How does land use function in Scotland and Wales, and what lessons can be learned?

The sessions will start from 3.30pm and will be available to watch live or on demand at Parliament TV or in person in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster.

Giving evidence will be:

3.30pm

• Max Hislop, Director, Clyde Climate Forest;
• David Miller, Director of Land Use, The Hutton Institute; and
• Hamish Trench, Chief Executive, Scottish Land Commission.

4.30pm

• Neil Hemington, Chief Planner, Welsh Government; and
• Professor Kathryn Monk, Chair, Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, Honorary Professor, Swansea University.

Questions will include:

• Why was the Scottish Land Commission set up; how does it work and what is covered in its remit; who does it report to within the Scottish Government; and how does it implement its policies?

• Could you describe in broad terms how land use governance works in Wales? How do the Welsh government and Welsh institutions seek to ensure effective implementation of land use policies and objectives?

•  What are your work priorities; how does your work intersect with the land use agenda and what international, national, regional and local regulation and other guidance do you deal with on a regular basis. What general observations do you have on your country’s governance frameworks?

• Scotland is up to its third land use strategy. What is your experience of working with and using the land use strategy in your own work? What are the key changes between the first and third strategy and what is driving those changes?

• The Committee has heard that the planning system is not fit for purpose in England. In your experience, how does the Welsh planning system and wider policies around planning and infrastructure work, and how well does it support Wales’s land use strategy?