3? Britain, Angelsey and Ireland?
09.04.2025 17:29
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3? Britain, Angelsey and Ireland?
Applications are open for the Future Planners Bursary scheme to support the future pipeline of planners in Scotland. The £5000 bursaries are available to 30 students on an RTPI-accredited Planning Masters in Scotland for 2025/26
www.rtpi.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
The results, though sobering, are very helpful. I've written a blog summarising the analysis, providing context, and outlining how we will use the results to identify improvement areas we can work with planning authorities on 👇
www.improvementservice.org.uk/insights/202...
The National Planning Improvement Team has published the findings of the 1st National Customer and Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey. It captures feedback from those with experience working with planning authorities across Scotland over the past year.
www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and...
New Fellow @craigmclaren.bsky.social is Scotland’s National Planning Improvement Champion at improvserv.bsky.social! Craig’s role involves monitoring the performance of planning authorities to provide advice about what should be improved and how.
See the full list ➡️ acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...
My #songoftheweek is Take Me by Monobloc from their Monobloc EP, 2025
youtu.be/zDYE_TO1QYY?...
Latest planning application processing statistics were published by Scottish Government yesterday. Key headlines are that average decision making times for local planning applications was 11.9 weeks and 35.2 weeks for major planning applications. Full details 👇
www.gov.scot/publications...
My #songoftheweek is That’s Amazing Grace by All Seeing Dolls from their 2025 album Parallel
youtu.be/YXHdw2CWKHk?...
A Community Wealth Building Bill has been published. Aims to ensure that economic wealth is generated, circulated & retained in local communities. Proposes a Scottish community wealth building statement & local authority community wealth building action plans
www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
The @rtpiplanners.bsky.social has launched its Awards for Research Excellence. Categories cover:
▪️ Academic Excellence
▪️ Wider Engagement
▪️ Early Career Research
▪️ Student Dissertation
▪️ Practitioner Research
www.rtpi.org.uk/events-train...
A new National Planning Skills Commitment Plan has been launched by the Scottish Government to attract more people into the planning profession and build their skills. It is supported by 60 organisations, including @improvserv.bsky.social
www.gov.scot/news/nationa...
The deadline for applications to the Scottish Government Future Planners graduate scheme is this Wednesday. The initiative is a fantastic opportunity to work across Scottish Government and undertake a post graduate planning degree
www.jobs.gov.scot/future-plann...
Warmest congratulations @irenebeautyman.bsky.social ! A very well deserved accolade for someone who is constantly working to help people create better places....
Just picked up on this useful advice note published by @rtpiplanners.bsky.social 'An introduction to Planning and AI' that provides helpful information for planners on the key concepts, technology, and tools related to Artificial Intelligence.
www.rtpi.org.uk/practice-rtp...
My colleague @susanrintoul.bsky.social has written a very interesting think piece paper reflecting on the peer collaborative review aspects of the National Planning Improvement Framework looking at approach taken, feedback received and impact made
www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and...
My #songoftheweek is Lilac Sky by W H Lung from their 2024 album Every Inch of Earth Pulsates
youtu.be/iPDgQn0_fUw?...
‘I aspire to be like water’: the exquisite buildings of Liu Jiakun, winner of architecture’s top prize
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The first 4 case studies generated through the National Planning Improvement Framework have been published
🤝engagement in the Stirling LDP
🏘️Glasgow's use of the Place Standard
⚡Hagshaw Energy Cluster Development Framework
🐟Extension to MacDuff Aquarium
www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and...
My #songoftheweek is Indigo by Moloko, from their 2000 album Things to Make and Do
youtu.be/5K7EVpxL3lI?...
We have published, through the national planning hub, an insights report on the challenges involved in planning for hydrogen. A blog summarising this is at www.improvementservice.org.uk/insights/202...
The full report can be read at www.improvementservice.org.uk/__data/asset...
I am really pleased to see my latest Planning Positive column published on The Planner magazine's website. It says that it's time for planners to reclaim their role as civic heroes 👇
www.theplanner.co.uk/2025/02/26/w...
🆕The Improvement Service is 20 years old! 🥳 Our Chief Executive Sarah Gadsden looks back at how the IS has grown over the last two decades, and the impact we have had on local government, in this new hashtag#blog
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It was really great to see Doves at SWG3 in Glasgow last night. Their tunes - old and new - are absolutely sublime.
The Climate Change Committee has set out a new pathway to a decarbonised UK by 2050. Recommendations include “planning, consenting, and regulatory funding, need to enable rapid deployment of low-carbon technologies”
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
Unauthorised environmental impact assessment development enforcement: consultation analysis has been published by the Scottish Government
www.gov.scot/publications...
Scottish Government has published its Draft Just Transition Plan for Transport for consultation. It looks to identify the key challenges and opportunities faced in making a just transition to a net zero transport system by 2045.
www.transport.gov.scot/news/a-just-...
Scottish Government’s Planning and Regeneration Directorate has published guidance for candidates looking to apply for its Future Planners Programme 2025. There are 18 places available on the programme.
www.gov.scot/publications...
My #songoftheweek is Man in The Corner Shop by The Jam, from their 1980 album Sound Affects
youtu.be/VZ8yJ3gN5zI?...
The new Natural Environment Bill has been laid before Parliament. It aims to help restore nature and protect biodiversity, places a duty on Ministers to set legally-binding nature restoration targets, updates aims of National Parks and proposes changes how they are run
www.gov.scot/news/restori...
The first cohort of the new National Planning Improvement Framework pilot is now complete and each of the 10 participating authorities’ Improvement Action Plan and Performance Assessment Report can be read on the Improvement Service website
www.improvementservice.org.uk/products-and...