More on that Award for the HwLDP

I must be missing something (?) help somebody, pleeease


I thought I would do a little research into the 'Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning'

Well, as you will read from clicking on the link above, this year was the 15th such process and there were 3 judges.

I found a very small booklet which lists out the categories and the winners and gives, very briefly, the reason behind the giving of the award / commendation.

For Highland Council, the reasoning is:

...This initiative has been given a Commendation because it has embraced the modernised planning system by streamlining all of its different local development plans into one ‘live’ map-based document that supports delivery on the ground. By offering services such as pre-application advice, the planning team have been able to improve the quality of the service to customers and move things through the system more quickly

One?  If there is only one 'live' document then how come the council web site says:

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Highland-wide Local Development Plan was adopted on 5 April 2012 and supersedes the General Policies and other related material of this Local Plan. A Parliamentary Order has been made to retain other elements within the Local Plans listed below. This provides the necessary clarity about which parts of the Local Plans continue in force alongside the Highland-wide Local Development Plan until such time as the relevant Area Local Development Plans is adopted. A full schedule of the retained elements of the following plans are contained within Appendix 7 of the HwLDP. Click here to view or download the updated version of Appendix 7 (pdf 617kb).

When using the following adopted Local Plans these must be read in conjunction with the Highland-wide Local Development Plan.

Visit the Local Plan pages for each Area via the links below:

• Badenoch and Strathspey
• Caithness
• Inverness
• Nairnshire
• Ross and Cromarty East
• Sutherland
• Wester Ross
• West Highland and Islands

And then how many 'area' local plans are planned?

Well, here is one view from a 'Dundas and Wilson' Planning Alert (March 2012)

Link here

(Some of the material on this post was first covered on this blog on 06 April 2012 this page )