| Description | SPP8 Town Centres and Retailing, published in 2006, sets out the Scottish planning policy framework for town centres and retailing. The SPP identifies a range of techniques that can be used to support planning for town centres and retailing and indicates that updated guidance for these techniques, notably for each of town centre health checks, town centre strategies and retail impact assessment, will be published in the form of a Planning Advice Note ( PAN).
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| ISBN | 9780755968770 |
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| Official Print Publication Date | December 2007 |
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| Website Publication Date | December 24, 2007 |
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Hargest & Wallace Planning Ltd
DonaldsonsLLP
ISBN 978 0 7559 6877 0 (Web only publication)
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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Study Brief
Structure of Report
2 CHAPTER TWO : THE ROLE OF TOWN CENTRES AND RETAILING
Context
Recent Trends
Drivers of Retail Change
Planning Policy Context
3 CHAPTER THREE: TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Overview
Requirements of SPP8
Retail Capacity Assessment Techniques
Other Strategic Retail Planning Techniques
Complementary Retail Planning Techniques
4 CHAPTER FOUR: TOWN CENTRE HEALTH CHECKS
Overview
Study Findings
Context
The Role of TCHCs and V&V Indicators
Principles for the Development and Use of Indicators
Experience with TCHCs and V&V Indicators
Role of Single Indicators
Town Centre Health Check Process
Vitality and Viability Indicators
5 CHAPTER FIVE: TOWN CENTRE STRATEGIES
Overview
Study Findings
Context and Background
General Issues for Town Centre Strategies
Scope and Content of Town Centre Strategies
Key Components to Successful Strategies
Specific Issues
6 CHAPTER SIX: RETAIL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Overview
Study Findings
Context
General Approach for Method
Step-by-Step RIA Method
Other Issues
7 CHAPTER SEVEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Overall Findings
Summary of Recommendations
ABBREVIATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acknowledgement: This research was only possible with the support and commitment of a large number of professional staff in a wide range of Local Authorities, planning consultancies, Local Enterprise Companies, town centre managers and others who spent a considerable amount of time in responding to the questionnaires and participating in the discussion groups that were a key component of the research. This commitment of time and effort is gratefully acknowledged by the authors of this report.
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