SP=EED™ Pratical Guide 

The Practical Guide to Better Engagement in Planning in Scotland

  

SP=EED™ is Planning Aid for Scotland’s practical guide to engagement in planning, aimed at promoting and sharing good practice throughout the planning community in Scotland.

 

SP=EED™ is unique in that it focuses specifically on engagement in planning. It is endorsed by the Scottish Government in PAN 3/2010 Community Engagement. SP=EED™ sets out:

  • 3 clear levels of engagement to aim for
  • 8 criteria by which effective engagement an be designed and assessed

In August 2011, PAS launched a new edition of SP=EED™.

 

By drawing on good practice and PAS’s research, experience of engagement and independent expertise, SP=EED™ sets out a framework which anyone can use.

SP=EED™ is aimed at the many different stakeholders in Scotland’s planning system, including:

  • developers
  • community organisations
  • planning consultants
  • local authorities
  • members of the public

 

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