The Report of Examination in to the Argyll and Bute Proposed Local Development Plan 2 was published on 13/06/2023 by the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA).
The Report of Examination is available here.
A summary table is available here.
The Council is currently analysing the Report of Examination and will prepare an Adoption Plan and associated documentation for publication in due course. The steps to Adoption are set out in the Development Plan Scheme available here Development Plan Scheme (argyll-bute.gov.uk).
The Development Plan for Argyll and Bute consists of National Planning Framework 4, the Adopted Local Development Plan and any associated Supplementary Guidance.
We are now preparing a new Local Development Plan (LDP2), which will replace the current Local Development Plan which was adopted in 2015. The current Supplementary Guidance, which is part of the Development Plan, will no longer be in place following the adoption of LDP2. The new plan (LDP2) will cover all of the Argyll and Bute Council area, apart from the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Area (LLTNP), where a separate Local Development Plan is prepared by the National Park Authority.
Local Development Plan 2 - Examination
The Council has sent Proposed Local Development Plan 2 and all unresolved representations to the Scottish Government requesting an Examination into the issues raised. The Scottish Government had now appointed a Reporter to conduct the independent Examination which will start on 18th May 2022. Documentation relating to the Examination is hosted on the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division website.
Proposed Local Development Plan 2
The Proposed Local Development Plan 2 consultation ran from 14th November 2019 to 12 noon on 24th January 2020. The consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has made a response.
You can still view the Proposed Local Development Plan 2 documents by using the links below:
The Argyll and Bute Council Proposed Local Development Plan can be viewed online as an interactive storymap (a storymap is a combination of text and interactive maps)
Proposed Local Development Plan 2 Storymap
Alternatively the Proposed Local Development Plan 2 can be viewed as PDFS across various documents:
- the Written Statement and
- the Proposals Maps, which are available as map books for each of:
- A1 maps are also available to view for:
The following documents have been published as part of the Proposed Plan consultation:
- Strategic Environment Assessment updated 27.11.2019
- Equality and Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
- Draft Action Programme
- GDPR - Privacy notice
- Public Notice
Main Issues Report
The first formal stage of the LDP2 process was the Main Issues Report which helped inform the production of Proposed Local Development Plan 2.
The report set out, through a series of questions, how Proposed Local Development Plan 2 might differ from the existing Local Development Plan and asked people’s views on those proposals.
We ran an 8 week consultation on the Main Issues Report between 16th October and 11th December 2017. The consultation has now closed. Thank you to all those who responded.
You can still view the Main Issues Report using the online storymap.
The Main Issues Report was accompanied by the following supporting documents:
- Monitoring Report (pdf 5mb)
- Strategic Environmental Assessment: Environmental Report (pdf 4mb)
- Equalities Impact Assessment (pdf 0.3mb)
Get in touch/Stay in touch
Get in touch:
For more information regarding Local Development Plan 2 please get in touch with us either by telephone: 01546 604158. Or by email:ldp@argyll-bute.gov.uk
If you wish to speak to one of our Development Policy planning officers then we would ask that you call or email with some details regarding your query so that we can arrange an appointment with the appropriate officer.
Stay in Touch:
If you wish to be added to the Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) mailing list, please contact us at ldp@argyll-bute.gov.uk
You can also follow us on Twitter: @ABC_Planning
Development Plan Scheme
The Development Plan Scheme sets out the Council’s programme for preparing the replacement Local Development Plan, which will be called LDP2. It sets out key milestones in the LDP2 process and how people can become engaged at those stages. It also provides a timetable that will deliver LDP2 within the required 5 year period from adoption of the current Local Development Plan.
For more information please contact us by email: ldp@argyll-bute.gov.uk or call 01546 604158
Useful Links
- Local Place Plans
- View the Housing land Audit here
- Read the Planning Performance Framework Annual Report
- Read the Sustainable Design Guides documents
- Local Development Plan GIS data (ESRI shapefiles)
- Biodiversity in Argyll and Bute
- Town Centre Health Check Storymap
Local Development Plan
View the current adopted Local Development Plan here
Local Development Plan Newsletter
- Newsletter - April 2022
- Newsletter - January 2022