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Reminder: Evidence Report Consultation Launched
We’ve started preparing the third Local Development Plan (LDP3) which will guide future land use and development across East Renfrewshire. The first stage in preparing this new plan is a process of evidence-gathering, which will allow us to identify important matters that affect the Council area and the identification of the key things that the plan must address.
We’ve been working to gather evidence in relation to the topics within National Planning Framework 4. You can have your say on a range of topics here. It’s important that we establish areas of agreement or disagreement and if any additional evidence should be taken into account. We’ll also be inviting key agencies for their views, such as Scottish Water and NatureScot. More information on the private sector and LDP evidence reports can be found in this blog post by the Planning and Architecture division of the Scottish Government.
The consultation will run until 10 May 2024.
Evidence Report Consultation Launched
Evidence Report
We are currently preparing an Evidence Report to inform LDP3. The Evidence Report will set out the council’s view on a wide range of matters related to the development and use of land in the East Renfrewshire area. It will cover the characteristics of the land use and population of the plan area as well as housing, education and infrastructure matters, amongst others.
The Evidence Report aims to clearly inform what to plan for before the Proposed Plan looks at where development should take place. The Evidence Report therefore will not consider specific sites.
To provide a basis for the Evidence Report and to help establish the views of stakeholders on the evidence, we have prepared a number of topic papers covering various areas of evidence and have published them for consultation under the 3 themes of NPF4: Sustainable Places, Liveable Places and Productive Places.
Topic Paper Consultation
We are inviting stakeholders with an interest in these topics to read the papers and either:
Confirm that they are broadly satisfied with the evidence presented; or Identify any areas of evidence which they disagree with, or significant gaps in the evidence; and supply any relevant additional/alternative evidence for the Council's consideration which they consider should be included in the topic papers and the Evidence Report.
The Topic Papers and response forms are available here under the 3 themes of NPF4: Sustainable Places, Liveable Places and Productive Places.
The consultation will run for 4 weeks until 10th May 2024.
Self-build Housing List
Self-build Housing
Self-build housing is where an individual (whether acting alone or with other individuals) commissions or is personally involved in the design and construction of a dwelling that is intended to be the individual's main residence once it is built.
The self-build list covers the following types of self-build:
Read our Self-build Guidance here.
More information on self-build housing can also be found on the council website here.
Self-build List
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Section 16E) requires Local Planning Authorities to "prepare and maintain" a list of anyone interested in acquiring land for self-build across the authority's area.
The Self build list can be viewed here.
If you are interested in self-build, please complete the enquiry form here.
If you require anymore information please contact us: ldp@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Last chance to take part in Your Place surveys!
You have subscribed but have you had your say? This is the last weekend to take part in the Your Place surveys as they close on Monday 16th October.
Thanks to everyone who has filled out the survey already, effective community engagement is an essential part of local development plan preparation. The Council is committed to encouraging participation from everyone with an interest in the preparation of the Local Development Plan 3. Participation is important as it will help us prepare a plan that addresses the needs, aspirations and concerns of those who live, work, visit and invest in the area.
Please help us by filling in Your Place survey and let us know what you think about your place.
There are a number of different surveys for different groups of people, in order to gather as many views as possible:
Your Place Young People Survey (for ages 13 – 25)
Your Place Children’s Survey (for ages 5 – 12)
The surveys will be open until Monday 16th October.
How Good are our Play Spaces?
We want to know if children and young people have good places to play in East Renfrewshire.
Are play spaces:
Take the short survey
Please include the thoughts of your children when completing the questions. The results will be used to produce our Play Sufficiency Statement and form part of the evidence for LDP3.
Are you ages 13 - 25? We want to know what you think about Your Place!
East Renfrewshire Council are at the start of preparing our Third Local Development Plan (LDP3) which is the Council's key land use planning document. We want to know what young people think about their local places.
Find out more about LDP3 here and each stage of LDP3 by viewing the Timeline.
How to Get Involved:
Please help us by completing the survey to ensure more informed decision-making and design of places and spaces that are engaging, fun, safe and accessible to people of all ages.
We've had some great comments from young people in local community, so if you've not already added your thoughts, why not go and have your say? You can find the survey here.
The survey closes 16th October 2023.
The survey is based on the Scottish Governments Place Standard Tool. More information on this can be found here.
Local Development Plan 3 Place Surveys Launched
Local Development Plan 3 Place Surveys Launched
We are in the process of creating a new Local Development Plan (LDP3) which will set out where and how the East Renfrewshire Area will develop in the future.
Effective community engagement is an essential part of local development plan preparation. The Council is committed to encouraging participation from everyone with an interest in the preparation of the Local Development Plan 3. Participation is important as it will help us prepare a plan that addresses the needs, aspirations and concerns of those who live, work, visit and invest in the area.
Please help us by filling in Your Place survey and let us know what you think about your place.
There are a number of different surveys for different groups of people, in order to gather as many views as possible:
Your Place Young People Survey (for ages 13 – 25)
Your Place Children’s Survey (for ages 5 – 12)
The surveys will be open until Monday 16th October.
Revised Development Plan Scheme
We have prepared and published a revised Development Plan Scheme (DPS). The DPS is required to be published annually and sets out the programme for the production and review of the Local Development Plan and highlights who, how and when anyone can get involved.
The DPS and Participation Statement were informed by the earlier pre-engagement survey responses and can be viewed here.
Pre-Engagement Survey Results
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.
Are you ages 13 - 25? We want to know what you think about East Renfrewshire!
Work has started on preparing our Third Local Development Plan (LDP3), which will guide future development across East Renfrewshire. This is your opportunity to help shape LDP3 - we need your input to create a locally informed plan that is fit for the future.
Find out more about LDP3 here and each stage of LDP3 by viewing the Timeline.
How to Get Involved:We've had some great comments from young people in local community, so if you've not already added your thoughts, why not go and have your say? You can find the survery here.
The survey runs until the 31st May 2023.
You can see what others have said so far below and give them a thumbs up too if you agree.
What Young People are satisfied with in East Renfrewshire:
What Young People are dissatisfied with in East Renfrewshire:
We also like to say a huge thanks to everyone who has participated in the online surveys so far.
There will be many more opportunities to get involved – both online and in-person – as we prepare LDP3 over the next four years. Please visit the Latest news section to keep up-to-date of details of other consultations. You don't need to live in East Renfrewshire to comment, you can comment no matter if you live in, work in or just enjoy East Renfrewshire!
LDP3 Pre-engagement Surveys - Survey Ends Wednesday 31st May
Thanks to everyone who has submitted comments. There is still time to give your views on how you would like to be involved with Local Development Plan 3. If you have already made comments you can use the thumbs up button to agree with any of the comments made.
This is your opportunity to help shape LDP3 - we need your input to create a locally informed plan that is fit for the future.
Find out more about LDP3 here and each stage of LDP3 by viewing the Timeline.
How to get involved:1. Tell us how you would like to be involved with LDP3 by completing the engagement surveys. The engagement surveys will run from the 3rd until the 31st May 2023.
2. Sign up for updates on LDP3 and related work in East Renfrewshire by entering your email address or visiting Latest news.
There will be many more opportunities to get involved – both online and in-person – as we prepare LDP3 over the next four years. Please visit the Latest news section to keep up-to-date of details of other consultations.
The current Local Development Plan (LDP2) was adopted in March 2022 and can be viewed here.