Theintention is to replace the two-tier system of development planning with localdevelopment plans for all areas and new City Region Plans in the four maincities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee.As part of a package ofinitiatives to improve development planning, a pilot development plans projectis under way with Highland Council and South Lanarkshire Council examining thebarriers to, and opportunities for, moving to the new system of localdevelopment plans.