Nairnshire’s community led Local Place Plan is live!
Your LPP team is consulting on what makes Nairn and Nairnshire your Nairn and Nairnshire. The Local Place Plan is your chance to really shape the future of Nairn’s development and land use. Whether you think we should be developing and building out Nairn with new housing, commercial and industrial, public amenities, and infrastructure, or filling in the gaps and consolidating our towns and countryside, this is your chance to make a difference.
Building from the Local Place Plan, we have the opportunity to create a Community Action Plan which is where we can start to make things happen on the ground.
What a response so far!
From 15th April 2024, we will be progressing with data analysis, building the picture you have painted with your detailed and thorough feedback. You have given your Local Place Plan team:
- 454 replies to our community survey
- 64 directly submitted comments to our website
- 181 local people attending our community consultation roadshow
- 690 individual comments left at our community roadshow
- 2 detailed proposal emails received representing both an individual and a major community group
- 21 open Thursdays hosted at the Nairn Community & Arts Centre
- 87 detailed responses to our online community survey
What’s Next?
This level of community feedback is incredible. From this, we will be inviting your community groups to attend a series of workshops throughout May to test the findings, work through scenarios, and to create a robust and detailed Local Place Plan to serve Nairn and Nairnshire for the next 10 years and beyond.
Community Consultation Phase
On the 14th April, the data gathering Community Consultation phase closed. This marked the end of an online and in person process, including:
Online
- our online survey was open from 13th March until 14th April
Or, you you could have joined us in person at our Community Consultation Road Show:
- Monday 4th March, Nairn Academy from 6pm – 8:30pm
- Tuesday 5th March, Fortnight Hall from 4pm – 8:30pm
- Monday 11th March, Seaman’s Hall, Harbour Street from 4pm – 8:30pm
- Tuesday 12th March, Cawdor Community Centre from 4pm – 8:30pm
- Monday 18th March, Croy Community Hall from 4pm – 8:30pm
- Tuesday 19th March, British Legion, 3 Cawdor Street, Nairn from 4pm – 8:30pm
- Tuesday 26th March, Nairn Community & Arts Centre from 4pm – 8:30pm
- Wednesday 27th March, Dunbar Golf Course from 4pm – 6pm
- Wednesday 27th March, Auldearn Hall from 6pm-8:30pm
You can still take a digital walk through our prompt boards here.
What is a Local Place Plan?
A Local Place Plan (‘LPP’) is a community-led plan setting out proposals for the development and use of land. Introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, these plans set out a community’s aspirations for its future development.
The LPP is a way for our community, working with The Highland Council (our local authority) and other public sector organisations, to bring forward proposals that reflect National and Local Outcomes. By reflecting these policies and plans in our LPP, we should find it easier to make change happen.
How is a Local Place Plan delivered?
The LPP is delivered by a community body. In June 2023, a community meeting of more than 40 attendees passed a mandate to NICE to deliver Nairnshire’s Local Place Plan.
NICE (‘Nairn Improvement Community Enterprise’) is a community controlled body in accordance with Section 19 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, registered in Scotland SC388110 with a membership of more than 600.
What is our Local Place Plan timetable?
In August 2023, NICE formed the LPP Steering Group (‘LPPSG’) and published its Terms of Reference and Participation Statement. In November 2023, the LPPSG appointed a Project Coordinator within a funding package supported by The Highland Council from October ’23 to February ’24.
In December 2023, our delivery timetable was approved by the LPPSG, which included key events:
- 15th January: Community Group initial consultation
- 13th February: The Highland Council officer consultation
- 4th – 27th March: Consultation Roadshow public drop in events
- throughout May: themed and scenario workshops
- July: your chance to fine tune the Local Place Plan
- early-mid August: launch the 28 day statutory consultation period
- 13th September: our target date for submission to The Highland Council!
The last date for registration of a LPP with The Highland Council is 27th September 2024.
Why should I have my say?
The draft developed plan will be published for community review. You should ensure that the draft developed plan represents your views. If you don’t, the plan may not help to create the Nairn and Nairnshire you would like to call home.
How can I have my say?
You will have the opportunity to support the testing and developing of the draft plan through your community groups, such as activity groups, community councils, and business groups.
On publication of the draft Local Place Plan for your review, you will be able to comment on the proposed plan to ensure that this plan is truly representative of the Nairn and Nairnshire you would like to see over the next 10 years.