Supporting documents - Renfrewshire Council

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GLENLORA WIND TURBINE
Scotland. It includes regional and local designations and the role which Scottish
Natural Heritage has to play in providing advice in the implementation of policy.
Advice is also provided on the role of both structure and local plans in delivering
natural heritage guidance through policy frameworks at a more local level.
1.3.2 Local Planning Policy
The proposed Glenlora Wind turbine is located in the Renfrewshire administrative area
which is included in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan along with seven
other councils. The key local development plans are:
The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan, 2006.
The Renfrewshire Local Plan 2006.
The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan, 2006
The Scottish Ministers issued their final modifications to the plan on 25 th April 2008,
with the structure plan becoming operational from 29 th April 2008. This sets out an
agenda for sustained growth as the basis for a twenty year planning and development
strategy for Glasgow and Clyde Valley. It is based on a vision which will contribute to
the renaissance of Scotland by providing a framework for growth and regeneration
based upon care for the environment.
The Structure Plan has been prepared by the Joint Committee on behalf of the eight
councils of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. It maintains a
long tradition in the west of Scotland which recognises that communities of the
conurbation are interdependent and that a shared vision is required to tackle the
major economical, social and environmental challenges that we all face. In meeting
these challenges the plan takes account of the diversity of the area reflected in the
variety of towns, villages and their diverse roles.
The overall goal of the Structure Plan is to promote the balanced and sustainable
development of the area by:
Setting the land use framework for sustainable development;
Encouraging economic, social and environmental regeneration; and
Maintaining and enhancing the quality of the natural heritage and built
environment.
Scottish Planning Policies set out a framework of action for the Structure Plan in
meeting this goal (ref: Appendix 1 of the Structure Plan), promoting sustainable
development within a settlement strategy which has a twenty‐year horizon whilst
protecting and enhancing environmental resources. These national requirements
underpin the Structure Plan policies and proposals.
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