Blairgowrie & Rattray Local Place Plan

Updated 08:35 Wednesday 2 October

Our aim is to complete and register our Local Place Plan (LPP) with PKC by 31 January 2025.

CAP to LPP to LDP3

A Local Place Plan maps the aspirations of a town and can be used to help inform the Local Development Plan (LDP) produced by PKC - LDP 3 will be compiled over 2025 - 2027 to cover the development of the town from 2027 to 2037.


Our Place Plan Progress

Here's a list of useful documents and a timeline of our progress:

Useful Docs:

Updated 08:35 Wednesday 2 October

Community Action Plan - Our CAP

LPP Background info - 20240723 - B&R LPP Introduction

19 August 2024 Meeting Presentation - 20240819 - LPP Initial Mtg Presentation

LPP Lists & aspirations - LPP Lists and Aspirations as at 2 September

Maps - to be added


15 July - Local Place Plan

BRDT begins planning activities for creating a Local Place Plan using the Community Action Plan as the starting point.

23 July - LPP Research & Introduction

Research into LPPs and guidelines.

LPP Background info - 20240723 - B&R LPP Introduction

15 August - LPP Maps Created

6 x local maps created and current things we have annotated and added. Maps will be used in locations to focus ideas and allow discussion.

19 August - LPP Initial Meeting

Meeting held with 27 attendees to run through the process. 

2 September - Meet with PKC

Met with Alasdair Finlayson from PKC to discuss - PKC will support process but not comment on content

5 September - Posters & Surveys distributed

Posters and surveys have been distributed around the town. 

7 September - Braemar Day

We will be handing out some surveys at Braemar Day.

8 September - Attend Highland Games

We will be present at the Blairgowrie & Rattray Highland Games with the maps and surveys for you to chat with us and discuss. Please do come along.

10 to 17 September - Maps in Library

The maps and surveys will be in the library from Tuesday 10 September to Tuesday 17 September.

17 September - 2nd Meeting held

Here is the presentation from the 2nd meeting - LPP Mtg 17 September 2024.

18 to 27 September - Maps in BaRI Building (store times)

The maps and surveys were in the BaRI Building (55 High Street) from Wednesday 18 September to Friday 27 September - pop in at store times:

  • Mondays 2pm to 3pm
  • Wednesdays 4pm to 5pm
  • Thursdays 9.30am to 10.30am
  • Saturdays 10.30am to 12pm

28 September - Attend Farmers Market

We attended the Blairgowrie & Rattray Farmer & Producers Market on 28 September with the maps and surveys and had a steady flow of people discussing ideas and the maps with several surveys either completed or taken away.

4 October - Maps and Talk at SCYD

We took the maps to SCYD and chatted with the young people about the LPP and what their ideas were for the town. The maps will remain in SCYD until 15 October.

8 October - Survey Closing Date set as 8th November

The closing date for the surveys will be Friday 8th November 2024 to allow us time to collate the ideas and theme them. We then plan to ask people to select the ones they agree with in order to identify how popular each is which will help going forward.

15 October - Speak with SCYD

We will be speaking with the young people to hear their ideas and will be collecting the maps to bring them back to the BaRI Building.

16 October - Maps at Climate Cafe

The maps will be at the Climate Cafe for them to review and provide comments.

22 October - 3rd Meeting

Mtg held updating progress on boundary maps, town centre focus and opporunities, suggestions/comments and things to include in document.

30 October - Open Spaces Meeting

The next Open Spaces meeting will be held on Wednesday 30 October to look at the open spaces, cycle paths and path networks and what we would like to see going forward.

1 November - Drop In at Library

Local Place Plan Drop In at the Library from 1030 to 1230.

5 November - Drop In at Library

Local Place Plan Drop In at the Library from 11am to 1pm.

8 November - Survey Closing Date

Last day for providing surveys will be Friday 8th November.

8 November - Visit High School in November

We will be visiting Blairgowrie High School on 8 November to speak with the pupils.

14 November - Visit High School in November

We will have a 2nd visit to Blairgowrie High School on 14 November to speak with the pupils.

18 November - 4th Meeting Planned

Note change of date from 12 Nov to 18 Nov. Email admin@brdt.org.uk to register attendance.

We hope to have an initial structure of the LPP to share.

9 December - 5th Meeting Planned

Note change of dtae from 10 Dec to 9 Dec. Email admin@brdt.org.uk to register attendance.

We hope to have the initial version drafted for sharing and feedback.

January 2025 - Review the version to be submitted

Around the middle of January 2025, we will review the version that we intend to submit.

31 January - LPP Registered

The LPP will be registered with PKC.

1 February - Develop Implementation Plan

Once the LPP is registered, the real work begins to plan and develop the implementation. 

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