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LDP3 Topic Paper - Soils 🟤🪱🍄🟫
East Ayrshire Council is preparing its third Local Development Plan, LDP3. The first formal stage of LDP3 will be the production of an Evidence Report.
National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) puts the twin global climate and nature crisis at the heart of its vision. It seeks to protect carbon-rich soils, restore peatlands and minimise disturbance to soils from development. The State of Scotland's Soils Report (2011) provides a detailed overview of the loss of organic matter in soils, soil sealing and compaction, erosion, potential contamination alongside soil biodiversity. The Report identifies climate change, developmental pressures and transport as the primary threats to soil quality and condition.
Our Soils Topic Paper is part of a wider suite of papers, which will be released in groups until the Evidence Report is ready. You can read other relevant Topic Papers by clicking Related Projects, or by visiting the main page for Local Development Plan 3.
📝 Submit your comments 📝
We welcome any comments on this topic paper using the survey below.
The views of stakeholders will be reflected in the final Evidence Report which will be submitted to the Department for Environment and Planning Appeals (DPEA) for Gatecheck in Q3, 2026. The information provided in the Evidence Report will support the Council in the process of producing the (proposed) Local Development Plan.
LDP3 Topic Paper - Soils 🟤🪱🍄🟫
East Ayrshire Council is preparing its third Local Development Plan, LDP3. The first formal stage of LDP3 will be the production of an Evidence Report.
National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) puts the twin global climate and nature crisis at the heart of its vision. It seeks to protect carbon-rich soils, restore peatlands and minimise disturbance to soils from development. The State of Scotland's Soils Report (2011) provides a detailed overview of the loss of organic matter in soils, soil sealing and compaction, erosion, potential contamination alongside soil biodiversity. The Report identifies climate change, developmental pressures and transport as the primary threats to soil quality and condition.
Our Soils Topic Paper is part of a wider suite of papers, which will be released in groups until the Evidence Report is ready. You can read other relevant Topic Papers by clicking Related Projects, or by visiting the main page for Local Development Plan 3.
📝 Submit your comments 📝
We welcome any comments on this topic paper using the survey below.
The views of stakeholders will be reflected in the final Evidence Report which will be submitted to the Department for Environment and Planning Appeals (DPEA) for Gatecheck in Q3, 2026. The information provided in the Evidence Report will support the Council in the process of producing the (proposed) Local Development Plan.
This survey will ask you about the evidence presented in the Soils Topic Paper. We would like to know if you believe that the evidence we have gathered is robust, or if you have identified any errors or omissions in the paper.
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