Before you submit a Local Place Plan
Required consultation
Before a Local Place Plan can be submitted to us, a community body must send its proposed Local Place Plan to:
- each councillor for the Local Place Plan area
- any community council any part of whose area is within, or adjoins, the Local Place Plan area
The relevant councillors and community councils must be given no less than 28 days to submit their comments on the proposed Local Place Plan.
The proposed plan must be accompanied by an information notice. You may wish to use our information notice template.
Our community council boundary maps and list of community council contacts can help you identify the relevant community councils and their contact details.
Pre-submission checks
Community bodies preparing a Local Place Plan within our Development Plans area can:
- ask us for feedback on a draft or proposed plan against the Scottish Government requirements for Local Place Plans
- request a Local Place Plan pre-submission meeting (one per community body) with our Development Plans Team
Before asking for feedback on a draft or proposed plan, or requesting a pre-submission meeting, we ask that your community body submit a Local Place Plan Preparer Checklist and a Local Place Plan Notification of Intent form.
Ensure the accuracy of your Local Place Plan and supporting documents prior to pre-submission or submission, for example, where numbering and cross-referencing are used in relation to maps and proposals. Errors in your Local Place Plan submission may result in it being returned to you for correction, which may delay the validation and registration process.
The maximum size for an individual file in a Local Place Plan is 24MB. If your file is larger than this, you will need to separate it into multiple files for it to be included on the register.