LDP Evidence Report Community Wealth Building

This survey has now closed, 

The finalised Topic paper and  the results of the consultation can be seen under the Topic Paper banner.

This survey has been prepared to assist with the formulation of the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan Evidence Report.

This questionnaire focuses on questions associated with the Community Wealth Building Topic Paper.

Community Wealth Building is an approach to delivering inclusive growth and a well-being economy. It is a place-based approach to local economic development, which redirects wealth back into the local economy, and places control and benefits into the hands of local people. The Local Development Plan can assist in the delivery of a well-being economy by ensuring Community Wealth Building is a consideration for new development sites.

National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) sets out the policy intent to encourage, promote and facilitate a new strategic approach to economic development that also provides a practical model for building a well-being economy at local, regional and national levels.

Local Development Plans should be aligned with any strategy for community wealth building for the area. Spatial strategies should address: community wealth building priorities; identify community assets; set out opportunities to tackle economic disadvantage and inequality; and seek to provide benefits for local communities.

This Topic Paper explores the evidence relating to Community Wealth Building within Aberdeenshire. It looks at the Community Wealth Building priorities within Aberdeenshire and provides an overview of key mechanisms which can aid in the delivery of Community Wealth Building, such as through “Anchor Organisations”. The topic paper identifies that through community asset transfer, local communities can take ownership and control of assets and as such are able to contribute to building a well-being economy.

It is likely that this paper will be of particular interest to all communities, the energy sector and developers and landowners who may wish to consider development. 

If there are matters that you do not agree with relating to the information that we have looked at, then these are termed as "disputes". While most disputes made will be resolvable by modification of the topic paper, some will persist. If you make a dispute to this paper, and we cannot agree a solution then the dispute will be referred to a Reporter in the Scottish Government Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals in the Spring of 2025. Otherwise comments that you may make to this paper will be analysed and where possible resolution sought before consideration by Aberdeenshire Council, probably in January 2025.

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