Proposed Plan

Highland Wide Local Development Plan | Main Issues Report | Examination | Other Assessments and Information

Responses

The consultation on the Proposed Plan ran from the 24th of September 2010 - 3rd December 2010. The responses to this consultation were reported to the Planning Environment and Development Committee on 16th March 2011. Over 300 responses were received. These have been redacted and are available to view here.

The Planning Environment and Development Committee considered the Council's proposed response to these representations at the meeting on 16th March 2011. The proposed responses were grouped by issue and are available in their draft form here.

The proposed plan has now progressed to the Examination stage.

The proposed plan is the first formal stage of the Development Planning process. The proposed plan takes account of all of the views made on the Main Issues Report (these have been summarised and key points have been responded to here: Highland-wide Local Development Plan Appendix 2 (pdf 1.9mb)). The Proposed Plan provides a firmer view on the content of the plan. The proposed plan will contain the following:

A vision – what the Highlands could be in 20 years.
A spatial strategy – where development could go.
Development management policies – policies to help decide planning applications.
A proposals map – showing what type of development could happen and where.

The public consultation on the Proposed Plan finished on the 3rd December 2010.

As part of the Scottish Government's EPlanning programme you can still view the proposed plan online by using our Online Local Development Plan

For help on how to use the Online Local Development Plan please see the user notes available on the link below

OLDP User Notes (pdf 1.2mb)

You can also view it as a pdf document below:

You can still also view the Proposed Plan at your local Highland Council Service Point, Library or Planning Office.

Details of the consultation was published in a Statutory Public Notice in the Press and Journal on 24th September 2010.

Highland wide Local Developmen Plan Proposed Plan Press Advert (pdf 29kb)

How we consulted

During the public consultation period we encouraged you to get involved. We contacted everyone who responded to the main issues report and any landowner affected by the proposed land allocations in the plan.

We also hosted a number of events and discussed the plan over the consultation period:

Ward Forum Meetings

28th September 2010 - East Sutherland and Edderton
29th September 2010 - Nairn
25th October 2010 – Eilean a Cheo
27th October 2010 - Badenoch and Strathspey
27th October 2010 – Dingwall and Seaforth
28th October 2010 - Tain and Easter Ross
4th November 2010 – Aird and Loch Ness
11th November 2010 – Inverness City Forum
11th November 2010 - Black Isle Ward Forum
15th November 2010 – Caithness Forum
15th November 2010 – Lochaber Joint Forum
29th November 2010 – Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

For details of the location and time of Ward Forums please check the Ward Forum webpage.

Drop-in Sessions

All drop-in sessions ran from 1pm-6pm.

4th November 2010 - Priory Hotel, Beauly (Please note this drop-in session will start at 2pm)
11th November 2010 - Inverness Town House, Inverness
29th September 2010 – Court House, High Street, Nairn
6th October 2010 - Community Centre, Cawdor
27th October 2010 – Duthac Centre, Tain
1st November 2010 - Community Centre, Portree
15th November 2010 - Lochaber House, Fort William
10th November 2010 - Caithness Horizons, Thurso
15th November 2010 - Wick Assembly Rooms, Wick
4th November 2010 – Old Village Hall, Ardersier

Local Development Plan Surgeries

The following surgeries were by appointment and gave an oppertunity again to discuss the plan in person:

27th September - Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road,
4th October - Inverness Service Point, Inverness;
1st November - Portree Community Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye;
8th November – Town Hall, Wick;
15th November - Council Offices, Drummuie, Golspie;
15th November - Gordon Square, Fort William;
15th November - 100 High Street, Kingussie,
22nd November - Council Offices, High Street, Dingwall; and
29th November - Court House, High Street, Nairn.

For the latest on all of these events keep an eye on our blog (http://hwldp.blogspot.com/) or follow us on twitter (http://twitter.com/highlanddevplan).

A Report of Consultation is available below:

Report of Consultation (pdf, 2MB)

The Council have also updated the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Highland wide Local Development Plan. Please click on the link below for further information.