Local Place Plan assistance and resources

Local Place Plans are led and prepared by community organisations. At present, we have no resources to offer funding support towards preparation of Local Place Plans but may be able to provide some informal assistance and support, including:

• Constitution of a Community Body
• Current Local Outcome Improvement Plans (Locality Plans)
• relevant resources, guidance, precedents and templates
• existing data for the local area
• relevant local and national planning policies
• best practice for community engagement (including the use of Place Standard)
• compliance with legislative and validation requirements
• online register and map of all valid Local Place Plans

• Welcome to the QGIS project! – A free and open source Geographic Information System.
• Parish Online - Community Map Scotland (parish-online.co.uk) - Community Map Scotland is a software project to help communities build a Local Place Plan.

The Scottish Government Planning Circular 1/2022 (Local Place Plans) provides guidance on the preparation, submission and registration of Local Place Plans. The Circular updates guidance contained within the Draft ‘How to' Guide. An updated version of this will be produced by the Scottish Government. Further Local Place Plans guidance is available on the Our Place and PAS (Planning Aid Scotland) websites. The Scottish Futures Trust 'Place Guide' clarifies the process for improved place-based decision making.

• Planning Circular 1/2022 (Local Place Plans)
• Our Place - Local Place Plans
• Local Place Plans Draft 'How to' Guide
• PAS - Community-Led Plans and LPP Guide (2022)

The preparation of a Local Place Plan requires the community body, preparing the plan, to undertake community engagement and consultation. The following tools and resources may be helpful:

• Place Standard tool
• Place Standard: children’s version
• Place Standard: young people’s version
• Place Standard: with a climate lens
• Place Standard: with air quality lens
• National Standards for Community Engagement
• SP=EED practical guide to engagement
• Understanding Scotland’s Places - a tool that can help towns communities better understand the function of the towns they live and work in.
• The Town Toolkit has been developed by Scotland's Towns Partnership, as a source of information and inspiration for anyone who wants to make their town centre better.
• Talking About Heritage guidance - prepared by Historic Environment Scotland to support communities as they research, identify and gain recognition for the heritage they care about. It includes a section on LPPs and other ways of sharing information about and celebrating locally important heritage.

Planning Aid Scotland (PAS) is an educational charity and social enterprise who provide useful information for communities on Local Place Plans:

• Planning Aid Scotland (PAS) - Community-Led Plans
• Resources - Planning Aid Scotland (pas.org.uk)

Planning Policy

• National Planning Framework 4 (Adopted February 2023) (NPF4)
• North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan (Adopted July 2022)
• Development Plan Scheme 2023

Community Plans

• The Plan for North Lanarkshire
• Local Outcome Improvement Plans (LOIPs)
• Framework for working with communities
• Working with communities
• North Lanarkshire towns and communities | North Lanarkshire Council

We will post NLLDP2 updates on:

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For more information on development plans and policies, visit our web pages:

North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan (Adopted 2022)

North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan 2

If your community is interested in preparing a Local Place Plan or you would like to find out more please contact us at:

communitymatters@northlan.gov.uk for advice on Community Bodies and Local Outcome Improvement Plans.

localdevelopmentplan@northlan.gov.uk to request information to support your plan.

To register your interest in preparing a Local Place Plan, please complete the form below: