- Description
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The Inverness City Centre Development Brief promotes and guides opportunities for development, regeneration and enhancement of Inverness city centre. It was adopted as Supplementary Guidance in February 2018 to become part of the Council’s statutory Development Plan. The Development Brief must be considered by anyone applying for planning permission for development in the city centre.
Read the Inverness City Centre Development Brief.
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
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As with all plans, policies and strategies we produce, the supplementary guidance has been subject to a strategic environmental assessment to assess the level of significance of any environmental impacts.
For the draft guidance, the following documents are available:
- Screening Report
- Historic Environment Scotland Response
- Scottish Environmental Protection Agency Response
- Scottish Natural Heritage Response
- Determination Notice
- Statement of Reasons
For the adopted guidance, the following documents are also available:
- Screening Report
- Historic Scotland Response
- Scottish Environmental Protection Agency Response
- Scottish Natural Heritage Response
- Determination Notice and Statement of Reasons
Read the adopted and draft documents
Habitats Regulations Appraisal
The draft guidance was the subject of a Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) in respect of European conservation site interests.
The adopted guidance was also the subject of HRA prior to its statutory adoption.
Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA)
Equalities Impact Assessment (EqIA) screening was undertaken for the draft guidance which determined that a full EqIA will not be required.
