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Second homes in Scotland – facts, figures and policy

September 7, 2022 SPICe

Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog considers the number of second homes in Scotland and the policy measures that affect them. Second homes are normally defined as a home

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Land, space and place: NPF4 and land use

February 8, 2022 SPICe

Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog looks at the relationship between Scotland’s Fourth National Planning Framework and other strategic land uses.

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NPF4: Mainstreaming Climate Change?

January 21, 2022 SPICe

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

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NPF4 and the nature emergency

January 21, 2022 SPICe

Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog discusses policies in the new draft Fourth National Planning Framework for biodiversity and nature recovery.

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Draft National Planning Framework 4 – Hub for SPICe material

January 21, 2022 SPICe

Reading Time: < 1 minute A central hub for SPICe blogs and briefings on the draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4).

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Draft National Planning Framework 4: The National Spatial Strategy

January 11, 2022 SPICe

Reading Time: 5 minutes An overview of the national spatial strategy, and associated regional action areas,, set out in the draft National Planning Framework 4.

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Scotland 2045: Draft fourth National Planning Framework – The role of the Scottish Parliament

November 18, 2021 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog provides an overview of how the National Planning Framework (NPF) has developed over the last 20 years, outlines the contents of the recently published draft NPF4 and details planned parliamentary scrutiny.

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The New Climate Change Bill – A World Leading Ambition?

May 29, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 5 minutes Last week (23rd May) the Scottish Government brought forward a Bill to keep Scotland at the “forefront of global ambition” on climate change.  So, what

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Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework

April 16, 2018 SPICe

Reading Time: 4 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those

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