Wester Ross Local Plan

Wester Ross Local Plan (As continued in force, April 2012)

Important notice

The Highland-wide Local Development Plan was adopted on 5 April 2012 and supersedes the general policies and other related material of this local plan. A Parliamentary Order has been made to retain other elements within this Local Plan. This provides the necessary clarity about which parts of the Local Plan continues in force alongside the Highland-wide Local Development Plan until such time as the relevant Area Local Development Plans is adopted. A full schedule of the retained elements of the following plan is contained within Appendix 7 of the HwLDP.

Read the updated version of Appendix 7

Habitats Regulation Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment

For the Parliamentary Order to be passed it had to be clear that the retained elements of the adopted local plans have met the requirements of European Community Law with respect to Habitats Regulation Appraisal (HRA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment. The Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) considers all the policies and proposals of the adopted local plans which are intended to be retained in force. The Plan must be read alongside the HRA, where the HRA identifies allocations that are likely to have significant effects either alone or in combination these are identified, a list of sites is contained in Appendix 7 of the HwLDP and within each area Local Plan as continued in force April 2012 version.

When using the following adopted Local Plan this must be read in conjunction with the Highland-wide Local Development Plan.

The Highland Council adopted the Wester Ross Local Plan on 29th June 2006.  The Local Plan covers the area from Achiltibuie in the north to Lochcarron in the south and sets in place the land use planning framework for the area for the next five years.

The “As continued in force, April 2012” version of the Plan is available below:

• Main Text
• Proposals Map
• Settlement Development Area Maps

The Plan is also available to view at the Planning and Development Service, Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness.

Related Material

• Appropriate Assessment
• Public Local Inquiry
• Wester Ross Local Plan Action Programme
• Development Briefs
• Monitoring Report - annual audit of the policies and allocations within the Local Plan, providing information and statistics on the development process within Wester Ross.
• Wester Ross National Scenic Area Project