Data could have huge benefits for councils; helping them better understand their citizens’ needs and behaviours, targeting services more effectively, stopping what isn’t working, and allocating resources to where they have the biggest impact.
Urban centres have re-emerged as key sites of policy intervention. National and local governments across the UK are responding to changing patterns of office and retail use, and the need to deliver more housing in existing towns and cities. Reshaping places for the long term is complex, however
Research shows that buildings converted into homes under permitted development rights (PDR) provide significantly worse residential quality, particularly in terms of size, amenity space and location, than homes given full planning permission.
Scotland’s urban and subnational policies are often frenetic and strikingly incoherent. Here are three policy interventions that shed light on directions of travel for policymaking.
