Ross and Cromarty East Local Plan
Ross and Cromarty East Local Plan Public Local Inquiry
The Highland Council held a Public Local Inquiry into objections to the Ross & Cromarty East Local Plan. The Inquiry was held in June and July 2005.
The Ross & Cromarty East Local Plan was adopted in February 2007. The information and documents below remain on this website as a historical record.
Mr Trevor Croft was appointed as Inquiry Reporter and his Report of the Public Local Inquiry is available here.
Objections to the Local Plan, lodged in respect of various issues, were referred for consideration at the Inquiry. All those who had lodged written objections to the Deposit Draft of the Local Plan or to the proposed Modifications to the Deposit Draft Plan were invited to participate.
The links below provide additional information relevant to the Inquiry:
Issues
Objections to the Local Plan, lodged in respect of the following issues, were referred for the consideration of the Inquiry.
Strategy and General
- Roads, traffic and transport, notably in the Black Isle
- Waste management
- Waste water treatment
- Affordable housing
- Retail policy
- Natural Heritage
- Flood Risk
- Surface Water Drainage
Main settlements
- Housing (Alness, Avoch, Contin, Cromarty, Edderton, Fortrose,
- Portmahomack, Seaboard, Tain
- Settlement Expansion (Culbokie, Evanton Fortrose and Rosemarkie, Marybank, Maryburgh, Muir of Ord, Strathpeffer, Tore)
- Settlement Boundary (Alness, Invergordon)
- Business/light industry (Alness, Munlochy
- Special Uses (Munlochy
- Flood Risk (Conon Bridge, Muir Of Ord)
- Amenity (Muir of Ord
Landward areas and small rural settlements
- Road improvements (Alcaig)
- Housing and other development (Ardross, Corntown, Cromarty Mains, Easter Kinkell, Hill of Fearn, Jamestown, Newton of Kinkell)
- Remote footpath (Jamestown)
- Small rural settlements (Craigdarroch, Newhall Point, Swordale)
- Small housing groups in the countryside (various)
- Housing in the Countryside (Logie Quarry, various)
- Natural Heritage (Highland Deephaven)
- Various land use (Nigg Point, Fortrose)
- Business/light industry/housing (Gateside, Munlochy)
- Potential Country Park (Redcastle Estate)