News on North Ayrshire’s third Local Development Plan

We have published an update on the preparation of North Ayrshire's third Local Development Plan, LDP3.

On Wednesday 23th November, the North Ayrshire's Planning Committee adopted the 2023 'Development Plan Scheme'. The Development Plan Scheme is updated every year and sets out our timetable for the preparation of LDP3; details of what is involved at each stage; and a Participation Statement outlining when consultation is likely to take place, how and with whom.

The new Development Plan Scheme can be viewed online at our website.

In March this year, we launched the 'Your Place' survey, based on the Place Standard. This survey will stay open until March 2024. If you haven't already, we would encourage you could complete the survey and share it with others so as many as people as possible can feed into the process and tell us about the places in North Ayrshire they live, work and visit.

During 2024 our focus will be on the preparation of the Evidence Report. To support the preparation of the Evidence Report, we will draft and publish Place Profiles for each locality in North Ayrshire. These will set out key baseline information and data, summarise early engagement to date and reflect on the outcomes of other recent and current community engagement initiatives. There will be an opportunity for you to review these.

If you have any queries regarding the Local Development Plan, or any other aspect of planning in North Ayrshire, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Strategic Planning Team.