SCOTTISH PLANNING LAW & POLICY
Wednesday 17 November 1999, The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
Key points for talk by Dr G McL Hazel
A Spotlight on Current Government Policy on Transport: Impact for the Planning System
- Why the inter-relationship between planning and transport is so critical
- Changing development patterns needed to achieve sustainability
- The need to match the accessibility of locations to the travel generation profiles of development types
- Are national planning frameworks delivering? Is NPPG17 enough?
- Is the statutory development plan delivering and is there a strong enough relationship between Local Transport Strategies and Structure and Local Plans?
- Can current arrangements for planning agreements and conditions deliver sustainable transport for individual developments?
- Key issues: Regional frameworks for strategic land use and transport planning; Towards a Dutch "A-B-C" approach; Competition between cities/regions; The use of S75 agreements.
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