Publication - Consultation paper

Local development planning - regulations and guidance consultation: part C - local development planning - draft guidance

Published: 17 December 2021
From: Director-General Communities
Part of: Building, planning and design
ISBN: 9781802018271

Part C of the local development planning - regulations and guidance consultation sets out: (1) the overall aims and expectations for new style LDPs; (2) the process of how to achieve a new style plans; (3) and detailed thematic guidance on how new style plans are to implement policies in NPF4.

Supporting documents

Annex A – Examples of Place-Based Plans

General Principles

LDPs are expected to be place-based, visual plans. Pages 26 and 27 of the best practice guide Designing for a Changing Climate: Planning Reform by Architecture & Design Scotland outline general principles for content and graphic communication for development plans.

Examples of Place-Based Plans

The plans below are examples of the graphic form that LDPs could take. It is the illustrative, place-based content that is highlighted as good practice, the content of the plan will be a matter for each planning authority to determine of their own accord, in line with the guidance in full.