{"id":37738,"date":"2023-10-03T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37738"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:42:02","slug":"scottish-construction-now-speaks-out-on-readers-feedback-on-devastating-state-of-scotlands-planning-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37738","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Construction Now speaks out on readers\u2019 feedback on \u2018devastating\u2019 state of Scotland\u2019s planning system"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Scottish Construction Now (SCN) <\/em>\u00a0has headlined \u2018devastating\u2019 sentiments on the state of Scotland\u2019s planning system as highlighted in their\u00a0 readers\u2019 survey.<\/h3>\n
image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u202699.3% do not believe that the situation will improve\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

SCN<\/em> on planning in Scotland writes:<\/p>\n

As a publication of record and analysis, Scottish Construction Now is not given to publishing editorials or pontificating but the overwhelming results of our readers\u2019 survey on the state of Scotland\u2019s planning system are so devastating that we are compelled to speak out.<\/p>\n

Of the 135 businesses \u2013 architects, housebuilders, developers and planning consultants \u2013 who responded to our survey an incredible 96.3% believed that their businesses had been damaged by Scotland\u2019s failing council planners. The same percentage, and these businesses are some of the best-known in Scotland, believe that the situation has markedly worsened since the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

And, even worse, if that was possible, 99.3% do not believe that the situation will improve.<\/p>\n

Sixty-seven of those who responded also added comments describing their experiences with tangible frustration and anger giving way to despair.<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s unaccountable council planning departments were never regarded as hives of frenetic activity but they are now a deplorable bottleneck throttling economic growth and activity.<\/p>\n

Scotland is now faced with a perfect storm in its under-performing planning departments.<\/p>\n

They are understaffed, poorly supervised and under-resourced but again and again our respondents reported that those problems are compounded by unreachable staff continuing to work from home \u2013 long after the pandemic necessitated doing so. Errors in processing are widely reported leaving agents and applicants helpless and frustrated.<\/p>\n

The rushed introduction of the overly complex and poorly drafted National Planning Framework 4 is set to make matters even more disastrous.<\/p>\n

As the performance of Scotland\u2019s council planning departments deteriorates the faceless men and women running them will hide behind their positions of power in the planning process \u2013 or continue to work from home, never having to face the public.<\/p>\n

They are silent bullies who are costing Scotland dear. A nation that is in need of homes and jobs is being denied them by selfish and, frequently, disinterested, planning staff.<\/p>\n

Scottish councils, and the Scottish Government, must get a grip and let Scotland\u2019s dynamic construction industry get on with the job!…<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n

See more background<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow SCN on<\/em> Scotland\u2019s Broken Planning System<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scottish Construction Now (SCN) \u00a0has headlined \u2018devastating\u2019 sentiments on the state of Scotland\u2019s planning system as highlighted in their\u00a0 readers\u2019 survey. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37738","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\/37738","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37739,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37738\/revisions\/37739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}