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All Councils need to
prepare land-use plans for their council areas. These are called Local
Plans.
Local Plans are an essential
point of reference for anyone who wants to build in the city. Local Plans give
detailed guidance on where the Council will encourage development, for example,
where building houses will be supported. They also clearly state where certain
types of development will not be encouraged.
The Local Plans divide the city into five areas. There
are Central Edinburgh, South East Edinburgh, North East Edinburgh,
West Edinburgh and Rural West Edinburgh. All the areas have their own
Local Plan.
The Local Plans are
regularly updated: a draft West Edinburgh Local Plan was prepared in 2001, an alteration to the North East Edinburgh Local Plan was adopted in 2004, the South East Edinburgh Local Plan was adopted on the 18th August 2005, and work is underway in preparing a new Local Plan for the urban area of the city, to be known as the Edinburgh City Local Plan. A new Local Plan for the whole of Rural West Edinburgh is also being prepared.
Information on the current
status/progress of the Structure Plan and the Local Plans is available on the
Development Plan Update, which is available at the Enquiry Office at
1 Cockburn Street or on the Council website (see
below).
You can view the Local Plans
in most libraries and some are available on the Council website (see
below). You can also buy copies of the Local Plans (the cost is usually
£10). However, if you want to buy a copy please phone 0131 529 3900 to check the
cost of the plan you want to buy.
Please write to us giving the details of the Plan you
want to buy and include a cheque (made payable to The City of Edinburgh Council)
at:
The City of Edinburgh Council, City Development Department - Planning,
1 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh,
EH1 1ZJ.
Phone
enquiries should be made to the Strategy and Policy Section.
For Rural West Edinburgh enquiries please phone 0131 469 3613.
For all other areas
please phone 0131 469 3412 or 0131 469 3598.
The following files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF
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Development Plan
Update Sheet
Local
Planning Charter
South
East Edinburgh Local Plan
Draft
West Edinburgh Local Plan
North
East Edinburgh Local Plan Alterations – January 2004
Rural
West Edinburgh Local Plan
Edinburgh
City Local Plan