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LANSCAPE AND LAND USE

Designated an Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) for over 40 years, the intrinsic value of the Pentland Hills has been recognised and protected. The previous subject local plan for the Hills agreed policies to ensure the landscape of the Hills was safe-guarded against inappropriate development and retain local characteristics such as dry-stane dykes and vernacular farm buildings. These policies are now in the process of being incorporated into the local plans of the respective Councils around the Regional Park.

The value of the Pentland’s landscape is hard to quantify. The impact of this landscape and its juxtapostion to major centres of population will both influence the perceptions of tourists and inward investors, and provide a resource to support recreation, all of which influence the economy of the area.

The Regional Park, through the production of its Integrated Management Strategy works with the three local authorities to, further the continued integrity of this much valued, much admired and much loved landscape.

For further information policies affecting the Pentland Hills Regional Park check out

Edinburgh and Lothian Structure Plan

Edinburgh Rural West Local Plan

Midlothian Local Plan

Borders Structure Plan