent Review in 2016 and are now enshrined in planning legislation. LPPs are one of the Scottish Government’s key proposals aimed at improving public engagement and involvement in the planning system, providing a new opportunity for communities to proactively feed into the development planning system.
1.3: LPPs offer an opportunity to do more than simply add to the land-use planning system. Community-led LPPs are part of a broader suite of mechanisms designed to reform public services in Scotland and support greater community empowerment at the local level. They can help to align community and spatial planning, ensuring that decisions that are made on behalf of communities accurately reflect their issues, interests and aspirations, and that resources are targeted effectively. LPPs can also support implementation of the Scottish Government’s Place Principle.
