PROPOSED REPLACEMENT SOUTH AYRSHIRE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

PROPOSED REPLACEMENT SOUTH AYRSHIRE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

I write to notify you that South Ayrshire Council has published a proposed replacement local development plan for South Ayrshire (PLDP2) for public consultation.

PLDP2 is a concise, spatial, land use planning document, which sets out the Council’s settled view of how it envisages South Ayrshire will be developed over the ten year period from its adoption, a revised planning policy framework and a broad indication of the scale and location of growth in the area over a further ten years. When adopted, PLDP2 will supersede the adopted South Ayrshire Local Development Plan (2014) and Town Centre and Retail Local Development Plan (2017), becoming the planning policy framework against which all development proposals will be assessed.

PLDP2 and associated documents, including an Environmental Report, may be viewed (1) in electronic format, on the Council’s website at www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/; or (2) in printed format at (a) all public libraries in South Ayrshire, during normal opening hours, (b) all Council Customer Service Centres, during normal opening hours and (c) Burns House, Burns Statue Square, Ayr, KA7 1UT, between 08:45-16:45, Mondays to Thursdays, and between 08:45-16:00 on Fridays (excluding public holidays). The Environmental Report is only available to view on-line at www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/ or at Burns House during the specified hours.

The Consultation period for PLDP2 and associated Environmental Report will run from 25 September 2019 until 15 November 2019.

To assist members of the public in understanding PLDP2 and how it was prepared, public exhibitions will be held at the following venues and times:

Town	Date	Time of Exhibition	Venue	Planning Officers In Attendance
Troon	Monday, 30 September 2019	10am- 6.30pm	Troon Library, 5 South Beach, Troon KA10 6EF	4-6pm
Prestwick	Friday, 4 October 2019	10am- 6.30pm	Prestwick Community Centre, 50 Caerlaverock Road, Prestwick KA9 1HP	4-6pm
Girvan	Monday, 7 October 2019	11.15am-1pm and 2pm -6.30pm	Girvan Library, Montgomerie Street, Girvan KA26 9HE	4-6pm
Ayr	Tuesday, 8 October 2019	10am -6.30pm	Carnegie Library, 12 Main Street, Ayr KA8 8EB	4-6pm
Maybole	Thursday, 10 October 2019	10am -6.30pm	Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole, KA19 7DE	4-6pm
Ayr	Tuesday, 22 October 2019	10am – 4.45pm	Burns House, Burns Statue Square, Ayr, KA7 1UT	2.30-4.30pm

Planning officers will be available at each venue during the times specified in the table above, to answer questions, clarify aspects of the Plan, and provide advice on how to make formal representations on its content.

If the Community Councils wishes to make representations on PLDP2, it should do so, on-line at www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/planning/ , by 16:00 on 15 November 2019.

Expressions of opinion on the Environmental Report may be submitted by e-mail to localdevelopmentplans@south-ayrshire.gov.uk or, in writing, to the above address, by 16:00 on 15 November 2019, stating clearly that they relate to the Environmental Report only.

If you require further information, please contact the Development Planning & Customers Team on 01292 616693 during the opening hours for Burns House specified above.