1. From Skara Brae to
Sustainable Communities
Jim Mackinnon

3. “planning – for the layman
a submerged, highly
technical world surfacing
occasionally in lengthy
often incomprehensible
hearings seen as a triumph
not for clarity but the legal
profession.”

4. “To focus Government and
public services on creating
a more successful country,
with opportunities for all
of Scotland to flourish,
through increasing
sustainable economic
growth.”

6. “The ultimate test of an
effective planning system
is the maintenance and
creation of places where
people want to be.
We need to rise to that
challenge.”

18. “I ask every Scot to
pause and reflect
not on the kind of
country we are –
but on the kind of
country we could be
– we should be.”

21. David I (1124-1153)–
Scotland‘s First National Planner
Introduced the feudal
system
Established law and
order
Reorganised the church
Promoted local and
foreign trade

36. All this stuff about planning
and compensation and
betterment. Broad vistas
and all that. But give to me
the eighteenth century
alley, where foot-pads lurk,
and the harlot plies her
trade, and none of this new-
fangled planning doctrine

44. Where are the
conservation
areas of
tomorrow?...
Sam Galbraith
Planning Minister
November 2000

49. Plans don’t accomplish
anything. Theories of
management don’t much
matter. Endeavours succeed
or fail because of the people
involved. Only by attracting
the best people will you
accomplish great deeds.

58. SSCI Charrette Series

61. open space band
Employment Band
Housing band
Open space band

62. Ladyfield Masterplan
The Peel Plan The Light Imprint Plan

63. Ladyfield Masterplan
The Pinwheel Plan The Quay Connection Plan

64. Lochgelly

65. Lochgelly

66. Grandhome Masterplan

67. Villas (wide) Terrace House (wide)
14 meter plots Mixed Block
8 meter plots 30 dwellings/hectare
14 dwellings/hectare 24 dwellings/hectare

73. From Skara Brae to
Sustainable Communities