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Call for sites and Consultation on Site Selection

South Ayrshire Council is currently working on the preparation of a Main Issues Report, as part of the work involved with preparing a Local Development Plan for South Ayrshire. In this respect, the Council is now seeking submissions from any interested party who wishes to promote a potential development site for possible inclusion in the Local Development Plan. Call for sites and Consultation on Site Selection

Local Planning Forum

The inaugural meeting of the Local Planning Forum was held on 2nd September at Belmont Academy and was attended by 64 Forum members. The Forum was introduced by Councillor Margaret Toner as Portfolio holder for Economic Development, Tourism and Leisure, and provided an overview of where South Ayrshire Council is in terms of its Local Development Plan preparation. Following this, discussion workshops on site selection and development constraints gave Forum members the opportunity to have their say on issues affecting the progression of the Local Development Plan.

A full appraisal of the feedback from the event will now be undertaken and the results from this will be sent to Forum members and will be published on this page as soon as possible. Feedback on this and future meetings can be accessed via the following link: Local Planning Forum.

Processing of planning applications from 3rd August 2009

Scotland's planning system is undergoing the most significant modernisation in over 60 years. The main legislative changes to Development Management, including planning application procedures, enforcement, planning appeal procedures and new local review procedures takes effect on August 03, 2009.

South Ayrshire Council's Planning Service is modernising and improving in line with these Government reforms. The processing of planning applications is changing as a result of these reforms. New application forms for the submission of planning applications and notes for guidance on many aspects of these changes are available. If decisions are delegated to planning officers from 3rd August 2009 under the new Scheme of Delegation for determining planning applications, the right of appeal will be by a newly appointed Local Review Body of the Council.

The list of applications, which are pending from 3rd August 2009, is available on this website by conducting an advanced search on a case by case basis. All details are in compliance with regulation 21 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. The registers of applications, in terms of Regulation 16 of the above Regulations, is also available on a case by case basis by conducting an advanced search.

If you have any queries or comments about the implementation of these changes, you can contact the Planning Service and we will try to assist you.

Protocol for Consultation on Supplementary Planning Guidance

This draft protocol was approved by the Council’s Leadership Panel on 19th May 2009 and provides a basis for public consultation when reviewing the Council’s supplementary planning guidance (SPG). Equally this is a guide for the wider public to raise awareness of what can be expected from community engagement in the planning policy and guidance preparation process. When it is established later this year the Local Planning Forum will consider this draft protocol, and a finalised version will be produced. Until then, this draft version will be operational so that SPG development may be progressed in the interim.

Draft Protocol for Public Consultation on Supplementary Planning Guidance