Lochwinnoch Local Place Plan
What do you think about Lochwinnoch and its future? Renfrewshire Council is making a 10-year regional Development Plan. We are creating our own Local Place Plan (LPP) to tell the council what we think about our village’s future to shape the wider Development Plan. Your views will help us write the LPP and make the community’s aims visible for the future.
The draft plan is now ready for YOUR review. 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.
We invite you to take 20 minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will help us gauge support for the proposals in the draft LPP for Lochwinnoch and the Lochwinnoch Community Council Area.
The survey closes on Wednesday 22 April, midnight.
View the Draft LPP
What is a Local Place Plan?
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.
Who is creating our LPP?
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.
What is the purpose of the LPP?
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
How will we create it?
1.
Research
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We will gather information about what is happening in the area.
2.
Talk to You
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We will hold community discussions to hear your ideas
3.
Share Ideas
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Ideas shared at stage 2 will be analysed to help shape ideas. We will share for further feedback.
4.
Write the Plan
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We will put everything together into a draft document
5.
Final Check
We will share the draft document for one last round of comments before sending it to the council.
We aim to finish the final Local Place Plan by April 2026.
What is a Community Action Plan (CAP)?
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.
How to Get Involved
Your voice is essential!
We will keep you updated and ask for your input through:
Surveys
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Community
Discussions
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Newsletters & Social Media
Our Website
To keep up with the latest, sign up for our Lochwinnoch Local Place Plan newsletter here
OR follow us on social media
Key Dates
Past Events
Planning & Research: September – October 2025
Community Meetings: November 2025
Drafting the Plan: January 2026
Upcoming Events
Feedback on the Draft: Survey open now until 22 April 2026
Final Plan Submitted: May 2026
Have your Say!
Survey Instructions
This is your last chance to give feedback on the plan before it is submitted to Renfrewhire Council.
Before you dive in, please read through the draft Lochwinnoch LPP:
View the Draft LPP
Lochwinnoch Community Council (LCC) and Lochwinnoch Community Development Trust (LCDT) would like to invite you to take 20 minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will help us gauge support for the proposals in the draft LPP for Lochwinnoch and the Lochwinnoch Community Council Area.
As you fill out this survey, we recommend you have a copy of the draft Lochwinnoch LPP open to read as you respond.
Note that the survey document does NOT save and must be completed in one go. This is because we want this survey to be anonymous, whereas an option to save mid-completion would require survey respondents to log in with their details.
To help the Steering Group, we ask that you take a position on all 17 proposals (support, object, neutral). Additional comments on each proposal are welcome but optional. To help the volunteer Steering Group assess your responses, we have limited additional comments to 50 words (250) characters or less. Simple “bullet point” answers are sufficient.
Unless you are responding as a representative of a group or as a local councillor/politician, your responses will remain anonymous. But bear in mind the text will nevertheless be made publicly available when the LPP is submitted.
There will also be an opportunity at the end of the survey to give us any general feedback you have on the plan.
Important Dates
The survey closes on Wednesday 22 April 2026, midnight. Comments received after this date cannot be considered.
Contact us
Please feel free to contact us for more information info@lochwinnochtrust.org.uk