Local Place Plans
Update
The Council is offering a new round of Local Place Plan Assistance Community Grants. These Start-Up Funding Grants, up to £500, are available to assist groups meet the essential expenses which are likely to arise during the preparation of a local place plan. Please complete the below form and return it to us at ldp@west-dunbarton.gov.uk by noon, Monday 27 October 2025.
Please note it is recommended that all Local Place Plans are completed by the end of June 2026 in order to be considered during the preparation of the Proposed Local Development Plan.
Invitation to Prepare Local Place Plans
The Council’s Planning Service has begun preparation of a new Local Development Plan (LDP3) for the area. The Local Development Plan will set out how places in West Dunbartonshire will change over the next 10+ years, identifying where development will and will not happen.
Local Place Plans were introduced by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, giving communities the new power to produce their own plans to inform the preparation of the Local Development Plan.
Local Place Plans offer the opportunity for a community-led, collaborative approach to achieve community aspirations and create great places. We encourage community groups in West Dunbartonshire to take up this key opportunity to positively influence the future planning of their areas. We will work with groups to support this early engagement in development planning and empower communities to play a proactive role in defining the future of their places through preparing a Local Place Plan.
The new Local Development Plan will consider all validated and registered Local Place Plans to ensure that our communities’ aspirations for future development are proactively fed into the development planning process. We are inviting community groups to prepare Local Place Plans in accordance with this new power. We are offering support to communities to guide them through the technical process, so that they can meet the legal requirements for validation. Further details of this are below.
It is recommended that communities submit Local Place Plans for validation before 30 June 2026. This will allow sufficient time for Local Place Plans be validated, registered and considered before publication of the Proposed Local Development Plan.
We are keen to support communities through this new process, so please contact us if you are interested in preparing a Local Place Plan, or have any questions on the process: ldp@west-dunbarton.gov.uk.
Register of Local Place Plans
The following Local Place Plans have been validated and are on the Register of Local Place Plans:
Old Kilpatrick Place Plan 2025 validated at Planning Committee on 8 October 2025.
The Register of Local Place Plans are available to view at West Dunbartonshire Council, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL.
Advice on Local Place Plans
Please set our Local Place Plans Advice page for further information on the process for preparing a local place plan and the support which is available.
Contact Us
Please contact us if you are considering preparing a Local Place Plan, or have any questions on the process at: LDP@west-dunbarton.gov.uk.