The Further Consultation on Sites and Policies is an additional stage in the Local Development Plan (LDP) process prepared in response to representations received to the MIR and comments made at the various MIR workshops. It provides more information on the identified sites in the Main Issues Report (MIR) which was the previous consultation.

Further Consultation on Sites and Policies

This informal document has been prepared by planning officers and provides an opportunity for early discussion on emerging policy to help inform formal Council decisions that will be taken in 2012 to agree the content of the Proposed Plan.

The consultation has now CLOSED.  Use this link to view the Further Consultation on Sites and Policies document [1Mb]. 

Representations received to the Further Consultation on Sites and Policies

Over 370 representations were received to the consultation;  view a summary of those representations using this link [2Mb]. If you want to view any of the representations in detail please call 030 33 33 3000 and ask for the Local Development Plan Coordinator.

The representations received to this consultation and the Main Issues Report consultation will be reported to Committee when decisions are taken on the Proposed Plan. At this stage no decisions have been made on these matters.

Identified Sites

The identified sites (housing, business and industry) have been broken down into six Housing Market Areas (HMA) which are covered in the Local Housing Strategy (LHS).

The following table highlights the six HMA areas and the settlements within them. You can get an overview for each area, or click on the settlement to see which sites have been identified.

The  Site Assessment Introduction [675kb] contains background information for the sites identified.  The categories for each of the sites have been colour coded on the inset maps as follows:

Annan HMA	Eskdale HMA	Dumfries HMA	Stewartry HMA	Mid Galloway HMA	Stranraer HMA
Annan HMA Overview [42kb]	Eskdale HMA Overview [217kb]	Dumfries HMA Overview [52kb]	Stewartry HMA Overview [225kb]	Mid Galloway HMA Overview [42kb]	Stranraer HMA Overview [38kb]
Annan [1Mb]	Langholm [1Mb]	Dumfries [1Mb]	Castle Douglas [1Mb]	Newton Stewart [1Mb]	Stranraer [1Mb]
Gretna [1Mb]	Canonbie [1006kb]	Kirconnel/Kelloholm [1Mb]	Dalbeattie [1Mb]	Whithorn [946kb]	Drummore [681kb]
Eaglesfield [755kb]		Lochmaben [762kb]	Kirkcudbright [1Mb]	Wigtown [1Mb]	Glenluce [982kb]
Eastriggs/Lowthertown [964kb]		Lockerbie [1Mb]	Auchencairn [727kb]	Creetown [1Mb]	Kirkcolm [721kb]
Ecclefechan [799kb]		Moffat [1Mb]	Carsphairn [620kb]	Garlieston [654kb]	Leswalt [745kb]
		Sanquhar [1Mb]	Crossmichael [807kb]	Kirkcowan [939kb]	Portpatrick [1Mb]
		Thornhill [993kb]	Gatehouse of Fleet [1Mb]	Kirkinner/Braehead [754kb]	Sandhead [669kb]
		Closeburn [244kb]	New Galloway [787kb]	Port William [868kb]
		Dunscore [483kb]	Palnackie [714kb]
		Glencaple [279kb]	Springholm [713kb]
		Holywood [530kb]	St John's Town of Dalry [898kb]
		Johnstonebridge [649kb]	Twynholm [651kb]
		Moniaive [637kb]
		New Abbey [596kb]
		Penpont [713kb]

 Business and Industry Sites GLA Corridor [973kb]

Carrutherstown, Dalton and Waterbeck have been identified in the Annan HMA Overview by mistake. Carrutherstown, Dalton and Waterbeck are located within the Dumfries HMA and therefore contribute to the Dumfries HMA "Villages, SBGs and HIC" effective land supply.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Further Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on sites and policies has also been prepared. The Environmental Report and associated appendices are listed below:

•  SEA Environmental Report and Appendices 1-2 & Appendix 3 Introduction [980kb]
•  SEA Annan HMA [2Mb]
•  SEA Dumfries HMA [15Mb]
•  SEA Eskdale HMA [2Mb]
•  SEA Mid Galloway HMA [6Mb]
•  SEA Stewartry HMA [9Mb]
•  SEA Stranraer HMA [5Mb]

Local Housing Strategy

The LHS identifies what the housing need is for private and affordable housing across the region and that need is broken down into six Housing Market Areas. The draft Strategy and associated documents can be viewed on the Social Housing Policy page. The adoption of the LHS provides clarity on the issue of how much housing is needed. A key function of the LHS is to set housing supply targets for each HMA. The Local Development Plan must then identify sites to, as a minimum, meet the housing supply target.

Consultation Events

A number of events took place throughout the consultation that the public, landowners, developers and planning agents were invited attended to find out more information. They included a drop in session at DG One on the 15^th December 2011, a policy workshop also at DG One on 1^st February 2012 and four evening meetings across the region during the last two weeks in February.

This  document [1Mb] gives a very broad overview and summary of the main topic areas raised at both the policy workshop and the evening meetings. Not every issue has necessarily been captured and more specific comments, for example those relating to individual sites, have not been included. The comments shown here are for general information only and have not been taken as representations to the Further Consultation on Sites and Policies document. Those attending the meetings were advised that any comments that they wished to be considered as part of the consultation process must be made in writing before the end of the consultation period on the 9^th of March 2012.

What happens next?

The representations for Further Consultation on Sites and Policies are recorded and will be considered in order to inform the Proposed Plan. Those who have made a representation will be assigned a reference number and will be kept informed of the progress of the plan.

Contact Details:

Development Planning
P&E Headquarters
Militia House
English Street
Dumfries
DG1 2HR

Tel: 030 33 33 3000
Fax: 01387 260149

Email: ldp@dumgal.gov.uk

Local Development Plan

Dumfries and Galloway Council is preparing a new Local Development Plan. This single plan will cover the whole of the region and replaces the current Structure Plan and four Local Plans. The Local Development Plan will set out the vision for how our region should develop and will form the framework for making decisions on planning applications.

The programme and timetable for preparing the new plan is outlined in the Development Plan Scheme. This includes a further consultation stage for sites and policies which is outlined below.

The first consultation was the Main Issues Report which has now closed but for reference any of the associated documents are still available to view:

•  Main Issues Report [1Mb] 
• Other information relating to the MIR including the original site assessments and public representations can be viewed on the Main Issues Report page.