New report: The Place Standard tool & Gypsy/Traveller communities
Testing the applicability of the Place Standard tool to assess the quality of Gypsy/Traveller sites.
30 Years of the UNCRC – Bringing Children and Young People into Planning
Our education team reflects on the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its importance in planning and placemaking.
Golden Glenrothes update
Fife Council last week took forward the decision to use compulsory purchase to demolish the Glenwood shopping centre in Glenrothes.
Zine workshop – The STAR Guide to Shaping Our Places
PAS recently organised a zine making workshop with the STAR Project in Paisley.
Help us make a zine about place!
We are creating a town planning zine, under the title “An unofficial guide to involving young people in their place”.
Plan It Applecross – Community Land Use Plan Now Published
The Applecross Community Land Use Plan has now been published. Find out more.
Past Protectors: The Story so far… and we need you!
Historic Scotland has commissioned PAS to carry out a pilot project on heritage crime, called Past Protectors.
Local Place Plans: communities call for greater support to create success
We share results of a community survey on Local Place Plans.
Calling all planners: Solve problems, feel good!
Advice Volunteers help individuals and communities across Scotland to participate in planning decisions.
Bridging the Gap project update
March 2019 is shaping up to be a particularly busy for the Bridging the Gap project, one of our key education programmes. We are currently working with young people and teachers in five locations to deliver the project.
Our contribution to the Year of Young People 2018
2018 was an important year for our organisation – it was Scotland’s Year of Young People and it saw an increasing number of PAS projects involving youth and children in the planning process.
‘Your Heritage’ Orkney youth project
PAS was commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland to engage young people in Kirkwall in their local heritage. The aim was to garner young people’s views on what they understood …
Allotments and growing spaces workshops
PAS is working with SAGS to run a series of workshops exploring how allotments and growing spaces can be incorporated into new and existing development. At each workshop we will be testing…
Up-skilling Access Panels on the planning system
PAS delivered a series of workshops for Disability Equality Scotland about the Scottish planning system for Access Panels. The wider aim was to facilitate Access Panels to be an influential voice…
PAS & Article 12 – Success at the Planning Awards
PAS and Article 12 were awarded in the Partnership category for the engagement of young Gypsy/Travellers with planning and placemaking through our Heritage Lottery funded project…