The examination report can be found here
Extract from THC press release as below:
The Highland Council has received the Report of Examination for the Highland wide Local Development Plan from the Scottish Government’s Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals.
This draws to a close the independent examination of the unresolved issues following the consultation on the Highland wide Local Development Plan and now the Council can move forward towards adoption of the plan.
The unresolved issues from members of the public, community groups and the development industry have now been considered by the Reporters, who have, where necessary, made a series of recommendations as to how the Council should change the Plan These recommendations are binding on the Council and will be reported to the Planning Environment and Development Committee being held on 18 January 2012.
Some of the headline conclusions and recommendations include:
• Support for the Vision and spatial strategies for Highland as a whole;
• Support for the development of the A96 growth corridor between Inverness and Nairn including developments at Tornagrain, Beechwood Campus, East Inverness and Nairn;
• Support for population projections and the housing land supply needed in the Highlands, which are deemed reasonable and in line with Scottish Government policy and guidance;
• Removal of a residential expansion allocation at Culloden Moor;
• Support for developments at key sites in Ross-shire and Caithness, including Nigg, and John O’ Groats;
• Support for all of the general policies of the plan subject to some modifications.
For full piece click here
have had a brief look at the part for sandown, and i would have concerns about the infrastructure as it is at the moment, and were are those living in these new houses going to be working?
ReplyDeleteHighland Council have a dream - the Reporters obviously share it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the Reporters do share the vision. Even if the Government and politicians from other parties share the Council's corporate vision aren't the civil servants supposed to be neutral in carrying out their duties?
ReplyDeleteAs I see it, the difficulties lie with the rules made by the politicians (Lab, Lib Dem, SNP)in setting out what the Reporters can and cannot due within their remit when they examine a plan.
Will post more on the HwLDP after the holiday period.