Vision for Placemaking
There is a big national drive on to improve the quality of place
to help:
- provide a better quality of life for all
- people adopt healthier lifestyles
- combat climate change
- encourage jobs and tourism
- protect the environment and encouraging wildlife
- create warm, friendly communities and
- places with a strong identity of which we can be proud.
These objectives are of vital importance to the success of Perth
and Kinross. Our aim is to bring about a vision of a quality of
place of which we can be proud to say - nae place mair braw!
Scotland's finest new concert hall
Beautifully cared for villages
Sma' glen - a beautiful natural landscape steeped in
memories
How public space links with the Council's corporate plan
objectives
The national agendas are strongly reflected in the objectives of
our Council's
Corporate Plan.
- Objective 1: A Safe, Secure and Welcoming
Environment
- Objective 2: Healthy, Caring Communities
- Objective 3: A Prosperous, Sustainable,
Inclusive Economy
- Objective 4: Educated, Responsible and
Informed Citizens
- Objective 5: Confident, Active and Inclusive
Communities
Quality of place and space, and the movement and life they
support, play a key role in delivering the objectives of the
Corporate Plan and other national and local policies.
Find out more about policies relevant to public spaces [PDF:
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Working as a team and the need for balanced decisions
This guide is here to help people develop common goals and work
together to achieve them. The different groups that need to be
involved include:
- Public sector: Perth and Kinross Council,
Community Councils, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the
Scottish Government, Scottish Natural Heritage,
- Private sector: local shops and businesses,
national and international companies
- Politicians and community leaders: at both
national and local level.
- Professionals: including architects,
engineers, landscape architects, planner
- Voluntary sector: bloom groups, friends of
parks
- Individuals: residents, visitors
Balanced decisions
Delivering multi-functional, quality public spaces requires
skill, knowledge and thought. It is not a question of applying
guidance and standards, but of making balanced decisions that
reflect local needs. To do this is a challenge that has defeated
many local authorities across the UK. For a comprehensive
information on the subject see:
Balanced decision making and team work
Remember, we all have both a responsibility and the authority to
deliver the Council's corporate plan, and turning Perth and Kinross
into a place that is the finest of all.
Link
- policies, people and place
- environment - society - economy
Think
Consider all those things that ought to be taken into account
- function and attractiveness
- movement and place
- opportunity and risk
- today and tomorrow
