Are the Planners really to blame for the state of our built environment?

Nobody likes a planner, but then nobody much likes an architect either so exactly where should we point the finger of blame for the less than adequate built environment that we produce in Scotland?

Demonised, marginalised and reduced to the role of pen pushing, NIMBY baiting, powerless development managers - our planners have become mere pawns in the game of globalised, neo-liberal economic development.

Enough is enough, it’s time to give them a hug, value their ideas and release their wanton passion and imagination. It’s time to put planning on the pedestal and make the case for more planners, doing more planning, more of the time.