The Scottish Government is taking a Bill through parliament to make lobbying and private influence in Government decisions more transparent. The Government can and should go further to ensure the Scottish public are not kept in the dark about who meets their representatives and civil servants, or how much is Read more
PAS Chief Executive, Petra Biberbach, wrote a blog on the Scotland Government’s ‘Creating a Fairer Scotland’ website. http://fairer.scot/2015/11/26/the-importance-of-participative-placemaking-in-a-fairer-scotland/?ct=t%28PAS_Ebulletin_31_July7_30_2015%29
PAS believes the review of the planning system is an opportunity to radically re-focus the Scottish planning system to place people and placemaking at its heart. PAS response Planning Independent Review
Dr Rachel Connor and Graeme Pearson MSP met with Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 2nd December 2015 to discuss the Impact of Windfarm Construction and Operation on Water Supplies. Also in attendance Sue Kearns – Head of Onshore Renewables and Read more
Attached is a record of the comments received from the events which were held in Glasgow, Perth and Edinburgh. You might be able to identify those made by anti windfarm campaigners! PAS Independent Review of Planning public events – summary of comments
Changes to Scottish Water EIA Consultation Process From housing to industry, Scotland’s water and waste water infrastructure is an important consideration in the planning and construction of new developments. Under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (‘the EIA Regulations’), Scottish Water should be consulted by Read more
Please help Denise Davis yet again fight off a proposed large windfarm. The image below is to scale and shows the 126.5 metre turbines as they would appear 1400 metres across the valley from her house. Denise says :- Druim Ba Sustainable Energy proposed a large-scale wind farm in Read more
The Review aims to achieve, a quicker, more accessible and efficient planning process in order to build investor and community confidence in the system. The review will focus on 6 key issues. Development planning; Housing delivery; Planning for infrastructure; Further improvements to development management; Leadership, resourcing and skills; and Community Read more