News on East Renfrewshire Third Local Development Plan

East Renfrewshire Council is preparing a new Local Development Plan (LDP3). We think it is critical that everyone that lives in, works in and enjoys East Renfrewshire are part of the development plan making process and believe that the insights they provide are invaluable.

The first stage in the preparation of LDP3 was finding out how communities and other stakeholders want to engage on LDP3 and receive updates. Two surveys were published to gather views, a ‘Participation Survey’ and a ‘Youth Engagement survey’. The surveys were also used as a mechanism to raise awareness of LDP3 and the future timeline for the preparation of the Plan.

A 4 week consultation commenced on May 3rd 2023 and ended on 31st May 2023. The surveys were published on the Council’s Local Development Plan Hub on Commonplace, and through the Council’s LDP3 website, Facebook and Twitter account and email notifications were sent to individuals and organisations listed on the LDP contact database. The Pre Engagement Survey Analysis of Responses can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who took part, we are extremely grateful for your responses on how you wish to be involved with LDP3, barriers that may be faced and suggestions on how to overcome these barriers. The analysis presented in this report has been used to inform the Development Plan Scheme and Participation Statement for LDP3. This will be reported to East Renfrewshire Full Council for approval in June 2023 before publication and submission to Scottish Ministers.

Other place based information will be used to inform the Evidence Report and Proposed Plan stages of LDP3.