National Planning Framework 4: delivery programme V4

Version 4 of the NPF4 delivery programme, updated approximately yearly to support implementation of the NPF. This programme sets out the actions that have been taken forward and informs our business plan.


Annex C – Local Development Plans – On track to adopt by May 2028 target, as at December 2025

Map of Scotland showing the planning authorities on track to adopt new Local Development Plans by May 2028.
13 planning authorities are anticipating adoption before May 2028.
7 planning authorities are adopting by May 2028.
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Anticipating adoption before May 2028

Orkney Islands, Inverclyde, Midlothian, West Lothian, The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, East Renfrewshire, East Lothian, Perth and Kinross, Moray, The Cairngorms National Park, Glasgow City, Dundee City, Dumfries and Galloway

Adopting May 2028

Aberdeen City, Falkirk, Fife, Na h-Eileanan Siar, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire

Adopting after May 2028

Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, City of Edinburgh, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, Highland, Scottish Borders, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire

No adoption timescale provided

Clackmannanshire

Contact

Email: DirectorPAR@gov.scot

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