Highland Development Plan Consultation Gets Under Way
22nd September 2010
A 10-week public consultation gets under way on Friday 24 September on The Highland Council's Highland wide Local Development Plan, which represents the Council's land use vision, strategy and principal, general policies for the whole Highland Council area except that part within the Cairngorms National Park Authority boundary.
The deadline for comments is 5 pm on Friday 3 December.
The plan can be inspected free of charge during normal opening hours at every public library, planning office and Service Point in the Highlands and it is also available on all mobile libraries and can be viewed online at:
http://www.highland.gov.uk/developmentplans
The Plan is an important, statutory document that affects the consideration of planning applications and other public and private investment decisions. It will be discussed at the following Ward Forum meetings:-
• 28 September 2010 - East Sutherland and Edderton
• 29 September 2010 - Nairn
• 25 October 2010 - Eilean a Cheo
• 27 October 2010 - Badenoch and Strathspey
• 27 October 2010 - Dingwall and Seaforth
• 28 October 2010 - Tain and Easter Ross
• 11 November 2010 - Aird and Loch Ness
• 11 November 2010 - Inverness City Forum
• 15 November 2010 - Caithness Forum
• 29 November 2010 - Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
There will also be the chance for the public to view the plan at the following drop-in sessions, which run from 1pm-6pm:-
• 29 September 2010 - Nairn
• 6 October 2010 - Cawdor
• 27 October 2010 - Tain
• 1 November 2010 - Portree
• 4 November 2010 - Ardersier
• 10 November 2010 - Thurso
• 11 November 2010 - Inverness
• 15 November 2010 - Fort William
• 15 November 2010 - Wick
The public is also being offered the chance to make an appointment to discuss the Plan and this can be done by contacting the Development Plans Team (01463) 702259 or devplans[AT]highland.gov.uk. Each appointment will last a maximum of 10 minutes. The venues are:-
• 27 September - Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road,
• 4 October - Inverness Service Point, Inverness;
• 1 November - Portree Community Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye;
• 8 November - Town Hall, Wick;
• 15 November - Council Offices, Drummuie, Golspie;
• 15 November - Gordon Square, Fort William;
• 15 November - 100 High Street, Kingussie,
• 22 November - Council Offices, High Street, Dingwall; and
• 29 November - Court House, High Street, Nairn.
Written comments must be received by 5pm on 3 December via:
• Post to: Director of Planning and Development, Planning and Development Service, The Highland Council, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX
• Email to: devplans[AT]highland.gov.uk
• Fax to: (01463) 702298
• Online at: http://www.highland.gov.uk/developmentplans
The Highland Council has also prepared a Revised Environmental Report for the Highland wide Local Development Plan. The document is available to view at Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness and online at:
http://www.highland.gov.uk/developmentplans. The deadline for comments is 5pm on 3 December.
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