{"id":1055,"date":"2015-10-08T10:18:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T10:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/planningarchitecture\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2016-08-23T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T10:35:01","slug":"welcome-to-our-new-planning-and-architecture-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/planning-architecture\/2015\/10\/08\/welcome-to-our-new-planning-and-architecture-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to our new Planning and Architecture blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feedback from our stakeholders told us that we needed more informal methods to communicate with them.\u00a0We have responded to that by committing to a package of service improvements targeted at increasing our digital presence and improving communication.<\/p>\n<p>The creation of this blog is part of that wider package and colleagues will use it to regularly update you with progress on their workstreams.<\/p>\n<p>We will also be improving our twitter presence and working towards a more streamlined website.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are very much looking forward to using these tools to reach our stakeholders and hope you will follow our blog and twitter feeds.<\/p>\n<p>John McNairney<br \/>\nScottish Government&#8217;s Chief Planner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feedback from our stakeholders told us that we needed more informal methods to communicate with them.\u00a0We have responded to that by committing to a package of service improvements targeted at increasing our digital presence and improving communication. 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