Category Archives: NPF4

Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Leigh Sparks

As Chair of Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) I get to put a Christmas message in the final bulletin of the year which goes out to members. This is an appropriate opportunity to reflect briefly on the last year generally and … Continue reading →

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Should every encouragement have an equal and opposite discouragement?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Leigh Sparks

This is the third in a loosely linked series of posts arising in part from the publication of the draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) and the New Future for Scotland’s Town Centres The first post was my discussion of … Continue reading →

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