Local Place Plans are a new type of statutory plan which ensures that your community’s aspirations are to be taken into account when making future planning and development decisions.
Community bodies who have registered an interest in creating a Local Place Plan can now access updates, support and guidance via the LPP Portal button below:
It is the express purpose of a Local Place Plan (LPP) that it must represent the aspirations of the whole community in a place, giving due regard of relevant national, regional and local policies and strategies. Its key features are:
- Community-led plans setting out proposals for the development and use of land
- An LPP can only be led by formally constituted community bodies, such as Community Councils, Local Development Companies or Public Hall Committees
- The boundaries of the place can be determined by your own community
- There is no obligation on any community to prepare an LPP
- A valid LPP must be registered by the Council
- Registered LPPs must be taken into account when preparing Shetland’s next Local Development Plan
The following links will give you the essential background to Local Place Plans
Local Place Plans are founded on the Place Principle. The Place Principle promotes the need for communities, public organisations and businesses to work collaboratively with the assets and services in a place to achieve better outcomes. More information on the Place Principle and what it means for your community can be found here:
The regulations for Local Place Plans came into force on 22nd January 2022 and can be found here:
The Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021
The Scottish Government’s guidance for community and planning bodies to support the preparation, submission and registration of LPPs can be found here:
Circular 1/2022: Local Place Plans
What happens next?
The Council’s Development Plans & Heritage Department has put in place a wide range of resources to help support formally constituted community bodies who may wish to prepare an LPP for their place.
If your community body is interested in creating an LPP, it is not too late!
Please email us at lpp@shetland.gov.uk and we will send you a link to our registration form.