LDP Evidence Report Culture and Creativity

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This questionnaire focuses on questions associated with the Culture and Creativity Topic Paper.

National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) recognises the value of culture and creativity. The policy intent of NPF4 is to encourage, promote and facilitate development which reflects Scotland's diverse culture and creativity, and to support Scotland's culture and creative industries.

Local Development Plans should recognise and support opportunities and investment in the creative sector, culture, heritage and the arts.

This topic paper presents an analysis of the spatial implications of the importance of culture and creativity to Aberdeenshire. It assesses the distribution of employment in the culture and creativity industries across Aberdeenshire, and provides an overview of Aberdeenshire’s cultural offerings. The main conclusions for the Local Development Plan are that in assessing sites for allocation within the Plan, active consideration is needed to be given to assist in promoting and facilitating culture and creativity, as well as consideration of the impacts on existing cultural venues within Aberdeenshire.

It is likely that this paper will be of particular interest to all communities, especially those with a rich cultural heritage, 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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