Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog looks at the announcement of an additional £120 million for local authorities in the Stage 1 Budget Bill debate.
Month: January 2022
NPF4: Energy for electricity and heat
Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction SPICe is producing a series of blogs on the Draft Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4), which provides a statutory strategy and framework for land use
The final countdown: Budget Bill debate moves to conclusion
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog summarises the upcoming Budget Bill stages.
NPF4: Mainstreaming Climate Change?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Introduction Published during COP26, the Draft Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) provides a statutory strategy and framework for land use out to Scotland’s net zero
NPF4 and the nature emergency
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog discusses policies in the new draft Fourth National Planning Framework for biodiversity and nature recovery.
Draft National Planning Framework 4 – Hub for SPICe material
Reading Time: < 1 minute A central hub for SPICe blogs and briefings on the draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4).
Aquaculture and the Fourth National Planning Framework
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog explores the policies for aquaculture in the Fourth National Planning Framework
Intergovernmental relations in the UK: new structure, new approach?
Reading Time: 6 minutes A look at the new intergovernmental relations structure.
The Health and Wellbeing of Scotland’s Children and Young People in 2022
Reading Time: 6 minutes An introduction to children and young people’s wellbeing in Scotland.
Retrofitting homes for net-zero
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is post about the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee’s evidence on retrofitting homes for net-zero.