Edinburgh City Local Plan
IntroductionThe Council is preparing a new local plan called the Edinburgh City Local Plan. It sets out the Council's development objectives until 2015 setting out what it wants to see happen in terms of housing, shopping, offices and other forms of development, and where. The plan deals with these issues of land use, and also the design of new development and will replace five local plans which presently cover the main urban area of the city. These sit alongside the Rural West Edinburgh Local Plan, which was adopted on 1 June 2006. A finalised version of the new Edinburgh City Local Plan was approved by the Planning Committee on 22 March 2007. The finalised Plan takes account of responses to the draft Plan and incorporates changes where appropriate. A summary of the Council's responses to comments and the consultation process to date is contained within the Local Plan Statement of Publicity and Consultation. An Environmental Report has also been prepared which sets out the likely impact of the Plan on the environment. ObjectionsThe finalised Plan was placed 'on deposit' for a statutory six week period from 25 May until 6 July 2007. During that period, 656 objections to matters in the plan were submitted to the Council. These have been considered and were reported to the Planning Committee on 4 October 2007. A copy of the Committee Report, a summary of all the objections, technical matters and statements of support and the Council's initial response to them can be viewed below: 1. Edinburgh City Local Plan - Objections - October 2007 (pdf 36kb) An extract from the minute of the committee meeting can be viewed here: Extract from the Minute of Planning Committee - 4th October 2007 (pdf 241kb) Local Plan InquiryA number of objectors have indicated that they wish the Council to hold a Public Local Inquiry to deal with their objections. Mr Richard Bowden BSc (Hons) MPhil MRTPI, has been appointed by the Council as the Reporter to conduct the Inquiry. Mr Dan Jackman BA (Hons) MRTPI has also now been appointed by the Council as a second Reporter to conduct the Inquiry. Pre-Inquiry MeetingDate: Location: View the Pre-Inquiry Meeting Agenda All registered objectors have been informed in writing and an advertisement has appeared in the local press. Opening of the InquirySeptember 2008 (dates and venue tbc) For further information please contact Patricia Watson, Programme Officer on 0131 529 3956 or e-mail to patricia.watson@edinburgh.gov.uk Where can I view the finalised Local Plan?The local plan consists of a written statement, setting out the Council's planning and development objectives, policies and proposals, and a proposals map. View the interactive version of the finalised Plan by following this link: Interactive Local Plan Adobe Acrobat PDFs of the written statement can also be viewed below: Part 1 - Finalised Edinburgh City Local Plan deposit version (pdf, 695kb) Inspection copies of the finalised Plan, the Statement of Publicity and Consultation, and the Environmental Report are available at the following places:
A copy of the Committee report that accompanied the finalised Plan can be viewed below: ECLP Finalisation Committee Report 22 March 2007 (pdf, 59kb) AssessmentsEqualities Impact AssessmentEqualities Impact Assessment (PDF, 332kb) Strategic Evironmental AssessmentFor information on the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Edinburgh City Local Plan please follow this link to a new page: ECLP SEA Draft Edinburgh City Local Plan ConsultationThe draft local plan consultation exercise took place in May-June 2006. Over 350 responses were received to the draft plan and covered over 1,500 specific points. The tables below provide a summary of those comments and explain what account has been taken of them in finalising the plan. Responses from Individuals sorted by topic (pdf, 17kb) A report to the 5 October 2006 Planning Committee summarises the consultation exercise and some of the key points arising: Edinburgh City Local Plan - Responses to Consultation Report to Planning Committees (pdf, 29kb) The interactive Consultation Draft of the local plan has been removed as it has been superseded. BackgroundA project brief (pdf, 631kb) for the local plan was produced at the start of the preparation process. An issues paper (pdf, 1.5MB) on key issues was produced in June 2005. A summary of the responses to that initial consultation (pdf, 1.5MB) is available. A draft version of the local plan was approved in March 2006 and subject to consultation between May and June 2006. The draft plan is no longer to be used for development management purposes but its written statement may be viewed below: Part one - Draft Edinburgh City Local Plan (pdf, 91kb) A number of research studies have informed the preparation of the local plan. They can be viewed by following this link to a new page: Research Studies. The Council has prepared and published a Charter for its local planning service, which relates the statutorily required steps to the standards of service that it will seek to provide and the timescales that it will seek to achieve. The Charter standards remain broadly valid. All the planning service Charters are available on the Council website and free of charge from the Enquiry Office at Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh. Some documents on this site are available in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (pdf). If you do not already have Acrobat Reader you can download it for free from Adobe. Contacts
Name: City Development, Planning and Strategy
Address: Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG
Phone: 0131 469 3411 (Ben Wilson), 0131 529 6724 (Kenneth Bowes)
Phone: 0131 529 6133 (Ian Tame), 0131 469 3598 (Finlay Martin)
Phone: 0131 469 3600 (Naomi Sandilands)
Fax: 0131 529 6205
E-mail: edinburghcitylocalplan
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Please note the change of room within the City Chambers from Business Centre to Council Chamber for the Pre-Inquiry Meeting.
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