place based plans place at the heart of planning contents

The list (below) dates back to winners from 2015. saqp  Developing Placemaking Plans – East Ayrshire Council  North Ayrshire Council Development Brief Prototype – North Ayrshire Council  Foxbar Local Place Plan and ‘How To’ Guide – Renfrewshire Council  Glasgow City Development Plan – Glasgow award City Council  Fort William 2040 – The Highland Council  Shawlands Town Centre Action Plan – Glasgow City Council  Supplementary Guidance Rural Development Frameworks - Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority winners  Edinburgh Local Development Plan Action Programme and Financial Assessment – Useful info: City of Edinburgh Council  Raising Design Standards across the The LIVE Park plan won the Overall Award in 2015 Region: Dumfries and Galloway Council followed by the South Ayrshire Development Plan Story  Bringing Loch Lomond National Park Map in 2016. Development Plan to life: Loch Lomond The SAQP Plans category, have been on the up since and The Trossachs National Park  Proposed Strategic Development Plan: 2017. There may be others either coming through the TAYplan system or not entered into SAQP but good to take a steer  South Ayrshire Local Development Plan from what has already received recognition. Story Map - South Ayrshire Council (Overall Winner 2016) North Ayrshire’s is not a plan but they won an Award for a  LIVE Park Main Issues Report engagement - Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National place based online Development Brief. They took their Park Authority; 7N Architects; SNOOK and steer from our SPZ/SMART design pilots. PAS (SAQP Overall Winner 2015) East Ayrshire Council Developing Placemaking Plans

East Ayrshire - DevelopingPlace Making Plans Details: This project’s approach brings together community development and place making to provide supplementary guidance for the Local Development Plan, Judges: With the current commitment to Local Place Plans, the Judges felt this project was ahead of its time with the Council showing a genuine commitment to engagement with its communities and getting them interested in playing an active role in the future development of their places. The Council’s approach was to, quite simply, break down the term ‘place- making’ so that local people could understand what it really meant to them and how they could use the idea to improve their area. Another positive aspect has been linked to ‘Community Action Plans’ – so not just creating Local Place Plans in isolation. In essence, East Ayrshire Council were helping to change the public service landscape. strong engagement Contact: John Semple - John.Semple@east- ayrshire.gov.uk with communities about their place North Ayrshire Council Development Brief Prototype

North Ayrshire Council Development Brief Prototype Details: The project is a template design brief developed by North Ayrshire Council as a prototype for site design briefs, and for major, mixed use development locations. Judges: The Judges were impressed to see a planning team working with limited resources to elevate text based policy into something graphic and succinct. The project has worked well to foster interest from developers in locations that were previously overlooked. The work undertaken to simplify and visualise a complicated process helps to deliver quality places to live, work and enjoy. A picture can tell a thousand words. Contact: Neal McIlvanney - [email protected]

Ian’s comments: North Ayrshire – use of technology to link a narrative with the plans in an easy to navigate format. digital place based brief – graphic not word based Renfrewshire Council Foxbar Local Place Plan and ‘How to Guide’

Renfrewshire Council - Foxbar Local Place Plan and ‘How to Guide’ Details: Reflecting a new approach to planning, the Foxbar plan identifies the local community vision for the area and priority actions toachieve this. Judges: The Judges liked the Council’s encouragement for a ‘bottom up’ approach to people’s places and especially the desire to involve Community Councils. The production of the ‘How to Guide’ was also considered a very helpful tool which was clearly set out and easy for communities to understand. Special mention, by the Judges, was given to Tony Lawler (Chairman of the Community Council) who came across as an individual with a passion for place and seeing change in his local community. Contact: Jamie Mackie - [email protected] helping people get involved in the place that want Glasgow City Council Development Plan Glasgow City Council – City Development Plan Details: The project promotes a place making approach to Glasgow’s new City Development Plan. Judges: This project was created and driven through in-house expertise within the Council. The Judges felt this was a good way forward for a modern development plan especially because it not only followed the Government’s 6 qualities of what makes a successful place but also time had been spent to describe planning, and places, in laymen terms. This was deliberate to try and get more people to be able to penetrate, what can often be quite, complex documents especially for large city areas. Health was also introduced as critical to policy decisions and place-making. Contact: Doreen Geddes - [email protected] Ian’s comments: The Glasgow City Plan – clear expression of policy structure and importance of place/placemaking, spatial diagram with local centres identified, all of this feeds into supplementary guidance on how to apply placemaking principle in different settings, good use of clear graphics. place related to the 6 qualities of Designing Places note: the diagrams on the next page are an example of how the plan takes the reader from the spatial to local. Glasgow City Council Development Plan example page 1 Glasgow City Council Development Plan example page 2 Glasgow City Council Development Plan example page 3 Highland Council Fort William 2040

Highland Fort William Details: The Fort William 2040 project (FW2040) involved collaborating with communities, investors and community partners to create and deliver a shared vision for Fort William and Lochaber. Judges: The Judges welcomed this plan for its commitment to carve out a future directly built on the communities wishes. Emphasis had been placed on a facilitating workshop for the community but with an opportunity to explain projects that were either happening, or forthcoming within the area. In addition, the term local development plan was ditched for more user friendly language to convey change. The plan is online with easy access for all. Contact: Scott Dalgarno - [email protected] community and place strategic long term plan Glasgow City Council Shawlands Town Centre Action Plan

Glasgow City Council - Shawlands Town Centre Action Plan Details: For the past ten years, Glasgow City Council, Shawlands and Strathbungo Community Council and the Shawlands business community have worked in partnership todeliver the ActionPlan. Judges: The Judges were impressed with the thorough historical background knowledge of Shawlands as a ‘place’ and how transportation changes had impacted on feeling of disconnection from the city centre. One of the special ingredients to the regeneration of this place was that it was not just about physical change. The changes were supported and driven by a ‘bottom up’ drive from the community to create a better place for everyone. The project showed it had secured inward investment but had also been smart in being able to move with the market. In doing so, it embraced the unique qualities of the community and nurtured a creative collective people and place – to establish local traders that offered very personal styles. So much so - Instagram ‘photos’ had become a favourite driver for many especially businesses people to visit cafes and shops etc. The Judges felt the place had vibrancy, confidence and style. involved in their Contact: Doreen Geddes - [email protected] place i.e. localism Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority SPG: Rural Development Frameworks

Loch Lomond TNPA Supplementary Guidance Rural Development Frameworks In order to provide more pro-active Supplementary Guidance and help deliver the ‘thriving economically active rural economy’ vision the National Park Authority piloted Rural Development Frameworks at West Loch Lomondside and Buchanan South. The Judges felt this was a simple but innovative approach to ‘getting development moving’. In particular, there was a great sense that the Council’s forward thinking approach had given the community both comfort and certainty. In turn, this helped instil confidence in developers – spanning business and housing projects. The Judges were also impressed with how the Council had engaged with the community in a structured way and had also tried to ensure that the Framework was founded on a strong place-based approach. simple approach to Contact Derek Manson [email protected] place making Ian’s comments: making the plan accessible and relevant to people living, visiting and working in the National Park – using social media to engage and graphics to describe issues/opportunities City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh LDP Action Programme and Financial Assessment

City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh Local Development Plan Action Programme and Financial Assessment To address pressures on existing infrastructure and to ensure the city grows in a sustainable way, the Council has developed its approach to infrastructure delivery, taking advantage of the statutory requirement to prepare an Action Programme. The Judges felt this project was corporate, cumulative and credible. In particular, it was a way of ‘costing a place’ with planning being at the centre of key decisions about the long term future of developments. It was also considered that this project illustrated a financially healthy approach to investment. Overall, it was considered a clever, but in many ways, a straight forward approach togrowth orientated delivery. Contact Ben Wilson [email protected]

linking money to place Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Various awards for the plan and action

using more graphics than words to show the ambition for a place note: the diagram on the next page provides an example of how more graphics have been used to convey points. LivePark example pages Tayplan Strategic ‘place’ plan

strategic place based (diagram) plan written in the way that was established with Aberdeen City and Shire South Ayrshire Local Development Plan Story Map

first interactive place/map based plan note: the diagram on the next page provides an example of how the plan looks online. South Ayrshire example page