Working towards a new Local Development Plan
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 changed the way in which Local Development Plans are produced, including up front community engagement, life of the plan changing from 5 years to 10 years and the introduction of Local Place Plans.
The Comhairle is initiating the process of preparing a new Local Development Plan, this process takes a number of years and the different stages are shown below.
How to get involved
During the Evidence Gathering and Plan Preparation stages there are opportunities for members of the public and stakeholders to get involved and influence the final Local Development Plan.
We would like as many people and organisations to be involved with the new Local Development Plan as possible. The Development Plan Scheme sets out details of who we will consult and methods of engagement at each stage of the plan preparation.
Call for Ideas
As part of the preparation of a new Local Development Plan, we are seeking your views on what is important to you, what’s good or bad about the Outer Hebrides and your local area/ place and how you would like to see the islands developed in the next 10-20 years. Your comments should be related to development and land use. The following is an example of topics that we can take into account, although it should be noted that this list is not exhaustive.
- Climate change and Nature
- Biodiversity
- Your local Community (open space, land and buildings)
- Green space (playgrounds, food growing areas)
- Culture and built heritage
- Flooding and coastal erosion
- Travel
- Regeneration of vacant land or buildings
- Housing
- Employment, business and industry
- Infrastructure
- Or other land use or development matter
You can submit your comments using the online call for ideas form. Alternatively, you can complete the Place Standard Tool. If you have already completed the Place Standard Tool as part of the Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership (OHCPP) consultation, you do not need to complete it again.
We are interested in hearing from particular groups of people and have separate online forms for disabled people and place and children and young people (under the age of 25).