Kingswells Community Council

Aberdeen is set to adopt its new Local Plan later this month.

The Scottish Government informed Aberdeen City Council in writing that it has no objection to elected members formally adopting the Local Plan at the full council meeting on June 25.

The Local  Plan is the statutory development document for the city, which sets out detailed proposals on land use. It aims to match development needs and continued economic vitality with environmental protection and the creation of sustainable communities.

The plan contains sections on housing, transport, retailing, economic development, the city centre, community facilities, heritage, the natural environment and open space. It lays out development policies and pinpoints where that development should take place.

The City Council published the Finalised Aberdeen Local Plan in August 2004 and then launched a lengthy period of public consultation. Unresolved objections were then heard at a public inquiry, which ran from February to December in 2006.

Aberdeen City Council received the report and recommendations arising from the public inquiry in August 2007.  The City Council agreed its response to the report at the policy and strategy committee meeting last December and the resulting proposed modifications were published in January 2008 for a six-week objection period.

All valid objections were then evaluated and officers made recommendations to the policy and strategy committee in April. The committee agreed to proceed with the adoption of the Aberdeen Local Plan, as modified.

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