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13 Steps towards National Planning Framework (NPF) for England
Alister Scott Professor Alister Scott, a reader in Spatial Planning at the School of Property, Construction and Planning at Birmingham City University The planning system plays a vital role in...
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Professor of Spatial Planning asks ‘Who is the real enemy of enterprise?’
Alister Scott Professor Alister Scott at the School of Property, Construction and Planning at Birmingham City University There has been much recent criticism in the press about planners and town hall...
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The National Environment Service: Paying the Price for Nature
Alister Scott Professor Alister Scott at the School of Property, Construction and Planning at Birmingham City University writes on the recent publication of the National Ecosystem Assessment “Good...
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Planning Professor comments on the recent debate on the Planning reforms
Alister Scott Professor Alister Scott at the School of Property, Construction and Planning at Birmingham City University said: I must write to convey my increasing concern at the polarised debate...
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Three key challenges for improved planning
By Professor Alister Scott at the School of Property, Construction and Planning at Birmingham City University The Select Committee report on the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) released...
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Why built and natural environmental professionals and academics need to change
By Professor Alister Scott at the School of Property, Construction and Planning at Birmingham City University Try on several pairs of glasses: As professionals in whatever field we tend to look at the...
View ArticlePrince Charles re-enters the planning debate
Prince Charles has re-entered the planning debate with the following 10 principles for urban design and planning in an essay for Architectural Review. Developments must respect the land. Architecture...
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Chancellor is on course for more planning icebergs
By Professor Alister Scott at the School of the Built Environment at Birmingham City University The Chancellor is messing around with the deck chairs on the titanic planning system as it lurches...
View ArticleIs the Paris climate change agreement a solution or cop out?
By Alister Scott, Professor of Environment and Spatial Planning, Birmingham City University After two weeks of tense negotiations, on Saturday evening we finally heard the outcome from the Paris talks...
View ArticleWest Midlands floods – It never rains but it pours
By Alister Scott, Professor of Environment and Spatial Planning There has been a lot of rain in the West Midlands over the last two weeks. Clearly, the wrong sort of rain; it falls too quickly and runs...
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