A draft Aberdeen City and Shire Structure Plan was published for consultation on 27 June 2008. The plan is available from the Strategic Development Planning Authority website and the closing date for responses is 12 September 2008. From here you can view the Draft Aberdeen City and Shire Structure Plan.
Welcome to the Aberdeenshire Local Plan. This is the first Aberdeenshire-wide Local Plan.From here you can view the adopted Aberdeenshire Local Plan (adopted 30th June 2006) and view documents that have helped contribute to the Plan.
The adopted Aberdeenshire Local Plan is now available in printed form. Copies are available for sale, as the full Plan or as Area extracts. The cost of the full Plan is £60 (plus £10 P&P) and the cost of an area extract is £30 (plus £10 P&P). The Plan is available also on CD, cost £10.
To purchase a copy of the Plan, please contact Fiona Morrison tel. 01224 664564 email fiona.morrison@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
The Local Plan Process
The Aberdeenshire Local Plan is the result of a process including several stages of public consultation. In 2002 Aberdeenshire Council published the Finalised Aberdeenshire Local Plan and a lengthy consultation period followed. As a result of the public consultation, objections were received and a set of modifications were proposed to the Plan. Not all issues raised by objections were satisfactorily resolved by these modifications.
In September 2004 a Public Inquiry commenced into unresolved objections to the policies and proposals contained within the Plan. As a result of the Public Inquiry, the Scottish Executive published a Report comprising summaries of the objections, the Council's responses, the Reporters' conclusions and finally their recommendations. Most of these recommendations were subsequently accepted by the Council prior to the adoption of the Aberdeenshire Local Plan. You can view the Report on Objections to the Finalised Aberdeenshire Local Plan by clicking on this link.
Current Stage
On the 22nd June 2006, the Council received a letter from the Scottish Executive confirming that Scottish Ministers did not propose to issue a Direction in the case of the Plan and that the Council could proceed to adopt the Plan. The Infrastructure & Services Committee agreed accordingly on the 22nd June 2006(confirmed by full Council on 29th June 2006) to adopt the Plan. On the 30th June 2006 the Cairngorms National Park Authority adopted the Plan. On the 30th June 2006 the adoption of the Plan was completed and the adopted Plan became operative from that date.
Notice of the adoption of the Plan was advertised on the 14th July 2006 and the period for any challenge to the plan in the Court of Session was the six weeks from the 14th July 2006.
The plan now forms part of the statutory Development Plan for Aberdeenshire.
Disclaimer
The printed Aberdeenshire Local Plan is the legal document. Whilst the website may not reflect the format of the printed version exactly, every effort has been taken to ensure its accuracy.
Mapping Use
The Ordnance Survey mapping included within this website is provided by Aberdeenshire Council under license from the Ordnance Survey in order to fulfil its public function to act as a planning authority. Persons viewing this mapping should contact Ordnance Survey copyright for advice where they wish to license Ordnance Survey mapping for their own use.
Contacts
You can contact the Local Plans team as follows
The Aberdeenshire Local Plans Team
Planning and Environmental Services
Woodhill House
Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
Tel: 01224 664342
Fax: 01224 664679
E-mail: local.plan@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
For information and advice on all aspects of Town and Country Planning and related issues:
- Planning Aid Scotland
11a South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh EH2 4AS
tel 0131 220 9730
fax 0131 220 9735
email: office@planningaidscotland.org.uk
Web: www.planningaidscotland.org.uk
Other useful contacts include:
- Development Department
The Scottish Executive
Area 3-H
Victoria Quay
EDINBURGH
EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131 244 0763
Fax: 0131 244 0785
Web: www.scotland.gov.uk/planning - The Royal Town Planning Institute (Scottish Office)
57 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7HL
Tel: 0131 226 1959
Fax: 0131 226 1909
Web: www.rtpi.org.uk
