This document discusses using design-led approaches like charrettes to improve the planning process. It suggests that charrettes, which are intensive collaborative workshops, can make the planning process faster, better, cheaper, and more convenient. Charrettes bring together community members, professionals, and stakeholders to generate consensus-driven master plans. The document also discusses how charrettes have been tested and shown to streamline development planning and management in Scotland. It argues that design-led, collaborative approaches allow deeper exploration of issues and create more certainty, helping to maximize value while minimizing resources used.
6. “Speed of decisions is
the central factor but it
also includes other
issues such as quality
of development,
customer service and
level of resource”
Planning 5th Oct 2012
Planning
Derek Mackay
Minister for Local
Government & Planning
7. “The real trick is to be
faster, better, cheaper
and more convenient
than any of your
competitors”
James Caan
Business
9. Successful operation of the planning system
will only be achieved if those involved: planning
authorities, agencies and consultees, applicants,
communities, representative organisations, public
bodies, the Government and the general public,
commit themselves to engaging as constructively
as possible in the process.
PAN 3/2010 Community Engagement
10. Successful operation of the planning system
will only be achieved if those involved: planning
authorities, agencies and consultees, applicants,
communities, representative organisations, public
bodies, the Government and the general public,
commit themselves to engaging as constructively
as possible in the process.
PAN 3/2010 Community Engagement
So how do we do it faster, better, cheaper
and more convenient ?
14. A charrette is an interactive design workshop, in
which the public, local, professionals and
stakeholders work directly with a specialised design
team to generate a specific community masterplan.
Charrette Series Report, Scottish Government
15. A charrette is an interactive design workshop, in
which the public, local, professionals and
stakeholders work directly with a specialised design
team to generate a specific community masterplan.
Charrette Series Report, Scottish Government
Understanding requirements & plan
22. ...what about the design process? Its a Process
Design Snapshot, Scottish Government
23. A design-led team to create and test
a ‘place brief’ ….
…through a tailored programme of
stakeholder engagement…
…to create a place specific,
consenus driven masterplan?
Emerging Charrette definition?
24. “..to encourage the creation of places,
designed and built to last, where a high
quality of life can be achieved”
26. “The SSCI Charrette Series will provide a unique
and innovative opportunity for Scotland to develop
new approaches to sustainable planning while
enabling a new level of public engagement in the
place-making process”
The Aim
LOCATION + FORM + PEOPLE
38. “The Charrettes are a truly innovative and exciting
approach to empowering communities that the
Scottish Government is pioneering on a national
scale. They allow people to positively shape the
decision-making process in their communities in a
dynamic and effective way, improving the quality,
attractiveness and success of places across
Scotland”
Stewart Stevenson, Transport & Infrastructure
Minister (01/09/2010)
60. A focus on services
A focus on assets
A focus on place
61.
62.
63. Faster: Design-led, form based approaches enable
collaborative processes
Better: Enables deeper & simultaneous exploration of
complex issues
Cheaper: More accurate planning creates more certainty
and more value from sparse resource (public and private)
Convenient: More certainty creates realistic and SHARED
expectations on delivery
Finally