Main issues report and site consultations
As part of creating the new Plan, a consultation was carried out on a document called the Main Issues Report (MIR) from April to June 2016. The MIR asked for views on the main issues affecting the West Highland and Islands area and presented options for future development. A link to the MIR, along with full comments received, can be found below. Additionally, a summary of comments received is available.
Main Issues Report and comments
Additional Sites Consultation
Some of the comments received during the MIR consultation included details of sites not already considered through the plan process. As a result, we ran an Additional Sites Consultation in October of 2016 which sought comments on selected sites that we considered significant enough to require further consultation.
Additional Sites Consultation and comments
Call for Sites and Ideas
The first major stage of the Plan was a Call for Sites and Ideas which ran between January and March 2015. This was a call to communities, landowners, developers and agents to suggest sites for protection and, or development. It also asked for people’s bigger ideas for the future of the area.
Approximately 60 comments were received in relation to the future vision for the area, 250 site suggestions either for protection or development and around 20 requests for community-led plans. Sites suggested for development and existing local plan sites can be viewed using our interactive map.
Schools engagement
As part of the Call for Sites and Ideas process we visited three secondary schools within the plan area. This enabled us to become informed of young people's ideas, site suggestions and justifications for how they want their area to change in the future. Schools submissions: