We’re currently reviewing all of the responses we have received from our in-person workshops and online surveys to the Topic Papers and Area Summaries we created as part of the ‘Evidence Gathering’ stage. Thank you to everyone who’s given us their feedback so far.
The Topic Papers and Area Summaries on this page are the drafts we used within our recently completed engagement phase. Whilst the feedback surveys have now closed, we wanted to keep the Evidence here as a record so everyone can still see the information we’ve gathered. Updated versions will be shared here once complete.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at LocalDevPlan2@lochlomond-trossachs.org
The Topic Papers
The 10 Topic Papers we have drafted group the most closely related national planning policies of National Planning Framework 4. Each Topic Paper aims to summarise relevant national, regional and local evidence and information for the given topic area.
The Topic Papers have been prepared by National Park staff with advice and comments incorporated where possible from public bodies such as SEPA, Historic Environment Scotland, NatureScot, Transport Scotland and the Councils that cover the National Park.
The Topic Papers are technical and present a lot of information. This is due to their nature as baseline information to be reviewed by Scottish Government, as the foundation for the new Local Development Plan. Each Topic Paper has an explanatory note at the front to help you navigate it. If you’d prefer to read and give comments on a shorter map-based of the evidence, check out one of our Area Summaries, which highlight key points, opportunities and issues from across the 10 Topic Papers.
The technical Topic Papers
The following list links to the 10 Topic Papers, alongside any relevant supporting information.
- Climate Change and Land Use
- Biodiversity, Natural Places, and Forestry, Woodland and Trees
- Infrastructure First
- Flooding, Water Management and Blue & Green Infrastructure
- Energy and Heat & Cooling
- Sustainable Transport
- Housing
- Living Well Locally
- Cultural Heritage and Place
- Rural Economy
If you have any questions please get in touch with us LocalDevPlan2@lochlomond-trossachs.org
The Area Summaries
These Area Summaries highlight the key priorities, opportunities and issues for 6 different places across the National Park, complementing the Topic Papers. They were primarily designed to present this information in an easily digestible way for the series of in-person workshops that were held. Whilst we will not update these Area Summaries for the Evidence Report, any feedback we received on them, either in-person or via the online survey, will be incorporated as relevant into the Evidence Report and updates to the Topic Papers.
They will work best when viewed on a desktop screen.
If the format of these isn’t accessible to you, you can get in touch with us at LocalDevPlan2@lochlomond-trossachs.org to request a different format.
We have also prepared a short introduction to explain what the Area Summaries cover and how they are structured.
What's Next?
Our public engagement period on these papers is now complete. We’re now reviewing all of the responses we have received. We will be making changes to the Topic Papers as required and collate these into the full Evidence Report, which will also summarise the outcomes of our engagement. It is this full – finalised – Evidence Report that the Park Authority Board will need to approve before it can be submitted to the Scottish Government for review at the ‘gate check’.
Once we have received Scottish Government’s feedback from this gate check on whether we can either proceed or need to amend the Report, the next stage is preparing the Proposed Plan (draft Local Development Plan). In this future stage, there will be further opportunity to get involved including a formal public consultation on the Proposed Plan.
