Aerial view of Castle Semple Loch at sunset, showing calm blue water, marshy wetlands with low bushes, and distant rolling green hills under a soft blue and orange sky.

Lochwinnoch
Local Place Plan

What do you think about Lochwinnoch and its future?

Renfrewshire Council is making a 10-year Regional Development Plan. We created our own Lochwinnoch Local Place Plan (LPP) to tell the council what we think about our village’s future and to shape the wider Development Plan. Your views helped us write the LPP and make the community’s aims visible for the future.

The Lochwinnoch Local Place Plan has now been finalised and submitted to Renfrewshire Council for consideration in their next Regional Development Plan (LDP), which is expected to be adopted in 2028.

We submitted 17 proposals covering the priorities that matter most to our community. Each proposal was shaped by resident feedback and will now be considered by Renfrewshire Council as part of their LDP process.

Thank you to everyone who took part. Your views have made a real difference.

Survey now closed.

Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback on the draft plan.

View the Final LPP
Lochwinnoch_LPP_Final

An LPP is our community’s vision for the development and use of land in Lochwinnoch. For example, this could be our community’s thoughts on:

  • What type, quality, and quantity of new homes are needed in Lochwinnoch?
  • Suggested projects to help our place become more sustainable and deal with the impacts of climate change
  • Big ideas to help make Lochwinnoch a liveable place for all its residents.

Lochwinnoch Community Council and the Lochwinnoch Community Development Trust are leading the work. 

But it’s your plan! We want to include ideas from everyone who has a connection to the village and its surrounds- residents, community groups, and local businesses.

The LLP will form part of Renfrewshire Council’s 10-year Local Development Plan (LDP), which is expected to be adopted from 2028. We’re submitting 17 proposals in the LPP to Renfrewshire Council for consideration in the next LDP:

  • Village Centre improvements
  • Protect and enhance Lochhead Social Garden
  • Protect and enhance Lochs, Wetlands and Nature Areas around Lochwinnoch
  • Protect and enhance Lochwinnoch Public Park
  • Peggies Field
  • Sites of Community Significance – Assets and Buildings
  • Lochwinnoch Parish Church
  • Community Ownership of Tandlemuir Estate
  • Upgrade and enhance the Annexe
  • Retain existing Greenbelt Buffer
  • Housing Policy for Lochwinnoch Community Council Area
  • Develop existing Brownfield sites for Housing
  • Enhance and expand the Active Travel Route Network
  • Improve car parking in the village
  • Address flooding on the River Calder
  • Address flooding at Lochlip Road
  • Integrating Nature Networks with Active Travel Routes

Your voice is essential! We will keep you updated and ask for your input through surveys, community discussions, newsletters & social media, and here on our website.

How will we create it?

1.
Research
(✓Complete)

We will gather information about what is happening in the area.

2.
Talk to You
(✓Complete)

We will hold community discussions to hear your ideas

3.
Share Ideas
(✓Complete)

Ideas shared at stage 2 will be analysed to help shape ideas. We will share for further feedback.

4.
Write the Plan
(✓Complete)

We will put everything together into a draft document

5.
Final Check
(✓Complete)

We will share the draft document for one last round of comments before sending it to the council.

We submitted the Final Local Place Plan in May 2026.

What is a Community Action Plan?

A Local Place Plan is about the land and buildings.
A Community Action Plan (CAP) is about everything else!

A CAP deals with practical community projects like:

  • Organising events
  • Improving community services
  • Environmental projects
  • And much more!

Some of your great ideas might be better for a CAP than the LPP. We will note them all down and may create a CAP after the LPP is finished.

Key Dates

Past Events

Planning & Research: September – October 2025

Community Meetings: November 2025

Drafting the Plan: January 2026

Feedback on the Draft: ended 22 April 2026

Final Plan Submitted: May 2026

Contact us

Please feel free to contact us for more information info@lochwinnochtrust.org.uk