Saturday 18 September 2010

Nairn Town Centre Development Brief to go before Planning CommitteeWednesday 22 September 2010 at 10.30am

Extract from Planning Committee Agenda item 12:

There is circulated Report No. ped-77-10 dated 7 September 2010 by the Director of Planning and Development providing Members with details of a Draft Nairn Town Centre Development Brief intended to update the Council’s planning policy for that part of the town that includes the Co-op/Somerfield supermarket and adjoining land, to be the basis for public consultation over a 4 week period.

The Committee is asked to:

i. approve the contents of Appendix 1 to the report as a Draft Nairn Town
Centre Development Brief;
ii. agree that public consultation comprise one public meeting (a special Nairn
Ward Forum advertised via the local press), preceded by an afternoon
“drop in” exhibition, held during a 4 week period for written comment,
with relevant community councils and landowners also sent a consultee
copy; and
iii. note that the results of the consultation process will be reported back to
Committee for Members’ consideration of amendments and final approval of
the Brief.

More here


UPDATE 22 09 2010

The text below comes from the Highland Council web pages. Do you think that this will be the 'special ward forum meeting'? why not use the on-line form to get in contact with the Council if you are a resident of Nairn


Nairn Ward Forum

Next Meeting:

Date and Time: Wednesday 29 September 2010 at 7.00 pm

Venue: The Chamber, The Court House, High Street, Nairn

Theme: to be advised


Submit Questions

Use our online form to submit questions for consideration (even if you cannot attend)

Questions should ideally be lodged at least three days before the Ward Forum takes place, to allow a full response to be given.

3 comments:

  1. more mad ideas from planners - another 20 years of broken dreams coming up - Nairn needs more parking now - don't let Highland Council keep running Nairn down by hanging on to mad planners' dreams

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  2. The report to the committee at the link in the post above contains the paragraph below on 'consultation':

    It is proposed that public consultation should comprise one public meeting (a special Nairn Ward Forum advertised via the local press) preceded by an afternoon “drop in” exhibition. This would be held during a 4 week period for
    written comment. Relevant community councils and landowners will also be sent a consultee copy. Comments will be reported back to Committee as soon as possible with any recommended amendments prior to final approval.

    I would strongly recomend that the whole of Nairn turns out (if this was logistically possible)to as many of these events as possible.

    Why not write to your community council and get as many of the people that you know (family, friends, neighbours, work colleagues, people who go the same clubs etc. etc.) interested in making their views known.

    Whatever you do if you feel strongly on this, then it is important to make your views known

    I have updated the post

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  3. Further update: the Ward Forum scheduled for 29 Sept is the regular (routine) Ward Forum. The agenda for that meeting also reveals - although it has not yet been advertised or published elsewhere - that there will be a "special" Nairn Ward Forum at 7.00 pm on Wed 6 October to discuss the Draft Development Brief for Nairn Town Centre.

    So those concerned about the future of Nairn Town Centre should attend the 6 October meeting.

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