Glen Urquhart Community Council
Glen Urquhart Local Place Plan
Updates on the Local Place Plan will appear below.
Tuesday 10th Sept 2024
Local Place Plan (LPP) 2024-
Also, The Housing Needs Survey Report pdf draft is also available to view or download here
Friday 2nd August 2024
Local Place Plan (LPP) 2024-
This is an important document because once it has been registered with the Highland Council it will influence the next Local Development Plan, planning applications and can be used in funding bids.
If you have any suggestions or comments regarding it, please email clairewhyte@sksscotland.co.uk or nickyhesketh@sksscotland.co.uk by the 13th August 2024.
You are also invited to join us at an online Zoom feedback session, on Tuesday 13th August, 6-
The link for this is
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81521263568?pwd=09Y1XPgbbZb6PIbObIRoPHsZxcivkJ.1
We look forward to seeing you then!
Friday 5th July 2024
Glen Urquhart Housing and Community Services Survey
Glen Urquhart Community Council seek your input to understand housing and community service needs in Glen Urquhart.
All input welcome (residents, non-
Glen Urquhart Housing Needs and Community Services Surveys Open Today! 📢
Communities Housing Trust are carrying out housing needs and community services surveys on behalf of Glen Urquhart Community Council to help guide housing development and other services for the communities of Glen Urquhart.
These surveys are the first step in gathering views and opinions.
We also want to hear from people who would like to return or relocate to the area, and business and service providers operating in Glen Urquhart.
Follow link to surveys here 👇
https://www.chtrust.co.uk/glenurquhartsurvey.html
Tuesday 14th May 2024
Our Local Place Plan
Work has started with a group of consultants, SKS Scotland, to create a Local Place Plan for Glen Urquhart. This work is a joint project between Glen Urquhart Community Council, Soirbheas and GURCA.
What is a Local Place Plan?
Local Place Plans were introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 to enable communities to feed directly into the planning system. It is an expression of our community's aspirations and solutions which can influence the local planning policy.
The Glen Urquhart community is seeking to develop a Local Place Plan to lodge with the Highland Council by 30 September 2024. The Local Place Plan will then be referenced in preparing the local development plan and assessing planning applications.
What will it include?
The Community Action Plan completed in 2023 laid the groundwork for this work and will be integrated into the Local Place Plan.
The Local Place Plan will include a map focussing on land and buildings use and development, and illustrating changes the community would like to see. It will also include an action plan list the priorities for future development and help us decide how to deliver these projects in our community.
The community will also be undertaking a Housing Needs Survey (in partnership with Small Communities Housing Trust). Outcomes from this separate survey will also feed into Local Place Plan.
Why do we need one?
A Local Place Plan will give us the opportunity to develop ideas for our local area, showing our challenges, aspirations and ambitions for the future. As well as feeding into the local planning policy, it will be used as evidence for potential funders, showing our priorities for future development in the area, as well as helping us develop and deliver our own projects.
We hope our Local Place Plans will also help us create a vision for the future and develop a positive community identity. It will create local connections, collaborations, and support the growth of community capacity and social capital. The plan will also help addressing major issues like climate change and inequality, offering a chance for genuine, community-
Next Steps:
STEP 1: Fill in our short survey and enter our prize draw for a £100 voucher. Online www.surveymonkey.com/r/GlenUrquhartLPP or paper copies can be picked up and returned to Balnain Community Hall, Blairbeg Hall and Loch Ness Hub & Travel.
STEP 2: Come along to our workshop or drop-
Workshop at Blairbeg Hall on Mon 3 June, 6 -
Drop-
STEP 3: Feedback on the draft plan. More information to follow.
STEP 4: Plan submitted to the Highland Council. Action plan is enabled by the Steering Group.
(Terms and conditions of the survey prize draw of £100)
1. The Promoter of this prize draw is the Glen Urquhart Community Council. 2. This prize draw is open to individuals aged 18 and over who complete the survey in full. The prize draw is not open to Glen Urquhart Community Councillors.
3. To enter the Prize Draw you must complete the survey. No purchase is necessary.
4. Only one entry per person is permitted. Multiple submissions of the same survey or from the same person will not result in additional entries into the prize draw.
5. The promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt by the Promoter.
6. The closing date for the Prize Draw is the time and date indicated on the survey. Entries received outside this time period will not be considered.
7. One winner will be chosen from a random draw of entries received in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The draw will be performed by a random computer process administered by the promoter and under the supervision of an independent member of the public.
8. The winner will receive the prize outlined on the survey.
9. The promoter accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the prize and not specifically included in the prize.
10. The winner will be notified by email. If a winner does not respond to the promoter within 90 days of being notified, then the winner’s prize will be forfeited, and the Glen Urquhart Community Council shall be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above. If a winner rejects their prize or the entry is invalid or in breach of these Terms and Conditions, the winner’s prize will be forfeited, and the promoter shall be entitled to select another winner.
11. The prize will either be sent to the winner via post or can be collected.
12. The prize is non-
13. The promoter reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the promoter’s control make it necessary to do so.
14. The promoter shall use and take care of any personal data you supply to it as described in its Privacy Policy, and in accordance with data protection legislation. By entering the Prize Draw, you agree to the collection, retention, usage and distribution of your personal information in order to process and contact you about your Prize Draw entry.
15. The Promoter and its associated agencies and companies accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering this Prize Draw or accepting the prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (including personal injury, death and fraud) in which case that liability is limited to the minimum amount allowable by law.
16. If for any reason any aspect of this promotion is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the Promoter may in its sole discretion cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion or invalidate any affected entries, where required.
17. Participants in the draw are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. The promoter reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
18. These terms and conditions shall be governed by Scottish law and the courts of Scotland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
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