Latest on Highland-wide Proposed Plan

With respect to the Highland-wide Local Development Plan, the following was revealed at the Sandown Lands Appeal Inquiry:

• (As previously mentioned on the blog) ...the findings from the Main Issues Report for the HwLDP are due to go before Highland Elected Councillors in March.

• The draft Proposed Plan will be out in May and will be consulted on from June.

• As it will be summer the consultation period will be extended and thereafter the intention is to refer the HwLDP for an examination as soon as possible.

• The best estimate for adoption is late spring next year

One thing that concerns me immensely is the agreement made at the meeting of Highland Council's PED Committee on the 18/11/09 that:

• ...all the current major development schemes in East Inverness, Tornagrain, Delnies and South Nairn (and any which are subsequently submitted) which were identified in the A96 Corridor Framework should be taken forward in the context of the ongoing Local Development Plan work and should not be determined in advance of the preparation of the Proposed Plan;

Does this mean that these major planning could be considered after the publication of the Proposed Plan but before the Proposed Plan itself has been examined?

Click here for PED meeting minutes

Click here for the relevant committee report (agenda item 7)

As always comments and discussion here would be particularly valuable