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	<title>nick wright planning &#187; culture change</title>
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		<title>planning and budget cuts &#124; it&#8217;s time to consider our future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are witnessing two trends in Scottish planning. On the one hand, government planning reforms are &#8211; quite rightly &#8211; urging the planning system and profession to create better places, play a more effective role in contributing to sustainable economic growth, and work more inclusively and collaboratively with communities and across different sectors. The importance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>removing roadblocks &#124; highways, hierarchy + shared surfaces</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/removing-roadblocks-highways-hierarchy-shared-surfaces.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment hosted a conference last week in Perth about new approaches to street design which are now policy in Scotland, thanks to the Scottish Government’s adoption of Designing Streets: a Policy Statement for Scotland. At the core of the new approach is greater emphasis on creating walkable neighbourhoods, rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>talking planning in Aberdeen city and shire</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/talking-planning-in-aberdeen-city-and-shire.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 07:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Sèamus Lalor of sèamus lalor associates, I&#8217;m facilitating a series of events in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire for ACSEF, the Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Forum. The events are half-day discussions for anyone and everyone involved in planning in the North-East of Scotland: planners from the public and private sectors, local residents, businesses, developers, architects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future City Games for planners &amp; facilitators</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/future-city-games-part-of-the-planners-facilitation-toolkit.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community engagement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was written for the Kinharvie Facilitation Network, in my role as a member of the Network&#8217;s steering group. Although written for facilitators, it is just as relevant for planners. Kinharvie Facilitation Network is based at the excellent]]></description>
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		<title>the essence of culture change</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/the-essence-of-culture-change.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[charles landry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just come across this paragraph in Charles Landry&#8217;s excellent book The Art of City Making. Published in 2006, it is as fresh and relevant today as it was then: &#8220;Planning is about to be different from what it used to be &#8211; it is set to be a more holistic process. Soon the idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>lessons in localism from County Tyrone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[northern ireland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I was in Northern Ireland, way out west of the Bann in western County Tyrone; a beautiful land of rolling hills, rich farmland and intriguing history. I was there to consider the future of this fascinating place. Not simply the legacy of the Troubles, but the wider issues of what the place may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the modernisation of Scottish planning  &#124;  does it go far enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/planning_modernisation.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was published in the Winter 2009 edition of Urban Realm magazine. If you&#8217;re interested in a succinct summary of the main elements of current Scottish planning reform, read on. For much of the planning profession, August 3rd 2009 was a big day. It marked the start of a new system for handling planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>city visioning: why it&#8217;s worthwhile</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/city-visioning-there-is-a-point.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/city-visioning-there-is-a-point.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inverness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inverness city vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For years, I&#8217;ve struggled with the concept of visioning. It&#8217;s always seemed to me like a bunch of well-meaning folk agree a motherhood-and-apple-pie vision for whatever it is they&#8217;re discussing &#8211; the condition of the roads, their town centre, law and order, whatever &#8211; and encapsulate it in a couple of positive sentences that says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>engaging policy-making</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/engaging-policy-making.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/engaging-policy-making.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community engagement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engaging with communities is a big focus in contemporary urban planning &#8211; and a focus for a great deal of uncertainty about how to get it right. Most discussion tends to focus on how to involve &#8220;the community&#8221; in developing proposals for specific places, or in drawing up particular strategies or plans. But should we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>procurement + sustainable economic growth</title>
		<link>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/procurement-sustainable-economic-growth.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickwrightplanning.co.uk/procurement-sustainable-economic-growth.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procurement sustainable economic growth quality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Willie Miller&#8217;s timely Small Practices and Procurement blog on the Urban Realm website draws attention to the increasingly difficult issue of the impact of procurement rules. To quote Willie: &#8220;Framework Agreements and other aspects of procurement regulations make it increasingly difficult for small practices to get public sector work. At the other end of the [...]]]></description>
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