I really do think the SNP are in trouble here unless they rapidly up their game.
They’re typically compared to how the Tories manage things in England, which was very badly, and if labour come in and hit the ground running with a relentless plan to fix things the SNP will need to keep up or they’ll need shown up.
It is obviously early days still but labour are doing everything right so far
>However, his writ doesn’t run in Scottish planning. This “national mission” on economic growth has kicked off with planning, but it’s up to the Scottish government and Scottish councils to make the planning system work.
>And few think it is working. There aren’t enough planners. The big companies who want to develop wind farms on and offshore, and numerous other developments, are recruiting planners from councils, on better pay.
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>In Scotland, RTPI reported in 2022 that staffing fell by a quarter in the previous decade, while gross spending on planning was down in real terms by 38%.
>In April 2022, a fifth of graduate planning roles were vacant, and recruitment is going to get tougher: only 8% of council planners were under 30 and 39% were over 50, said the RTPI research
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>While the RTPI has said Scotland’s planning reforms give planners dozens of new responsibilities without new funding, the Scottish government is now trying to increase councils’ capacity and improve their performance. It’s even offering to help Rachel Reeves with what it’s learned so far.
>A Scottish government spokesperson said: “We have already significantly reformed Scotland’s planning system and are now focused on ensuring planning authorities have the capacity and skills to improve consistency and increase confidence and certainty in the planning process.
>“We would welcome the opportunity to share learning from our reforms with the UK government as part of activity to establish a constructive relationship.”
As u/tiny-robot pointed out, Scotland has already recently passed planning reform, it is now trying to ensure its smooth introduction and increase capacity. In the spirit of a collaborative relationship with the new government, ScotGov also offered to share lessons learned with its planning reforms — which is a nice change in governmental relationships.
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I really do think the SNP are in trouble here unless they rapidly up their game.
They’re typically compared to how the Tories manage things in England, which was very badly, and if labour come in and hit the ground running with a relentless plan to fix things the SNP will need to keep up or they’ll need shown up.
It is obviously early days still but labour are doing everything right so far
>However, his writ doesn’t run in Scottish planning. This “national mission” on economic growth has kicked off with planning, but it’s up to the Scottish government and Scottish councils to make the planning system work.
>And few think it is working. There aren’t enough planners. The big companies who want to develop wind farms on and offshore, and numerous other developments, are recruiting planners from councils, on better pay.
…
>In Scotland, RTPI reported in 2022 that staffing fell by a quarter in the previous decade, while gross spending on planning was down in real terms by 38%.
>In April 2022, a fifth of graduate planning roles were vacant, and recruitment is going to get tougher: only 8% of council planners were under 30 and 39% were over 50, said the RTPI research
…
>While the RTPI has said Scotland’s planning reforms give planners dozens of new responsibilities without new funding, the Scottish government is now trying to increase councils’ capacity and improve their performance. It’s even offering to help Rachel Reeves with what it’s learned so far.
>A Scottish government spokesperson said: “We have already significantly reformed Scotland’s planning system and are now focused on ensuring planning authorities have the capacity and skills to improve consistency and increase confidence and certainty in the planning process.
>“We would welcome the opportunity to share learning from our reforms with the UK government as part of activity to establish a constructive relationship.”
As u/tiny-robot pointed out, Scotland has already recently passed planning reform, it is now trying to ensure its smooth introduction and increase capacity. In the spirit of a collaborative relationship with the new government, ScotGov also offered to share lessons learned with its planning reforms — which is a nice change in governmental relationships.