Sutherland Local Plan

Sutherland Local Plan - Examination

On this page you can find details and documents relating to the Sutherland Local Plan Examination.

The Examination has concluded and the Report of Examination has been received and are available below:

• Covering Letter to Council from Reporters
• Report of Examination

Paper copies of the report have been made available for reference at Council HQ, the Area Planning & Building Standards Office at Drummuie, Golspie and Public Libraries in Sutherland.  The Reporter's recommendations are generally binding on the Council, with only very limited circumstances set out in regulations in which the Council may decline to follow the recommendations.  We have summarised highlights from the Report of Examination, focussing on those site allocations that are recommended by the Reporter for deletion from the Local Plan:

• Sutherland Local Plan Examination Report Highlights

The Report of Examination was considered by the Planning, Environment & Development Committee on 17 March 2010 and the Council has subsequently published the Plan As Modified together with associated documents including the Notice of Intention to Adopt the Local Plan As Modified.

Other documents relation to the Examination are available below.

• Press Advert
• Index of Unresolved Issues
• Summary of Unresolved Issues
• General Policy Unresolved Issues
• Appropriate Assessment June 2009 (Superseded by December 2009 Version)
• Appropriate Assessment Version 2 - December 2009
• Notice of Unaccompanied Site Inspections
• Reporters request for further information - 25 August 2009
• Dornoch Further Information Issues 1-5
  
• Reporters Request for Further Information - Housing Land Supply
  
• Housing Land Supply Further Information
  
• Reporters Request for Further Information - Transportation
  
• Transport Further Information
• Reporters Request to Council for Further Information - Appropriate Assessment
  
• Reporters Request to SNH for Further Information - Appropriate Assessment
  
• Reporters Request for Further Information - Issues 14 and 21
  
• Further Information Issues 14 & 21
• Reporters Request for Further Information - Issue 76
  
• Further Information Issue 76
  
• Reporters Request for Further Information - Issues 53, 74, 80
  
• Further Information 53, 74 and 80
• Reporters Request for Further Information - Appropriate Assessment
  
• Appropriate Assessment - Further Information from Council
  
• Appropriate Assessment - Further Information from SNH

In addition to the appointment of Mrs Allison Coard MA MPhil RTPI to carry out the examination of the Plan, Scottish Ministers also appointed an additional Reporter, Mr Richard Dent BSc (Hons) MA DipTP FRTPI to support the speedy delivery of the report.

Further guidance on the examination process is available from the website of the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA).