News on North Ayrshire’s third Local Development Plan

The Strategic Planning team at North Ayrshire Council are continuing with the preparation of a new local development plan for the area. The first stage in this process is an Evidence Report. As set out in our last update in November and the Development Plan Scheme, we are aiming to submit the Evidence Report to the Scottish Government at the beginning of 2025. 

The Planning and Architecture division of the Scottish Government have recently published a useful blog post on what private sector stakeholders can do to support the Evidence Report stage of plan-making.  

It covers the purpose of Evidence Reports; the involvement private sector stakeholders such as landowners and developers can expect; the role of the Gate Check in assessing the sufficiency of the evidence and dealing with disagreements and site promotion in the new development planning system. 

The full blog can be read on the Scottish Government website. 

Early and proactive engagement between the planning authority and all stakeholders is expected as part of the process of preparing the Evidence Report and there is a statutory requirement to engage with the 'public at large'. 

Regardless of your interest in the planning system or North Ayrshire, if you have any queries regarding the Local Development Plan and how you can become involved, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Strategic Planning Team.