Re-energizing planning cultures in Scotland

Comparative approaches to strategic plan making offer important insights for the international planning community as it faces a number of common challenges.The potential benefits of national spatial planning are held to include providing greater certainty for decision makers, an increased opportunity for institutional coordination, and leverage of an additional resource. This article examines the strengthening of the status of the National Planning Framework in Scotland in light of the wider programme of public sector modernization, and considers the implications of the emphasis on securing a culture change in planning.