The Charles Smith Memorial Lecture - Planning and the Climate and Nature Crises: Delivering National Planning Framework 4
Location:
Playfair Library,
Old College,
South Bridge
Date/time
Thu 22 February 2024
Doors at 5pm
Event begins at 5:30pm
Brodies LLP in partnership with Edinburgh Law School presents the Charles Smith Memorial Lecture:
Planning and the Climate and Nature Crises: Delivering National Planning Framework 4
This lecture will reflect on the evolution of national spatial planning in Scotland, including the significant shift introduced by the spatial strategy and national planning policies in National Planning Framework 4, adopted in 2023. It will also explore the progress towards delivering on the commitments set out in NPF4 as well as the opportunities for strengthening the planning system in the future.
Speaker: Fiona Simpson, Director of Planning, Architecture and Regeneration, Scottish Government
About the Speaker:
Dr Fiona Simpson, the Scottish Government’s Chief Planner, has more than 25 years’ experience as a planner. She has overall responsibility for the work of Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Division, including national planning policy, national planning decisions, regeneration programmes and the digital transformation of the planning system.
Fiona provided the secretariat to the independent review of the planning system in 2016, played a key role in planning reform including the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, and led the preparation of National Planning Framework 3 (adopted 2014) and 4 (2023).
Prior to that, Fiona was Head of Environmental Assessment and worked across Government to provide technical advice on a wide range of planning, energy, marine and environmental policies and programmes.
About the Event:
The event will begin with a lecture and Q&A delivered by Fiona Simpson from 5:30pm-6:30pm, followed by a reception in the Playfair Library.
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