Highland Local Development Plan
Highland Local Development Plan (HLDP)
A New Plan for Highland - Evidence Gathering
We are currently preparing a new local development plan for Highland.
Local development plans show how local places can change in the future, including where development should and should not happen.
We are gathering the evidence we believe is relevant and necessary to write the Highland Local Development Plan (HLDP).
We ran a “Call for Development Sites” between 31 January and 2 May 2025. Landowners, developers and others have suggested a range of sites that they wish the Council to consider for inclusion in the new HLDP.
We also consulted on our Evidence Papers over the same period.
The evidence documents contained a few factual errors. A list of the corrected errors is available to download.
We are now taking into account the feedback received and are preparing the formal Evidence Report.
The national context for the new HLDP is set out in National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4).
As required by NPF4, we are aiming for the HLDP to be:
- place-based, so that it is relevant, accessible, and useful to people with an interest in their place
- developed in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders
- based on robust evidence, so that it is deliverable
Local Place Plans
We have prepared advice and guidance for community bodies preparing Local Place Plans, and we continue to check and register these Plans.
Development Plans Newsletter
Our Development Plans Newsletter (January 2025) gives future HLDP stages and timescales.
Further engagement opportunities will be announced on this page.