Privacy notices - Development plans

We prepare forward planning documents for land use in the Highlands and supplementary guidance in relation to planning applications. We seek to engage the public in these documents and in some cases we are required to do so by law.

The key legislation is the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Scotland Act 1997 and the Land Reform (Scotland) act 2003.

Your contact details are held on a database within our consultation portal and/or our SharePoint system, as appropriate, and are used to contact you about forward planning.

If you choose not to give us your information, you will not be consulted on forward planning of land use in Highland and we will not be able to contact you again about any comments you have made.

Access to personal data (A15)
Rectification of personal data (A16)
Erasure of personal data (A17)
Restrict processing of personal data (A18)

Find out more about your rights

If you have commented on the Local Development Plan and the law requires those comments to be considered by a Scottish Government appointed reporter then your contact details will be shared with the Scottish Government so they can communicate directly with you about that process.

Unless you tell us otherwise, we will continue to hold your information for as long as necessary to perform our forward planning functions.

Your information is not subject to automated decision making or profiling.

The data controller is The Highland Council

Data Protection Officer
Highland Council Headquarters
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
01463 702029   

dpo@highland.gov.uk

If you are unhappy with the way we have processed your personal information you can contact the Information Commissioner:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/