Contribution to Willie Millers Blog on Urban Realms website. 

The Scottish Government have recently released a revised planning policy, SPP3, on housing. It calls on local authorities to make the following provisions within local plans:

This policy has emerged from the Kyoto agreement, UK and Scottish Government targets for CO2 emissions and precedent for this type of innovative policy set by the London Borough of Merton (The Merton Rule). The premise for the inclusion of this ...