'Dialogue not diktat'--planning modernisation and community engagement in Scotland: Deborah Peel and Greg Lloyd look at the implications for collective participation in the land use planning system in Scotland in the light of the consultation draft of a new planning advice note on community engagement.(planning in Scotland)

From: Town and Country Planning | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Peel, Deborah; Lloyd, Greg | Copyright information

THE PLANNING ETC. (SCOTLAND) BILL was presented to the Scottish Parliament in December 2005. (1) The modernising planning journey has passed through several stages in a deliberate attempt by the Scottish Executive to better understand the weaknesses of the prevailing arrangements, to assemble available best practice, and to identify successful innovations. Critically, it has sought to recruit and mobilise the support deemed to be ultimately necessary to carry through the reforms in...

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