Thursday, 26 April 2012

Don't forget to get to grips with the new local plans...



...your future depends on it

Have those of you who live in the area  looked at the Main Issues Report for the Inner Moray Firth Plan yet?


I must admit with all the kerfuffle surrounding the forthcoming local elections I have been slow to get to grips with this Issues Report.


Why is it important?  Well according the Planning Authority:



The Plan is the Council’s principal document for helping it decide on planning applications and 
land use priorities at the local level. We must operate within a national and Highland context 

but many local choices remain to be made as to which sites should be built on and what would 

be considered an appropriate use on a site.




What does the Highland Council want to know?  According to the MIR:



2.6 We would like you to tell us what you think about our initial site and policy preferences
and your own. If you think we’ve missed out a large site within a main settlement site that
should be developed or a similar area of valued greenspace please let us know.


2.7 There will be an opportunity to lodge formal objection to any particular site at the next
Plan stage (Proposed Plan draft). Please wait until then if you wish to do so. At this stage we’d like your preferences between sites and reasons. If you don’t like a site proposed for
development think about how it compares to other options in your City, town or village and tell us why other sites are better


The deadline for submission of comments is Friday 6th July 2012. 



I find that things always take longer than I think they will so why not have a quick read now 


Keep up to date with events by visiting 

http://hwldp.blogspot.co.uk/


Oh and you can find the plan on-line here







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