Privacy notices - Place Standard Tool

We prepare forward planning documents for land use in the Highlands and supplementary guidance in relation to planning applications. We seek to engage the public in these documents and in some cases we are required to do so by law.  

We also check, validate, and register Local Place Plans as prepared by any community council or community controlled body within The Highland Council development planning area.  

Please note that all comments will be treated anonymously.  

If you are responding on behalf of an organisation / company then we ask for the organisation / company name and your role and contact information.  

If you choose to give us your contact details, they will be held on a database within our consultation portal and/or SharePoint system, as appropriate. Where you give consent, these may be used to update you on planning matters and place planning in the future. 

The key legislation is: 

• Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended 

• Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 

• Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Scotland Act 1997  

• Land Reform (Scotland) act 2003. 

• Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 

• Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. 

If you choose not to give us your information, you will not be updated on forward planning of land use in Highland and we will not be able to contact you again about any comments you have made. 

(Article 6(1)(e) and Recital 45, GDPR): Public task - processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest. 

Access to personal data (A15) 
Rectification of personal data (A16) 
Erasure of personal data (A17) 
Restrict processing of personal data (A18) 

Find out more about your rights 

Anonymised comments may be shared with statutory services, Cairngorm National Park Authority, community councils or community-controlled bodies (as defined by the Community Empowerment Act) to inform service development and development of Local Place Plans. 

Unless you tell us otherwise, we will continue to hold your information for as long as necessary to perform our forward planning functions. 

Your information is not subject to automated decision making or profiling. 

The data controller is The Highland Council 

Data Protection Officer 
Highland Council Headquarters 
Glenurquhart Road 
Inverness 
IV3 5NX 
01463 702029    

dpo@highland.gov.uk 

If you are unhappy with the way we have processed your personal information you can contact the Information Commissioner: 

Information Commissioner's Office 
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF 
Tel: 0303 123 1113 
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/