What is a place plan?

This Place Plan belongs to the people of Stranraer

A Place Plan captures the hopes and dreams of local people for their town.

It is made by, for and with local people to set priorities for change.

Thanks to the hundreds of individuals and groups who gave their time to come to meetings, take part in focus groups, workshops, meet-ups and conversations between October 2022 and March 2023.

With strong ideas, partnership working and the support of local people, a great plan can unlock funding to invest in the town’s future.

Stranraer has an exciting opportunity to accelerate change through this Place Plan. We are one of 5 towns (with Gretna, Kirkconnel, Whithorn and Wigtown) bidding into the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal pot of £15 million to unlock public funding. Borderlands covers the south of Scotland and north of England working through Councils in Dumfries & Galloway, Borders, Cumbria and Carlisle. The programme is about helping places boost economic activity and recognises the importance of rural market and coastal towns to the local economy. Stranraer is both a rural market town and a coastal town.

Creating Stranraer

Creating Stranraer is the brand that represents the collective effort of producing Stranraer’s Place Plan. The Plan itself captures a snapshot in time. Place Planning is ongoing... a live process as well as a document. The Plan will organically change and evolve. We will print a limited edition of this document Place Plan and publish its full appendices online. We invite comments on emerging plans on Citizen Space - a local democracy platform we are trialling for a year. Find us online at www.creatingstranraer.co.uk.