Local councils have been urged to put their land and property assets to better use.It’s been suggested that they might engage in a massive exercise of buying and selling property in order to re-site services more conveniently to users, and that they might save money by joining up with other key services to give buildings many uses.

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A national task force on community planning will aim to assist communities in Scotland develop a shared local vision.The new task force will include membership from all key community planning partners, including councils, health boards, local enterprise companies, and voluntary and community groups.

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