{"id":16617,"date":"2017-09-08T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16617"},"modified":"2017-09-08T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:16:10","slug":"scotlands-first-minister-confirms-planning-bill-in-scottish-government-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16617","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s First Minister confirms planning bill in Scottish Government plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The_Planner_website080917.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16618\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The_Planner_website080917.png\" alt=\"The Planner website 080917\" width=\"250\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>Scotland\u2019s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has launched her Programme for Government for 2017\/2018, which confirms that planning, climate change and Crown Estate bills will be introduced.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to a section on reform of the planning system, the Scottish Government\u2019s proposals for the bill include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new approach to Simplified Planning Zones;<\/li>\n<li>Modernising Compulsory Purchase Orders;<\/li>\n<li>Building on its eDevelopment services with a digital taskforce;<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing the National Planning Framework, strengthening its alignment with wider strategies and programmes;<\/li>\n<li>Using new powers to restrict the number of betting shops and payday lenders on high streets; and<\/li>\n<li>Working with local authorities to support people to live an active lifestyle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snp.org\/first_minister_nicola_sturgeon_scottish_programme_for_government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0and read more in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplanner.co.uk\/news\/sturgeon-confirms-planning-bill-in-scottish-government-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Planner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has launched her Programme for Government for 2017\/2018, which confirms that planning, climate change and Crown Estate bills will be introduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16619,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617\/revisions\/16619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}