PEDC Meeting 13 March - Tourism Development; Development Briefs for Nairn and Inverness; Development Plan Scheme; other Supplementary Guidance and the employee survey;

Meeting Agenda here

A meeting of the Planning, Environment and Development Committee will take place in the Council Chamber, Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, onWednesday, 13 March 2013, at 10.30 a.m.

Highlights

7.  Employee Survey 2012
Suirbhidh Luchd-obrach 2012

There is circulated Report No. Ped-18-13 (48kb pdf) dated 1 March 2013 by the Director of Planning and Development outlining the key findings of the Employee Survey 2012 and proposing improvement action priority areas to be addressed by the Planning and Development Service in response to the views expressed by staff within the Service in the sixth Highland Council Employee Survey.

10.  Review of Highland Council Support for Tourism Development
Ath-sgrùdadh air Taic Chomhairle na Gàidhealtachd do Leasachadh Turasachd

There is circulated Report No. Ped-21-13 (355kb pdf) dated 28 February 2013 by the Director of Planning and Development presenting the findings of the Council’s Review of Tourism Spend, and making a series of recommendations arising from this review.  Recommendations are also made on how a Service Delivery Agreement with VisitScotland can be concluded for the year 2013-14.

13.  Development Plan Scheme 2013
Sgeama Plana Leasachaidh 2013

There is circulated Report No. Ped-25-13 (1015kb pdf) dated 1 March 2013 by the Director of Planning and Development presenting the 2013 update of the Development Plan Scheme (DPS), attached as Appendix 1, which sets out the Council’s programme for preparing and reviewing their Local Development Plans and associated documentation.  The DPS helps to provide certainty to the community and other stakeholders as to when each stage of the development planning process is being reached.  This 2013 version outlines the progress made so far, current status and next stages of the main projects since the DPS 2012 Update was approved in November 2012.

14.  Supplementary Guidance to the Highland-wide Local Development Plan
Stiùireadh Leasachail do Phlana Leasachadh Ionadail na Gàidhealtachd air Fad

There is circulated Report No. Ped-26-13 (41kb pdf) dated 1 March 2013 by the Director of Planning and Development seeking a decision to statutorily adopt and issue the following Supplementary Guidance to the Highland-wide Local Development Plan:

• Inverness City Centre Development Brief
• Developer Contributions: Supplementary Contributions
• Highland Statutorily Protected Species: Supplementary Guidance
• Housing in Multiple Occupation: Supplementary Guidance
• Housing in the Countryside: Supplementary Guidance
• Nigg Yard Master Plan
• Physical Constraints: Supplementary Guidance
• Public Art Strategy: Supplementary Guidance
• Sandown Development Brief
• Managing Waste in New Developments: Supplementary Guidance