Planning Service
Outer Hebrides Local Development Plan (LDP)
Plan Update
The Comhairle has now reached the next stage in the LDP process with the publication of the
Outer Hebrides Local Development Plan – Proposed Plan on 16 September 2011. The Proposed Plan sets out the Comhairle’s settled view on planning policies and proposals for the Outer Hebrides over the next 5 year period and beyond. The Public Consultation ran from 16 September to 10 November 2011 and is now closed. However the Proposed Plan and Other Consultation Documents (including draft Supplementary Guidance) may still be viewed online.
Local Development Plan
The Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 established a new development planning system for Scotland, under which the Comhairle has a statutory duty to prepare a single Local Development Plan (LDP). The LDP will establish the Comhairle’s strategic vision and framework of policies and proposals to guide development and manage land use change in the Outer Hebrides over a five year period and beyond. It will be used by the Comhairle to assess and determine planning applications.
Consultation has been undertaken with Key Agencies, Community Councils and other stakeholders in the Plan preparation process.
Preparation of the LDP began in 2009 and will involve a number of key stages, as outlined below. Please click on the relevant section for further information:
| Stage | Details | Timescales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information on the LDP preparation stages (including consultation arrangements) and a downloadable version of the Development Plan Scheme (updated annually) can be viewed here. | Published: March 2009; February 2010 (1ST review); January 2011 (2nd review). |
| 2 | Main Issues Report (& Associated Documents) To encourage early engagement in the process the Comhairle prepared a Main Issues Report (MIR) in 2010, which can be viewed here. This report looked at significant new issues that have arisen since the production of the existing Development Plan and identified proposal sites for such uses as housing and business. |
Published: February 2010 (please note: consultation has now closed for this document) |
| 3 | Taking account of consultation responses received on the MIR, a Proposed Local Development Plan and associated documents were published by the Comhairle on 16 September 2011. This Consultation is now closed however the documents may still be viewed online. | Published: PUBLIC CONSULTATION : 16 September – 10 November 2011 NOW CLOSED Details of the consultation were published on 16 September 2011. A further notice was published advising of consultation of Supplementary Guidance for Large Scale Wind Energy Developments. |
| 4 | Adoption of the Outer Hebrides Local Development Plan It is expected that the new Outer Hebrides LDP will be ready for final approval in 2012. Once adopted the LDP will replace the Comhairle’s existing Development Plan (i.e. Structure Plan and Local Plan). |
Expected 2012 |
Contact
For further information on the Outer Hebrides Local Development Plan please contact the Development Plan team on 01870 604990 or 01851 822690 or e-mail localdevplan@cne-siar.gov.uk
