🤔How does Active Travel affect the Dunoon Community?

📢We have put together a series of useful briefing documents which explore the impact of the Place and Wellbeing Outcomes in our Project Towns

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This is what the teenage girls said they wanted and now it is being built. Very exciting!

Ayr Station Hotel demolition halted after owner's legal bid. Why does scotland tolerate and indulge these types of absentee property owner. Clearly can find legal costs but not building upkeep costs. Radical property and land reform laws needed. heraldscotland.com/news/24293108.…

Making parking spaces bigger is like loosening a notch on a belt to deal with obesity.

Public space being take up by ever larger private assets : this is why #Edinburgh is right to explore weight/size based charges.

I'm looking forward to giving evidence to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee Committee in Parliament on Tuesday as part of their National Planning Framework 4 annual review. The session also includes RTPI Scotland BEFS & RIAS

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🆕Does your work involve planning or are you looking to take a place-based approach?

📢We've come together with other Improvement Service Teams to create ‘Planning and Place-Based Approaches’ our new LinkedIn page 👏

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Great to hear Planning Minister Joe FitzPatrick MSP speak so positively and passionately about planning and planners at today’s Scottish Young Planners’ Conference in Glasgow #SYPC24

🤔How does Work and the Economy impact the Ayr Community?

📢We have put together a series of useful briefing documents which explore the impact of the Place and Wellbeing Outcomes in our Project Towns

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The Annual Lecture is opened to all members Royal Town Planning Institute RTPI Scotland. Get booked in if you are interested to hear the fantastic Professor Carlos Moreno.

Half of business owners on this #Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % for those who walked or cycled? 72%.

Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via Carlton Reid
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Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 It’s happening all over the world! In all weathers, with all geographies.

Edinburgh is not so unique.

🗣️Have you caught up on our Place & Wellbeing Outcome Briefings?

✅These Briefings highlight the evidence behind each of the Place & Wellbeing Outcomes, and explore how each Outcome impacts communities, organisations and practitioners within our Project Towns

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How is Scottish Government performing against its 'world-leading' commitment to cut car use?

Despite committing to reduce traffic levels by 2030, the latest figures reveal car traffic is *up* 11% in the past year.

Read more in our commentary:

transform.scot/2024/03/27/wha…

Bike lanes are great for business.

People linger longer & spend more on streets with less traffic & cars.

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'If you invest in walking:
🚶‍♀️you invest in everyone.
👨‍🦽you improve public health.
👩‍🦯you invest in better air quality.
🚶‍♂️ you create a better society.
And all these benefits you get at very low costs.'

Vienna's Walking Officer works to keep walking high on city priorities.

Charlotte Morphet MRTPI FRSA 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) planning skills Irene Beautyman Improvement Service Dr Sarah Gadsden Place Network Movement for Health Get Scotland Walking Place Standard Tool (PST) Public Health Scotland COSLA Hi Charlotte,
Here is the recording: youtube.com/watch?v=wPMtVe…
Let us know if you have any questions about the Programme!

Good opportunity to be involved and influence some of the biggest and most interesting regeneration projects in Scotland with placemaking and quality design at the heart. Hardworking and committed collaborative team. WDCPlanning West Dunbartonshire Council

Pleased to see that our National Planning Improvement Champion Craig McLaren is spreading the word of all the progressive work being done in Scotland. #leadingtheway

📢Did you tune in to our planning skills Webinar last month? If you missed it, get in touch & we can send the recording to you!

🏙️If you're looking at place-based approaches or if you'd like to find out more, contact us & see how we can support you! 🤝⬇️
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Bookings for this year's Scottish Young Planners' Conference will close on 19 April. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers on the theme of Future Planners. Checkout the programme and book here:
rtpi.org.uk/events/2024/ap…