John McNairney

McNairney predicts new planning system will take until 2021 to shape up

02.08.2019

Roger Milne

John McNairney | planning (Scotland) act | Planning (Scotland) Bill | Policy & Politics | Scotland

Scotland’s chief planner John McNairney has forecast that it will take two years for the country’s new planning system to be up and fully running now that the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 is on the statute books.
South-east Scotland plan is turned down

20.05.2019

Laura Edgar

John McNairney | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | Scotland | Scottish Government | SESplan 2

Scottish ministers have rejected the Edinburgh City Region Strategic Development Plan.
Scotland round-up: Revised proposals for major Aberdeenshire settlement unveiled; Chief planner gives planning update

19.05.2017

Roger Milne

Aberdeen | broadband | Edinburgh | General Election | glasgow | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | John McNairney | planning | Scotland

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 13 May-19 May, 2017
Scotland round-up: Chief Planner sets out new goals for his team; Make planners statutory consultees in local decisions, says RTPI Scotland

25.11.2016

Roger Milne

Aberdeen | City Deal | Edinburgh | glasgow airport | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | John McNairney | Orkney | planning | RTPI Scotland | Scotland

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 19 November-25 November, 2016
Chief planner sets out new goals for his team

24.11.2016

Roger Milne

John McNairney | Policy & Politics | Scotland | Scottish Government

John McNairney, the Scottish Government’s chief planner, has listed a set of new commitments for the administration’s planning and architecture team.
Scotland round-up: Ministers strengthen flagship land reform legislation; Transport minister refreshes National Transport Strategy

21.01.2016

Roger Milne

Barratt | Derek Mackay | Dundee | Edinburgh | glasgow | Housing | Infrastructure | John McNairney | land reform bill | Rural | Scotland | Scottish Government | Transport

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 16 January-22 January, 2016
Scottish Government continues to blow warm on wind power

12.11.2015

Roger Milne

Infrastructure | John McNairney | onshore wind | renewable energy | Scotland | wind farm

Scottish chief planner John McNairney has written to all heads of planning this week to stress that the administration has not changed its stance on onshore wind farms or energy targets - unlike the UK Government.
Scotland round-up: Government challenged to change policy on assessing wind farm developments, Lottery windfall

12.02.2015

Roger Milne

Cities Convention | Edinburgh | glasgow | Glasgow Crossrail | Housing | John McNairney | RTPI | Scotland | Scottish Government

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 7 February - 13 February, 2015
Chief planner takes councils to task over development plan supplementary guidance

22.01.2015

Roger Milne

Business & Enterprise | chief planner | Housing | John McNairney | planning | Scotland | Scottish Planning Policy

John McNairney, Scotland's chief planner, has written to all local authority heads of planning, voicing concern about an inconsistent approach to the preparation of guidance intended to support local development plans.
Planning the future: Chief planners' predictions

23.10.2014

Mark Smulian

Business & Enterprise | chief planners | Development Management & Enforcement | Fiona McCandless | Housing | John McNairney | Local plans | predictions | Rosemary Thomas | Steve Quartermain | UK

To mark the RTPI’s centenary, the chief planners for England, Wales and Northern Ireland consider how those coming up through the ranks of the profession must address the challenges of both the growing...