Planning (Scotland) Bill
Blog: Planning and Infrastructure: a little less conversation, a little more action
Planning partner Sarah Baillie contrasts the lack of ambition within Scotland’s Planning Bill ...
Published 18 December 2018

New planning bill duties could see Scottish system grind to a halt, planners warn
The latest draft of the Planning (Scotland) Bill will place up to 88 new duties and responsibilities ...
Published 5 December 2018

Blog: How we are influencing the Scottish Planning Bill
Craig McLaren outlines how RTPI Scotland is influencing the Planning Bill. In July I blogged on t ...
Published 4 December 2018

Land value capture to have ‘proactive role’ in place making
Ways in which Scotland can successfully harness land value capture to create places where people wan ...
Published 4 December 2018

RTPI welcomes move to introduce statutory chief planning officers
A decision by the Scottish Parliament's local government and communities committee to introduce stat ...
Published 15 November 2018

MSP welcomes successful Planning Bill amendments
New amendments to the Planning (Scotland) Bill regarding performance, councillors and training hav ...
Published 15 November 2018

RTPI Scotland issues budget call for properly resourced planning teams
The Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI Scotland) has urged cabinet secretary Derek Mackay ...
Published 14 November 2018

Holyrood committee votes against planning appeal amendments
Proposals to introduce new rights for communities to appeal planning decisions have failed ...
Published 8 November 2018

Industry professionals deliver “damning verdict” on progress of Planning (Scotland) Bill
Professionals across the Scottish property, architecture and planning sectors are highly sceptical ...
Published 7 September 2018

Planners and developers urged to complete Planning Bill survey
Planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore is are urging planners and developers to have their ...
Published 29 August 2018

Populist lobbying turning Planning Bill into major economic liability, planners warn
The Planning (Scotland) Bill, currently before the Scottish Parliament, risks harming the system i ...
Published 7 August 2018

Blog: The Planning (Scotland) Bill passes stage 1
Alastair McKie looks at the details of major planning legislation wending its way through Holyroo ...
Published 11 June 2018

Blog: Compromise is the key for an effective Planning (Scotland) Bill
Matthew Stimson, a senior associate in the planning team at Shoosmiths, considers the ramification ...
Published 31 May 2018

Bid to introduce new public right to appeal planning decisions
Scottish Labour is to put forward plans to introduce new rights for communities over planning decisi ...
Published 24 May 2018

‘Thorough and far-reaching’ Planning Bill report welcomed
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), Addleshaw Goddard LLP and Ryden have given ...
Published 18 May 2018
