PLACE GUIDE: A PROCESS FOR IMPROVED PLACE-BASED DECISION MAKING SCOTTISH FUTURES TRUST


1


Understanding the Place approach


Process 2 Confirming


2


Confirming Place


purpose 3


Determining Place resources & governance


4


Defining current Place


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8


Programming activities for future Place


7


Partnering to deliver future Place


6


Progressing ideas for future Place


5


Describing future Place


Suggested actions Place purpose


What do we want to do in this Place, and why?


Place Framework: Place Narrative


• Building on step 1, map Place-related current and planned activity & investment. This includes consideration of relevant national, regional and local partners and their respective plans


• Review the Infrastructure Investment Plan hierarchy to help subsequent decision-making and planning on investment choices


• Begin Place purpose definition with stakeholders. These may be effected through existing consultation processes but should have a distinct community voice


• Consider how community consultation is done including value of ‘honest broker’ for communities e.g. organisations like PAS or via a community anchor organisation etc.


• Ensure citizen as well as service or asset views are reflected e.g. consider children & young people, families, cared for people & carers, older people, businesses etc.


• Prompts should be made on identifying some of the big problems we are trying to solve/outcomes to achieve e.g.


– health and wellbeing improvements – Inclusive growth – low carbon economy, NZ emissions


• Articulate desired outcomes and benefits, including the process for monitoring for all partners who are likely to collaborate


• Based on above, begin structuring skeletal Place Brief (see page 26 for guidance)


Outputs


• Updated and tested map of relevant planned activity and investment for the Place


• Skeletal Place Brief, focusing initially on the authentic narrative for the Place. This should support or influence related strategic assessments, or Outline Business Cases (OBCs) as in the table below (or ‘Application’ and ‘Concept Design’ for Net Zero considerations. At this stage, it should consider qualitative impacts:


(Strategic) • What is the context for this Place initiative?


• What opportunities & challenges are we attempting to address?


• What are the immediate imperatives for change? • Who are the key stakeholders?


(Economic) (Financial) (Commercial) (Management)


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