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


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Place as a framework for investment The Infrastructure Investment Hierarchy


The Place Guide supports other frameworks developed by the Scottish Government designed to align investments and plans to benefit everyone in a Place, including via the National Planning Framework guidance. A particular focus is the Infrastructure Investment Plan hierarchy which aids decision-making and planning on investment choices, through encouraging maintaining and enhancing existing assets over new builds.


The Place Process set out in this Guide aligns with that hierarchy as set out below. It explicitly recognises that need should inform priorities, and that needs and outcomes can be met through strengthening and/or redesigning existing assets and services.


Determine Place Priorities Prioritise Place Making


Support and sustain existing assets


Adapt and re-use


New builds


Determine Place Priorities: Proposals should be considered in the wider context of plans / strategies for places, across disciplines, organisations and services, in which there should be clear links between need and priorities. In some instances these will have already have been pulled together into Place Briefs, Place Plans or business cases to create wider context underpinning proposed changes.


Prioritise Place Making: Every initiative should be considered from a Place perspective i.e. “how does this project help to realise wider goals/needs?”. It is anticipated that these goals encompass wellbeing, inclusive growth and net zero carbon priorities.


Support and sustain existing assets: Proposals should demonstrate how they will support and give new life to existing service provision and assets such as town centres.


Adapt and re-use: Consider opportunities to modify existing assets and resources such as empty buildings or multi- disciplinary teams in Places.


New builds: e.g. a new community campus or health & social care multi-disciplinary facility.


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