Item 7 - Appendix 2
West Dunbartonshire Council · 5 August 2026
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Balloch and Haldane Local Place Plan | submission statement 1 Supporting statement to accompany submission of Balloch and Haldane Local Place Plan for registration Submitted to Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority and West Dunbartonshire Council, 3 June 2026 0. INTRODUCTION This statement accompanies Balloch and Haldane Community Council’s submission of Balloch and Haldane Local Place Plan for registration. The Local Place Plan can be downloaded from bit.ly/BallochHaldaneLPP or www.planballochhaldane.net. The Plan and this statement have been prepared in accordance with: • Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 • Scottish Government Planning Circular 1/2022: Local Place Plans The proposed Plan covers Balloch and Haldane Community Council area, as shown in Map 2 on page 7 of the Local Place Plan. The Plan is a manifesto to revitalise the busiest gateway to one of Scotland’s most iconic places - Loch Lomond - which in turn will have benefits for Balloch, Haldane and the wider Vale of Leven. The aims of the Plan are to: 1. Support community action - for example, helping us to access funding and resources (including windfarm community benefit funding) by evidencing community support and links to national policy agendas. 2. Improve public services - as an evidence base to inform decision-making on transport, planning, facilities, infrastructure and other services. 3. Demonstrate consensus - on agreed community priorities, so that we can quickly move to action when resources and support become available. The Plan contains a vision and actions for Balloch and Haldane. It has been generated through community engagement during 2025 and early 2026. The story of how the plan was developed is described at www.planballochhaldane.net This submission statement contains the following sections: 1. Contact details for the Community Council. 2. Evidence of meeting the requirements for consulting on the Local Place Plan. 3. Statement explaining of regard given to the National Planning Framework and Local Development Plans in preparing the Local Place Plan. 4. Explanation of the Community Council’s view of the level and nature of support for the Local Place Plan. 5. Statement explaining how Local Development Plans should be amended. ITEM 7 - APPENDIX 2
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Balloch and Haldane Local Place Plan | submission statement 2 1. CONTACT DETAILS Balloch and Haldane Community Council: info@ballochhaldanecc.com 2. STATUTORY INFORMATION NOTICES The statutory Information Notice and proposed Local Place Plan were emailed on 10th March 2026 to all of the Ward Councillors and adjoining Community Councils listed below, and shown on the map beneath: 1. Councillors for West Dunbartonshire Ward 1 (Lomond): • Cllr Jonathan McColl • Cllr Martin Rooney • Cllr Hazel Sorrell 2. Adjoining Community Councils: • Alexandria Community Council • Bonhill and Dalmonach Community Council • Kilmaronock Community Council • Luss and Arden Community Council Those emails constituted the Information Notices required to comply with Section 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021. Copies are attached to this statement as Appendices.
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Balloch and Haldane Local Place Plan | submission statement 3 3. REGARD GIVEN TO EXISTING PLANS In preparing the Local Place Plan, the community has had regard to the statutory Development Plan: • National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) • West Dunbartonshire Local Plan 2010 (the adopted Local Plan) • West Dunbartonshire Local Development Plan 2020 • Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Local Development Plan 2016 The Plan has also had regard to other national and local policies, as outlined in section 4 of the Local Place Plan. (NB: there are no Locality Plans covering the Local Place Plan area.) The Local Place Plan aims to deliver these various plans’ agendas at the local level, as explained in sections 1, 4 and 5 of the Plan - particularly community wealth building, sustainable economic growth, social inclusion and nature restoration. We hope that national / local government and public agencies will support delivery of this Plan because it will help them to deliver their policy agendas, not only for Balloch and Haldane but for the wider area and indeed Scotland as a whole. That is because of our community’s critical location as the primary gateway to Loch Lomond and the National Park. 4. SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL PLACE PLAN For more information on the community engagement process used to develop the Local Place Plan, along with the levels of participation, please refer to section 3 of the Plan and the dedicated website at www.planballochhaldane.net (which contains a narrative describing the community engagement process). The Community Council is satisfied that the Local Place Plan provides an accurate and evidence-based view of local residents’ views. The Community Council’s view of the level and nature of support for the Local Place Plan, based on the community engagement detailed in the Plan, is that it is satisfactory for the Plan to be registered. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN The Plan contains suggestions for future reviews of planning policy. These are contained in section 7 of the Plan (pages 44-45), together with reasons as required by Scottish Government Circular 1-2022: Local Place Plans (paragraphs 32-33). We trust that the Council and the National Park authority will find our suggestions helpful, along with those from other communities, as they develop their Local Development Plans. We would be happy to discuss our suggestions in more detail. We would be grateful if you could also make colleagues and organisations aware of how they might assist in delivery of the Plan, as outlined in sections 1, 6 and 7 of the Plan. APPENDICES (overleaf) Copies of the Information Notices to local Councillors and adjoining Community Councils.
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