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Tag Archives: Scottish planning

My recent newspaper articles

News Items, Pre-2020By Cliff Hague23. January 2023Leave a comment

Here are links to some of my articles that have been published in The Scotsman recently (July 2019) I have had a number of columns published in The Scotsman, which is an Edinburgh-based national newspaper in Scotland. Though the articles are tagetted at that particular readership, the underlying issues are relevant in many other places, I believe.…

Scotland’s Planning Bill – who will “frontloading” work for?

Original Blogs CliffHague.comBy Cliff Hague23. January 2023Leave a comment

This blog was first posted in December 2019. The passing of the Scottish Planning Bill marks the end of a tortuous period, during which it even seemed possible that the Bill might be withdrawn, so heavily had it been amended. However, the conflicts that surfaced are unlikely to go away. What changes has the Bill…

World Urban Forum 9 – A missed opportunity for UK

Original Blogs CliffHague.comBy Cliff Hague23. January 2023Leave a comment

World Urban Forum 9, in Kuala Lumpur in 2018, was an opportunity to show UK engagement with urbanisation as a global issue. It was missed. Here is the blog I posted from that event. The UK remains myopic about the opportunities and challenges of the urbanisation of the planet. We may fret about the lack…

Saving Town Centres – experience from The Netherlands

Original Blogs CliffHague.comBy Cliff Hague23. January 2023Leave a comment

This blog was first posted in 2017.  A new study looks at what the Dutch have been doing to revitalise the centres of medium-sized towns. The plight of town centres, particularly in medium-sized towns, across Europe and North America, has been a concern to planners and local politiicans for a generation. In England, the Portas Report (2011)…

Review of the Scottish Planning System

News Items, Pre-2020By Cliff Hague23. January 2023Leave a comment

The planned reform of the planning system in Scotland will end in tears. I have an article in the newspaper The Scotsman. It draws on the responses to the consultation on the proposals by the Scottish Government to review the planning legislation. My article argues that an opportunity is being missed. Instead of looking internationally for…

The deal on climate and what it should mean for planners

Original Blogs CliffHague.comBy Cliff Hague20. January 2023Leave a comment

This blog was frst posted in December 2015. The international agreement reached in COP21 in Paris should provoke a wide ranging review of planning policies around the world. Finally it seems that the nations of the world have taken a tentative step forward in addressing the issue of climate change. However, there are plenty of…

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