Local Place Plans
New planning legislation introduces a right for communities to produce their own plans, known as Local Place Plans, providing the opportunity for communities to feed into the planning system with their own ideas and proposals for the development and use of land.
These community-led plans will set out the aspirations of people for the place they live in and suggest solutions. By setting out priorities for future development in an area, Local Place Plans can also help communities to develop and deliver their own projects and bring about community-based change.
Once completed and then registered by the Council, a Local Place Plan will be considered by us in the preparation of the Local Development Plan.
Local Place Plans give communities a new way to have their ideas considered during the preparation of a Local Development Plan but are not part of the Development Plan. Proposals put forward in a Local Place Plan may be included in the Local Development Plan, but there may be other considerations which mean they are not. We will show why community proposals have or have not been included and there will be the opportunity for this to be independently assessed.
If you are a Community Council or community body interested in preparing a Local Place Plan, or you have any questions about Local Place Plans, please get in touch: devplan@orkney.gov.uk
What are Local Place Plans?
Local Place Plans are community-led plans setting out proposals for the development and use of land.
Examples of the issues that Local Place Plans might cover include:
- proposals for new homes, including affordable homes, local employment or community facilities
- proposals which support climate change mitigation and adaption, such as renewable energy and flood risk management.
- initiatives for active travel and community growing
- improvements to town or village centres
- improvements to open space provision and quality, play and community facilities
- the conservation of local wildlife or built environment
A local place plan may also identify land and buildings that the community body considers to be of particular significance to the local area.