Community Planning and Land Use Planning in Scotland
| Author | Deborah Peel,Greg Lloyd |
| DOI | 10.1177/0952076707078765 |
| Published date | 01 July 2007 |
| Date | 01 July 2007 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Community Planning and
Land Use Planning in Scotland
A Constructive Interface?
Deborah Peel and Greg Lloyd
University of Liverpool, UK
Abstract This article explores the ways in which the inherited fragmentation of public
services and associated delivery arrangements are being addressed in
Scotland. Specifically, the article considers the modernization of an
established part of local governance – land use planning, and a novel
articulation of modernization through community planning. There are
important differences between them, yet they share common interests in
securing the integration of service. Through a synthesis of research evidence,
emerging policy documentation and consultation responses, we address three
questions. First, is the emphasis on integration in both land use planning and
community planning helping to address the fragmented state? Second, how
are land use planning and community planning adapting to local
circumstances? Third, what is the nature of the relationship between these
different attempts to plan for local communities? The article considers to what
extent this turn to integration within and between land use planning and
community planning is constructive.
Keywords community planning, devolution, local governance, modernization, Scotland
Introduction
In recent times, the reform and modernization of the arrangements of governance
have emerged as powerful political imperatives in Britain. Associated with the
ideas of the Third Way (Giddens, 1998, 2000), this political project has witnessed
a reconfiguration of governance arrangements in a number of ways. It has touched
on every aspect of local and regional governance through the decentralization of
DOI: 10.1177/0952076707078765
Deborah Peel, Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, Gordon Stephenson Building,
74 Bedford Street South, Liverpool L69 7ZQ, UK. [email: dpeel@liv.ac.uk]
Greg Lloyd, Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, Gordon Stephenson Building,
74 Bedford Street South, Liverpool L69 7ZQ, UK. [email: mglloyd@liv.ac.uk] 353
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