Development plan correspondence: list

Development plans set out how places will change into the future, including where development should and shouldn’t happen.

The statutory ‘development plan’ comprises the National Planning Framework (NPF) which covers all of Scotland and the local development plan (LDP) for each planning authority area.

There are several formal stages during preparation of the plan,  during which the Scottish Government will issue official correspondence to the planning authority.

Local development plan documentation is available for the following local authority areas:

• Aberdeenshire
• Aberdeen City
• Argyll and Bute
• Angus
• Cairngorms National Park
• City of Edinburgh
• Clackmannanshire
• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
• Dumfries and Galloway
• Dundee
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Lothian
• East Renfrewshire
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Glasgow
• Highland
• Inverclyde
• Midlothian
• Moray
• North Ayrshire
• North Lanarkshire
• Orkney Islands
• Perth and Kinross
• Renfrewshire
• Scottish Borders
• Shetland Islands
• South Ayrshire
• South Lanarkshire
• Stirling
• West Dunbartonshire
• West Lothian

Previously in the four largest city region areas, the development plan included a strategic development plan (SDP). On 13 February 2023 SDPs and their associated supplementary guidance ceased to have effect and as such are no longer be part of the development plan. LDPs within SDP areas are no longer required to be consistent with the SDP.

Documentation relating to the strategic development plans is available:  

• Aberdeen City and Shire
• CLYDEplan
• SESplan
• TAYplan