City Plan 2030

City Plan 2030 Adopted

City Plan 2030 was adopted on Thursday 7 November 2024. It is the local development plan for Edinburgh. Together with the national planning document NPF4, it forms the development plan setting out policies and proposals to guide development.

It replaces the Edinburgh Local Development Plan adopted in 2016.

City Plan 2030 consists of a main written statement, appendix D setting out technical requirements for housing proposals and a proposals map showing policies and proposals as they relate to a map of Edinburgh.

Adopted documents PDFs:

The City Plan 2030 Interactive Proposals Map can also be used to zoom, search by address and turn information layers off and on.

Notice of Intention to Adopt

Notification of the Council’s intention to adopt the plan as modified was sent to Scottish Ministers on 3 July 2024.

We received confirmation from the Scottish Government that the Council may proceed to adopt City Plan 2030 subject to modifications outline in its letter dated 10 September 2024.

City Plan 2030 has now gone before Planning Committee and Full Council.

Resolution to Adopt City Plan 2030 as modified

We have considered the recommendations of the Scottish Government report of examination published on 5 April 2024 and have prepared a modified City Plan 2030 accepting all recommendations.

At the meeting of Planning Committee on 19 June 2024 and full Council on 27 June 2024, the Council resolved to adopt the modified City Plan 2030.

The following documents comprise City Plan 2030 as modified, June 2024

The modifications to the plan are set out in the Table of Modifications to City Plan 2030.

The modified plan is also supported by the following updated documents:

A revised Housing Technical Note has also been prepared to aid clarity and transparency on the modifications to the plan following examination.

Proposed City Plan 2030

The proposed plan was originally published in September 2021 and approved for examination by Planning Committee on Wednesday 30 November 2022:

Proposed Plan environmental report and associated background documents and Planning Committee full report pack November 22

The Scottish Government report of examination

The Scottish Government report of examination was published on 5 April 2024. This concluded the examination.

You can Check the reporters’ recommendations by issue on the DPEA website.

Development Plan Scheme

The latest Development Plan Scheme (DPS) was approved by the Council’s Planning Committee in September 2024. The DPS sets out the steps and timescales for preparing the next local development plan City Plan 2040.

The DPS includes an updated Participation Statement which shows how we are planning to engage with people and when they can get involved in the City Plan 2040 process. This follows a consultation between November 2023 and September 2024.

Draft Supplementary Guidance on Infrastructure and Development Contributions

View the draft Supplementary Guidance (PDF) approved for consultation by Planning Committee on 26 June 2024. A consultation ran until 17 Sept 2024.

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View City Plan 2030

A paper copy of the modified City Plan 2030 and environmental report is also available to view at local libraries and a full set of documents are available to view in

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