Planning Policy Issues
The Main Issues Report is a statutory part of the next local development plan. Currently it is anticipated that this report will have three sections within it: a section on the settlement strategy and what could be achieved from development; a section on the areas of policy where a radical or significant change in policy direction may be required, with options for what that change could be; and a series of site specific options for development in settlements. This section relates to the second of these: those areas where a significant change in policy direction may be required.
A technical appraisal of the existing local plan policies, targeted engagement with stakeholders, consultation with community councils and through the Citizens Panel, and seminars with elected members has been undertaken . From this it is possible to draw conclusions regarding those topics that might be considered as “Main issues”. It is anticipated that these “main issues” will now be the main focus for the development of new policy. Alternative approaches to these policies will be developed over the next few months, including a preferred option, and would be published in the Main Issues Report for public debate.
Important issues are not necessarily Main Issues. Important issues may already have an adequate planning policy framework, and only minor changes may be required to bring them up to date. Major issues are those where a debate concerning the whole purpose and approach to the topic area require to be re-evaluated. Although comments will be invited on any aspect of policy in the Main Issues Report it is anticipated that these major issues will be the focus for that debate.
Policy Review Reports
Topic reports prepared by planning officers have been prepared to help identify "Main Issues". These are set out below for information. Please note that these do not represent any formal position of Aberdeenshire Council but are an exploration of possible faults and improvements to existing policy. They should be seen as part of a policy monitoring exercise.
- Inf 5 Water Supply (pdf38.6kb)
- Inf11 Airports and Airfields (pdf 129kb)
- Inf9 Telecommunication (pdf 40.3kb)
- Inf12 Safeguarding Land Modern Transport ( pdf 59.1kb)
- Inf7 and Inf8 Rewnewable Energy (pdf 259kb)
- Inf6 Waste Management (pdf 172kb)
- Inf5 Water Supply (pdf 119kb)
- Inf4 Foul drainage (pdf 125kb)
- Inf1 Inf2 Inf3 Road Access and Accessability (pdf 55.7kb)
- Hou11and12 mobile homes and travellers (pdf 206kb)
- Hou8 Hou9 Hou10 Affordable and special needs Housing (pdf 160kb)
- Hou4 Hou5 Hou6 Housing in the Countryside (pdf 1.22mb)
- Hou3 gen13 Green Belt (pdf 605 kb)
- Hou1 and Hous2 Housing Land Allocations (pdf 212kb)
- Gen10 enforcement (pdf 132kb)
- Gen6 Hazardous development (pdf 81.3kb)
- Gen3 Inf10 developer contributions (pdf 143kb)
- Gen1 Sustainability (pdf 202kb)
- Env22 Public Access (pdf 151kb)
- Env17 env18 env19 env20 Historic and built environment (pdf 65.8kb)
- Env14 Env15 Env16 Gen8 Freshwater environment and flooding (pdf 308kb)
- Env6 env9 env10 env11 Forestry and Agriculture (pdf 330kb)
- Env6 Coastal and marine environment (pdf 321kb)
- Env5 Landscape (pdf 139kb)
- Env1 Env2 Env3 Env4 Natural heritage and biodiversity (pdf 677kb)
- Emp9 Emp11 Economic Development and Tourism (pdf 180kb)
- Emp8 Office Development (pdf 49.1kb)
- Emp5 emp6 emp7 Retailing and Town Centres (pdf 82.9kb)
- Emp3 Employment in the countrysides (pdf 191kb)
- Emp1 Employment Land Allocations (pdf 71.1kb)
Stakeholder Consultation
In addition consultation has taken place with a wide range of stakeholders and community groups to help scope the "Main Issues" and two reports on the findings of these are also presented for information.containing an analysis of all the policy.
