EAST AYRSHIRE LOCAL PLAN MOVES TOWARDS ADOPTION
31 Aug 2010 16:06:31
Future development in East Ayrshire is looking optimistic as the latest local plan is close to being formally adopted. Agreement was reached at the Council’s Cabinet week, bringing together its strategy, a vision of land use for East Ayrshire to 2017 and beyond which actively promotes the economic, social and physical development of East Ayrshire and all of its communities.
The plan identifies a wide range of sites for housing, industry and other uses to meet future anticipated needs and provides a planning policy framework against which all future planning applications will be assessed.
Councillor Douglas Reid, Leader of the Council said: “Given the difficult economic times we find ourselves in, the new local plan will bring a much needed boost to East Ayrshire by providing a generous supply of development land to attract new housing development and jobs to the area. This will provide East Ayrshire with a competitive edge and I am delighted that this plan will be adopted in the near future.”
Councillor Jim Buchanan, Spokesperson for Delivering Community Regeneration said: “A huge amount of effort has been put into the production of the local plan which provides a positive approach to new development in East Ayrshire. I am grateful not only for the work of Council officers in producing the plan but also the valuable input received from our local communities and the wider development industry. The Council will be using the plan in a pro-active way to attract new development into East Ayrshire. We want to see new investment in our communities and will work in partnership with developers to deliver high quality sustainable development.”
Copies of the version of the local plan to be adopted are now available for the public to inspect at Council Headquarters, at planning offices in Kilmarnock and Lugar and in all local community libraries. It is anticipated that the plan will be formally adopted by the Council in November 2010.
For further information:
http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/devser/planandbuild/lp2010index.asp