The commitment is to work in partnership to intensify the focus on improving skills and attract more people into the profession. Whilst the scale of the challenge is significant, Scotland’s planning industry have come together through the National Planning Skills Commitment Plan to help push the agenda forward.  This work builds on the RTPI Future Planners Project Report (2022) and sits as an Action in the Planning and the Housing Emergency - Delivery Plan (November 2024).  

STAKEHOLDERS

100% commitment from stakeholders 

Stakeholders have committed their support, through some form of action, to the National Planning Skills Commitment Plan. For now, this includes over 100 people, across over almost 70 organisations. Everyone’s support has come into play at different times and the stakeholders have agreed to work collectively to help address Scotland’s skills agenda.

The Stakeholders that are part of the Commitment Plan, so far, have either already been linked to the planning skills agenda, or have been introduced as fresh contacts, including some specialising in skills promotion.

Commitment Plan Stakeholders are listed alphabetically below.

• Aberdeen Council   
• Aberdeenshire Council   
• Anderson Bell Christie 
• Architecture + Design Scotland (A+DS)  
• Argyll and Bute Council - Planning and Building Standards
• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) 
• City of Edinburgh Council   
• City of Glasgow College 
• Confederation of British Industry (CBI)  
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)  
• Developing the Young Workforce (DYW)  
• Dumfries and Galloway Collage  
• East Ayrshire Council   
• Fife Council   
• Forth Valley College
• Geddes Consulting  
• Glasgow Caledonian University  
• Glasgow Chambers of Commerce   
• Glasgow City Council  
• Glasgow City Region
• Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS)  
• Heriot Watt University  
• Highland and Island Enterprise  
• Highland Council   
• Historic Environment Scotland (HES)  
• Homes for Scotland   
• Iceni Planning Consultants 
• Improvement Service (IS)  
• Inverclyde Council - Planning, Building Standards and Property
• Key Agency Group   
• Landscape Institute Scotland (LIS)  
• Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)  
• Moda living
• Nature Scot  
• Network Rail
• NORTH
• Okrney Council
• Planning Aid Scotland (PAS) 
• Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate - gov.scot
• Royal Incorporation of Architects (RIAS)  
• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)  
• Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI) 
• RTPI  Highlands and Islands
• Ryden
• Savills  
• Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP)  
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)  
• Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)  
• Scottish Land Commission (SLC)  
• Scottish Power   
• Scottish Property Federation  
• Scottish Renewables  
• Scottish Young Planners Network (SYPN)  
• Skills Development Scotland (SDS)  
• Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE)  
• Society of Local Authority Lawyers (SOLAR)  
• South Ayrshire Council   
• South Lanarkshire Council - Planning and Building Standards 
• South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE)  
• SSE Renewables  
• Transport Scotland  
• Turley Planning Consultancy  
• University of Dundee  
• University of Glasgow  
• University of Highlands and Islands  
• University of Strathclyde  
• WSP

SIGN UP - NATIONAL PLANNING SKILLS COMMITMENT PLAN

There is no exclusivity to committing to playing a role within the Commitment Plan. 

If your organisation wishes to join the Commitment Plan, please contact the Scottish Government Planning Architecture and Regeneration Directorate via susan.stirling@gov.scot and they will be happy to explore with you how best to work together.  

The Scottish Government is grateful to every stakeholder who has agreed to support the Commitment Plan and look forward to working with you. 

WITH THANKS TO EVERYONE