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The Highland Council Sutherland Local Plan Deposit Draft November 2008 Statement of Publicity and Consultation Leading to the Deposit Draft Local Plan As required to comply with Section 12(5) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 1 Introduction This report is required under Section 12(5) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and Regulation 30(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Structure and Local Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 1983. It summarises the procedures that the Council as a Planning Authority has carried out in order to secure the necessary degree of public participation in the preparation of this Local Plan. Contents Page Section 1 Timetable of events (and supporting information / examples) 3 – 9 Section 2 Supporting information / examples 10 - 207 Section 3 Note of consultation list 208 Section 4 Diagram of Plan Stages 209 2 Section 1: Timetable of events The following table sets out the activities undertaken by the Local Plan Team to raise awareness of the Local Plan and determine the views of the general public and other stakeholders. Supporting information (including examples) is available in Section 2 following the table, on the pages as indicated in the right hand column. A diagram of Plan Stages is provided in Section 4. June 2005 The Sutherland Local Housing Development Informal phase of Forum is attended by those with an interest work in affordable housing provision. A representative of the Local Plan team attended these meetings bi monthly and the Local Plan was accepted as a standing item on the agenda and considered at each subsequent meeting. At one of the first meetings we considered the draft housing land audit as a group and the effectiveness of the allocations in the existing Local Plans covering the Sutherland area. June 2005 Report to Sutherland County Committee to Committee Report update members on progress on a number (page 11) of specific areas of ongoing work which were informing our identification of site options and Settlement Development Area (SDA) boundaries. This includes the draft Sutherland Housing Land Audit and the Sutherland Landscape Capacity Study. October 2005 Report to Sutherland County Committee Committee Report which asked Members to agree to the formal (page 14) commencement of the preparation of the new Sutherland Local Plan and included a Project Plan which details the process by which the Local Plan will be prepared and target dates for each stage. November 2005 Sutherland Local Plan web site is set up to http://www.highland. improve access to Local Plan information. All gov.uk/your subsequent reports, background papers, environment/ ward profiles, newsletters and revised planning/develop timetables were placed on this website with mentplans/local the opportunity available for people to plans/Sutherland- respond to us electronically using our local-plan.htm contact email address [email protected] 3 November 2005 Publish 1st Newsletter which included a Issue 1 of the simple user friendly guide to Local Plans and Sutherland Local the Planning System, the proposed timetable Plan Newsletter for the plan and an explanation of why we (page 21) need public involvement. November 2005 Circulation of Background Papers on Background papers Housing, Business/Economic Development available at: and the Environment http://www.highland. gov.uk/your environment/ planning/develop mentplans/local plans/Sutherland- local-plan.htm November 2005 Circulation of ward profiles to every Ward Profiles household with details of population change, (page 25) number of households, employment and services so the general public understand Feedback form the context for the Local Plan. Also (page 26) circulated was a feedback form to draw out the public’s responses to the key issues facing the area. November 2005 Publish Intention to prepare Advert in The Advert Northern Times and Edinburgh Gazette (page 29) November 2005 Initiated by our release of Background Article in the Northern Papers there was an Article in the Northern Times Times about the review of the Local Plan, (page 30) talking about some of the key issues for the area, detailing the public’s opportunity to get involved, with the chairman of the planning committee urging people to get involved. May 2006 Article in the Northern Times which raises Article awareness that the review of the Local Plan (page 31) is underway particularly drawing attention to housing site options in Dornoch and Embo. This was initiated by Councillor Duncan Allan’s vision. June 2006 Committee Report indicating the progress on Committee Report preparation of the Sutherland Local Plan. It (pages 32 – 40) draws together the main themes arising from initial consultation with stakeholders and the Minutes public; identifies key issues for the Plan; and (pages 41 – 42) invites Members to agree publication of a Newsletter to be circulated widely throughout the Area, summarising these matters. In addition a revised timetable was also set out. 4 June 2006 2nd Newsletter summarising the main Issue 2 of the themes coming from initial consultation with Sutherland Local stakeholders and the community and Plan Newsletter identifying the key issues for the plan. (pages 43 - 45) September 2006 Committee Report for approval of the Committee Report is Sutherland Local Plan Issues and Options available at: paper ‘Sutherland Futures’ for circulation as http://www.highland.g widely as possible throughout the area and ov.uk/yourcouncil/co to stakeholders. mmittees/archivepre may2007/sutherland/ sutherlandcounty/200 7-03-19-sa-min.htm Minutes (page 46) October 2006 Publication of Sutherland Futures which Sutherland Futures is was sent out to our stakeholders, available at: landowners, to members of the general public who responded to the Background http://www.highland. Papers and to the local service points, gov.uk/your libraries, and post offices. environment/ planning/develop Sutherland Futures contains a vision for the mentplans/local area suggesting what kind of place plans/Sutherland Sutherland should be 20 years from now; futures.htm key forecasts and a sustainable strategy for the future; along with the land requirements and the key site options being considered for development. It also invites people to attend our exhibitions and meetings and offers an enclosed form to submit comments by the 15 December. October 2006 A Public Notice was placed in the Northern Public Notice in the Times every week from the 13 October to Northern Times 24 November to advise people of the (page 47) opportunity to give us feedback on our consultation document Sutherland Futures and the timescale for submitting comments. Also included were details of the public exhibitions and meetings. October 2006 Initiated by our press release the article on Northern Times the 13th of October explains the public’s article (page 48) opportunity to get involved in the plan preparation and highlights the publication of “Sutherland Futures” and what this will cover. It also gives details of the public exhibitions and meetings. October/November Initiated by our press releases there were Northern Times 2006 articles published in October/November articles with details of the exhibitions and meetings (pages 49 – 52) being held that week detailing some of the key options for these places. October/ November In each of the 17 community council areas Example of poster 5 2006 afternoon exhibitions were held followed by (page 53) evening meetings chaired by the Local Members. In addition to the public notices, awareness was raised through the publication and distribution of Sutherland Futures and by local posters. The exhibitions allowed people the opportunity to come and talk to us in person and view the display and talk about the options for their community. The evening sessions started with a presentation which briefly summarised the vision and strategy of the plan, its likely format and our consideration of the site options. Then we opened up to allow the community the chance to debate the issues, give us feedback, and ask questions. November 2006 An additional exhibition was arranged for Article in the Embo along with a bus to take people Northern Times through to the evening meeting in Dornoch. (page 54) The exhibition is advertised through posters and an article in the Northern Times. December 2006 Initiated by our press release there was an Article in the article in the Northern Times on the 8 Northern Times December highlighting that the deadline for (page 55) comments on the Sutherland Local Plan was just a week away. January 2007 Consultation with pupils of Kinlochbervie Involvement High School. A short presentation was Questionnaire given to give a simple and engaging Results explanation of the planning system and the (pages 56 - 58) Local Plan before facilitating the following exercises with small groups. A - Find where you live (using our electronic mapping on laptops) B - Tell us your ideas for improvements to your area C - Choose sites for new development D - Let us know how you think we should get you involved in the future (which gave us information on how best to carry out our engagement with communities and how successful our session had been) February 2007 Consultation with Golspie and Dornoch secondary schools following the same format as with Kinlochbervie. March / April 2007 After considering the feedback from the Committee report consultation on 'Sutherland Futures' a (pages 59 – 138) 6 summary of the main issues was prepared Minutes from the and committee direction was sought on meetings these along with direction on the sites (pages 139 – 149) identified in Sutherland Futures. Draft objectives and general policies were also included for consideration. June 2007 Following the Council elections in May when only one of members from Sutherland was re-elected, a meeting was held with the members of the new North West and Central Sutherland Ward to explain the progress made on the Local Plan and to seek their feedback as we prepare a Deposit Draft for committee.
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