Planning Aid for Scotland
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Planning Aid for Scotland is a charity that was established in 1993 to provide people across Scotland
with information and support to engage in the planning system. Its mission states:"Planning Aid for Scotland works with you to shape Scotland's future, providing support and information when you need it."
The charity's aim is to provide independent advice, information, training and support on planning and related environmental matters for citizens and community groups across Scotland. Most information and training is delivered free of charge to the public.
The organisation has three main strands of activity.
At the heart of Planning Aid for Scotland are about 300 volunteers, mostof whom are professionally-qualified planners. The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, and is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Ian Angus. Each Director is also a volunteer. The organisation has a core of paid staff led by Petra Biberbach, Chief Executive.
Funding comes from the Scottish Government, local authorities, the Friends of Planning Aid for Scotland, and a mixture of other grants and donations.
Planning Aid for Scotland is one of a network of Planning Aid
organisations that cover the whole of the UK.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
with information and support to engage in the planning system. Its mission states:"Planning Aid for Scotland works with you to shape Scotland's future, providing support and information when you need it."
The charity's aim is to provide independent advice, information, training and support on planning and related environmental matters for citizens and community groups across Scotland. Most information and training is delivered free of charge to the public.
The organisation has three main strands of activity.
- providing community groups and the public with advice and information, through a website, leaflets and free professional advice on specific cases.
- training for local community groups on how to get more involved in planning, particularly in development plan reviews.
- action-related research to support greater community involvement in planning and build bridges between different stakeholders in the planning system.
At the heart of Planning Aid for Scotland are about 300 volunteers, mostof whom are professionally-qualified planners. The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, and is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Ian Angus. Each Director is also a volunteer. The organisation has a core of paid staff led by Petra Biberbach, Chief Executive.
Funding comes from the Scottish Government, local authorities, the Friends of Planning Aid for Scotland, and a mixture of other grants and donations.
Planning Aid for Scotland is one of a network of Planning Aid
Planning Aid
Planning Aid provides free urban and environmental planning advice to individuals and community groups who cannot afford to pay a professional consultant, via a number of charitable organisations throughout the UK. A similar scheme, Community Technical Aid, operates in part of Ireland.-In the...
organisations that cover the whole of the UK.