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The Highland Council has now received the Report of Examination for the Highland wide Local Development Plan from the Scottish Government's Directorate for Planning and Environment Appeals. Please click here for more information.
The Highland wide Local Development Plan will update and replace parts of the Highland Structure Plan as well as parts of existing Local Plans which cover strategic policy issues. It will set out:
- the spatial strategy and vision for the area;
- clear policy guidance for development of all types (including reference to Supplementary Guidance where appropriate);
- the development principles of key action areas (including the A96 Corridor).
The preparation of this new Local Development Plan will assist with the delivery of economic development for the area, whilst making sure that the quality of the built environment in Highland matches that of the natural environment.
The Highland Council was chosen as one of the pilot authorities to deliver a new local development plan based on partnership working with SEPA, SNH, Scottish Water and Transport Scotland. The aim is to demonstrate the benefits of a partnership approach to the preparation of a new-style, concise, map-based plan. In the coming months the Highland Council will deliver a development plan which will:
- Be up to date to provide investors and communities with greater certainty
- Focus resources of the private sector onto matters of greatest significance
- Lead to improved planning applications that help speed up response times from the public sector
- Create a simpler and more transparent planning process
- Enable a greater understanding and co-operation across the public and private sector
- Deliver better developments more efficiently through partnership working.
For Further information on how we are producing our plans please read our Development Plan Scheme.
You can find out about each stage of the plan making process by following the links below:
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Getting Involved
If you would like more information on the Highland wide Local Development Plan or to get involved in the production of future plans please contact us in one of the following ways:
Telephone
(01463) 702261
Post
Director of Planning and Development
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
E-mail
devplans@highland.gov.uk
Fax
(01463) 702298
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You can keep up to date with the work we are doing and give us further feedback on our blog - http://hwldp.blogspot.com, follow us on Twitter @highlanddevplan or become a fan on Facebook.