The Council, Crown Estate and Highlands and Islands Enterprise commissioned consultants, WA Fairhurst to produce indicative masterplans to guide the design of Fort William’s waterfront from the West End car park to the mouth of the River Lochy.
Final Masterplans
Two draft indicative masterplans were produced and are issued for public comment together with explanatory material. These were amended by committee and agreed as supplementary planning design guidance.
• Optimum Masterplan (pdf 1.5mb)
• Secondary Masterplan (pdf 1.4mb)
• Written Justification Part 1 (pdf 2.9mb)
• Written Justification Part 2 (pdf 1.9mb)
• Written Justification Part 3 (pdf 1.3mb)
• Costings & Potential for Developer Contributions (pdf 2.9mb)
Further information can be obtained from Tim Stott (01463) 702265
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
The Highland Council has made a determination that SEA is not required for this study. Details of that determination are available from the links below.
• SEA Determination Notice (pdf 13kb)
• Determination Statement of Reasons (pdf 19kb)
• Scottish Government Screening Response (pdf 191kb)
• Historic Scotland Screening Response (pdf 37kb)
• SEPA Screening Response (pdf 15kb)
• SNH Screening Response (pdf 38kb)