OUR PLACE PLAN

A Place Plan captures the hopes and dreams of local people for their town. Stranraer’s Place Plan has been been made by, for and with local people to set priorities for change. Our community-led Plan, with strong ideas, partnership working and the support of local people, should help unlock funding to invest in the town’s future.

Borderlands Funding

Stranraer was invited to present a Place Plan to Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal Fund by Dumfries & Galloway Council. Borderlands has just under £15 million to be shared among 5 towns: Gretna, Stranraer, Wigtown, Whithorn and Kirkconnel/Kellaholm. This was the catalyst for Place Planning.

Unlocking potential

The Place Plan and any Borderlands Funding we attract should help lever other funding too. We will use the Place Plan to unlock funding promised by Scottish Government when the ferries left.

Local Place Plans

Now that we have a Place Plan, we have submitted it to Dumfries & Galloway Council so it can be registered as a Local Development Plan and be taken into consideration when the Council is looking at development proposals for the next decade.

View from height of Loch Ryan in Stranraer

IN A GOOD PLACE

  • Scotland’s only native oyster bed at Loch Ryan.
  • Scotland’s Oyster Festival and Shucking Championships.
  • Scotland’s most southerly point, the Mull of Galloway.
  • 93 miles of coast for swimming, surfing, fishing, sailing.
  • Golf courses, country estates, a Royal Botanic Garden.
  • Birdlife, sealife, wildlife, flora and fauna.
  • The Southern Upland way and coastal paths.
  • 6 Rhins Lighthouses, brochs, castles, standing stones.

And there’s more in the pipeline… The George Hotel revamp… a new Watersports Centre… the marina expansion. Find out more in Projects.

OUR PLACE PLAN WILL HELP STRANRAER

Business and Jobs

Keep and attract business, grow jobs and work

Remodelling

Remodel business premises 

Greenspaces

Improve greenspaces in Stranraer

Land and Buildings

Buy land and buildings, sort empty and derelict property

The Look of Stranraer

Improve the look of the town like doing up the shopfronts 

Population

Grow the towns population 

Natural Assets

Make the most of natural assets 

Transport

Improve transport 

Investment

Attract investment in the area

Creating Stranraer

One vision, one plan