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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. Click here to view or download the updated version of Appendix 7 (pdf 617kb).
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 West Highland and Islands Local Plan was adopted on 9 September 2010. The “As continued in force, April 2012” version of the Plan is available below:
Written Statement
Mapping
Map Booklet
Proposals Map
Settlement Maps
Previous Material
Previous Plan material, including the Plan's Examination Report, is available via the link below:
Environmental Assessment
The Council is obliged to provide a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and an appropriate assessment of the Plan. The relevant reports are available via the links below:
Further Information and advice can be obtained via the Plan team:
Tim Stott,
Telephone (01463) 702 265
Katie Briggs,
Telephone (01463) 702 271
or by writing to:
The Director of Planning & Development,
The Highland Council Headquarters,
Glenurquhart Road,
Inverness,
IV3 5NX.