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The Local Place Plan is a proposal for the development or use of land. It may also identify land and buildings that the community body considers to be of particular significance to the local area.

• Communities can use an LPP to highlight issues, gather ideas and look at needs and aspirations for the future of their community.
• LPPs are community-led plans that can be promoted and developed by any individual or collection of community groups that either constitute a “” or a “community council”.
• An LPP enables communities to set out proposals for the development and use of land for a locally defined area. This can be a single place or building or cover a wider geographic area.
• Once registered, LPPs will be taken into account in the preparation of the next Local Development Plan (LDP3). The current Local Development Plan (LDP2) can be viewed here. In order to help fully inform the LDP3, LPPs should be received by 30th June 2025 ahead of us finalising our Evidence Report.
• The preparation of Local Place Plans is governed by legislation. Sources of information on how to prepare an LPP are set out below.

Information Sources

Legislation and regulation

• The as amended by the

Guidance

• ����Ů�� Local Place Plan Validation Checklist provides a useful checklist for the process and will help us to validate your Local Place Plan
• guidance on the preparation, submission and registration of LPPs
• The website has information, tools and resources
• - a useful process for examining place.

Assistance

• information on Local Place Plans and help to .
• the Investing in Communities Fund. 
• The Council’s Grants and Funding webpage provides information regarding potential internal and external support and funding.
• The Community Funding Toolkit offers information about accessing future funding opportunities.
• is a software project to help your community build a Local Place Plan. Parish Online is fully funding the Community Map Scotland project for your first 12 months.

Register of Local Place Plans

• LPPs, when completed in accordance with the regulations, will be registered and made available by the Council (excluding area).
• There is currently one Local Place Plan registered with the Council:
  • Luing (21 November 2024)
    • Luing Local Place Plan
    • Luing Local Place Plan Supporting Information
• Map of registered Local Place Plans -  Luing Local Place Plan Map 
• Additionally, there have been a number of community-led plans already prepared in ����Ů�� and Bute, including Community Action Plans.

Contact

• If you have any questions regarding Local Place Plans or wish to register one please contact us by email: ldp@argyll-bute.gov.uk or call 01546 604158.