Local services and planning — Communities Channel Scotland

Fed up with planning developments and changes to services happening without your community having any say?

Frustrated at the lack of progress on big issues such as inequality and climate change?

Wouldn’t it be great if your group could have more say over these things…

Well, some policy developments in Scotland are geared towards improving the involvement of communities in planning and improving services. We’ve brought together some of the main bits of legislation, guidance and support to help your group have more say.

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Participation requests, Community Empowerment Act, Public services, Public participation, Co-production

Participation request resource pack

Participation requests, Community Empowerment Act, Public services, Public participation, Co-production

Participation requests are a way for communities to work with public bodies to make services better. This resource pack contains a range of guides, tools and templates to help you understand the participation request process, the language and terms that are used, and the process involved.

Participation requests, Community Empowerment Act, Public services, Public participation, Co-production

Planning, Development planning

Planning Democracy

Planning, Development planning

Planning Democracy is a community-led organisation campaigning to strengthen the voice and influence of the public in the planning and development of Scotland’s land. It provides peer support, training, networking, resources and advice.

Planning, Development planning

Town centres, Towns, Place-based, Evidence

Understanding Scottish Places

Town centres, Towns, Place-based, Evidence

Understanding Scottish Places is an online tool that helps you to better understand and compare the places where you work and live. Just type the name of any town in Scotland into the search bar to get started.

Town centres, Towns, Place-based, Evidence

Town centres, Planning, Place-making, 20-minute neighbourhoods, Green space, Land and buildings, Art and culture, Social enterprise

Town Toolkit

Town centres, Planning, Place-making, 20-minute neighbourhoods, Green space, Land and buildings, Art and culture, Social enterprise

This Toolkit is designed to be a source of inspiration for anyone who wants to make their town centre better, whether community groups, social enterprises or other organisations.

Town centres, Planning, Place-making, 20-minute neighbourhoods, Green space, Land and buildings, Art and culture, Social enterprise

Public services, Public service reform

Human Learning Systems

Public services, Public service reform

If your group is working to improve public services, it may help to know about human learning systems, an alternative approach to public management which embraces the complexity of the real world, and enables us to work effectively in that complexity.

Public services, Public service reform

Community Empowerment Act, Participation requests, Co-production, Influencing services, Public services, Public service reform

Participation Request Toolbox

Community Empowerment Act, Participation requests, Co-production, Influencing services, Public services, Public service reform

Developed by the Innovation School at Glasgow School of Art, toolbox uses participatory design methods to help community groups think about and use participation requests to influence public services.

Community Empowerment Act, Participation requests, Co-production, Influencing services, Public services, Public service reform

Social Impact Pledge, Public service reform

Social Impact Pledge

Social Impact Pledge, Public service reform

The Social Impact Pledge is about simple ways that public bodies can make a difference to communities. Here are some pledges made by public bodies that make commitments to work in partnership with community organisations and other local organisations.

Social Impact Pledge, Public service reform

Place-based, Place-making, Climate change, Partnership, Community empowerment, Health and wellbeing, Planning

Our Place

Place-based, Place-making, Climate change, Partnership, Community empowerment, Health and wellbeing, Planning

Our Place is a new site devoted to promoting the benefits of place and place-based working. It contains information, tools and resources to help support the development of places and services that improve our health, our prosperity, our quality of life and protect our environment.

Place-based, Place-making, Climate change, Partnership, Community empowerment, Health and wellbeing, Planning

Community wealth building, Planning, Place-based, People-centred, Economic development, Public service reform, Asset transfer

Community Wealth Building

Community wealth building, Planning, Place-based, People-centred, Economic development, Public service reform, Asset transfer

Community wealth building is a new people-centred approach to local economic development, which redirects wealth back into the local economy, and places control and benefits into the hands of local people. UK based organisation CLES provides a useful introduction.

Community wealth building, Planning, Place-based, People-centred, Economic development, Public service reform, Asset transfer

Place-based, Place-making, Local place plans, Local planning, Sustainable development, Climate change, Inequality

20-minute neighbourhoods

Place-based, Place-making, Local place plans, Local planning, Sustainable development, Climate change, Inequality

If you lived in a 20-minute neighbourhood you would be able meet all your day-to-day needs without having to travel more than 20 minutes by foot, bike or public transport. The Scottish Government has stated it will apply this concept to Scotland’s cities, towns, and this can be seen as part of an increasing focus on place, sustainability and tackling inequality.

Place-based, Place-making, Local place plans, Local planning, Sustainable development, Climate change, Inequality

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