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PLANNING Bulletin Issue No 21

Planning Awards

West Wemyss

Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2002

Last year's awards

On 28 February this year, the fifth Scottish Planning Awards ceremony was held at the Hub, Edinburgh. There were 39 entries across the three categories.

The 6 award winners for 2001 were:

• Development control to Aberdeenshire Council for its Customer Care Initiative and Shetland Islands Council for its New Regime for Aquaculture.
• Development planning to the Highland Rural Partnership for Change Pilot Project and Stirling Council for its use of New Technology in Mainstream Planning Policy.
• Development control on the ground to Fife Council and Fife Historic Buildings Trust for the West Wemyss Townscape Heritage Initiative and the Arbroath Abbey Partnership for the Abbey Visitor Centre.

Designing Places Award

"Higher standards of design depend on the attitude, knowledge and skills of everyone involved in the development process"

Designing Places, November 2001.

At the Scottish Awards for Quality in the Planning, the Scottish Executive, in association with The Lighthouse, will introduce a new urban design award for planning students, called the Designing Places Award. It will be for urban design work that has been carried out as part of the curriculum on planning courses, whether a project, dissertation, essay or report. It is open to all undergraduate and post graduate students. Entrants can either be individual or a group. It is hoped that the new award will raise the profile of design, test ability and provide an opportunity for students and professionals to mix and discuss each others work.

This year's awards

Nominations closed in September for the 2002 Awards. The 36 entries will be assessed by this year's judges: Gordon Mann, Barbara Illsley and Joan Burnie. The Minister for Social Justice will present the awards at the Hub on 27 February 2003.

For further information on the Planning Awards and Designing Places Award contact: Susan Whitty on 0131 244 7551, email: susan.whitty@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Details of the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning can be found in the Awards section of the Executive's Planning home page: www.scotland.gov.uk/planning/award

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