Pencaitland and District Local Place Plan

What is a Local Place Plan?

Local Place Plans are community-led. They include proposals from communities about how land is developed and used within their local area and can describe the types of changes that local people want to see and be taken into account.

A Local Place Plan is an expression of a community’s aspirations and solutions which can influence the local planning policy.  It sets out priorities for future development in an area, as well as helping communities to develop and deliver their own projects.

Local Place Plans are proposals from communities about how land is developed and used within their local area.  It can describe the types of changes that local people want to see and be taken into account in the local authority development plan. 

Local Place Plans include a spatial vision – a plan – for the community that sets out where changes should happen, and a map which shows where.  they can also contain an action plan laying out how changes will be delivered. 

For more information please see the PAD local place plan below.