Update 5 September 2008
Finalised Angus Local Plan Review
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Angus Council publish post inquiry modifications
Angus Council’s Infrastructure Services Committee at their meeting of 26 August 2008 agreed the Council’s response to the Inquiry Reporters recommendations contained in the Report on Objections to Post Inquiry Modifications to the Finalised Angus Local Plan Review (May 2008).
In addition to the Report of the Second Public Inquiry (502 KB PDF) which the Council made available to the public in early June 2008, the Council have now published their Statement of Response (180 KB PDF) and proposed Post-Second Inquiry Modifications (120 KB PDF) to the Finalised Local Plan.
These documents are also available for inspection at the following locations, free of charge, during normal working hours:
- All Angus Council Libraries;
- ACCESS Offices at Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, Monifieth, Montrose;
- Planning & Transport Reception, County Buildings, Forfar;
- Reception, Angus House, Forfar; and
- Birkhill, Fowlis and Wellbank Village Halls.
A full copy of the documents is available free of charge on CD, while a hard copy of the Inquiry Report and Statement of Response costs £10.00 each (inc p & p). A hard copy of the Modifications is free of charge. Enquiries please to Ken McGregor at Planning & Transport, at 01307 473175 or e-mail mcgregorkd@angus.gov.uk
Objections to the proposed modifications should be submitted in writing, using the appropriate Objection Form (available at all Libraries and ACCESS Offices) to the Head of Planning and Transport, Angus Council, County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar DD8 3LG and must be received before 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 16 October 2008.
Objections can only be made to the published proposed post-second inquiry modifications and should state the name and address of the objector, specific matters to which they relate and grounds on which they are made.
The web page will be further updated as appropriate.
Existing Development Plan Framework
The first Angus Local Plan was adopted by Angus Council on 23 November 2000. The Local Plan set out land use policies and proposals for core topics, towns, villages and countryside and established the framework and guidance for dealing with development proposals for the period to 2006. This together with the Dundee & Angus structure Plan (approved by Scottish Ministers in October 2002) provides the current Development Plan framework in Angus.
Angus Local Plan Review
Background
Although the Development Plan was current, Angus Council undertook a review and roll forward of the first adopted Angus Local Plan and published the Finalised Angus Local Plan Review in February 2005 (23 MB PDF) (NOTE: This is a very large file. It will take a long time to download on a slow connection. It is advised that you use the menu down the left hand side of the page to download the particular section of the document which is of interest.) This document establishes policies and proposals that will guide future development, land use and investment in Angus in the period to 2011 in accordance with the Dundee and Angus Structure Plan. When adopted, the Angus Local Plan Review will replace the previously adopted Angus Local Plan (2000).
Angus Council also published a Statement of Publicity & Consultation (2 Volumes): This sets out the steps the Council took to ensure adequate publicity and consultation during the Local Plan review process and how responses and representations received influenced the content of the Finalised Local Plan Review.
- Volume 1: Summary (600 KB PDF)
- Volume 2(a): Responses (1.4 MB PDF) and
- Volume 2(b): Responses (2.5 MB PDF)
In addition Angus Council commissioned a Sustainability Appraisal of the Consultative Draft Local Plan and the consultants report was published as a separate background paper(720 KB PDF) .
Response to Objections and Pre-inquiry Modifications
The Council's response to several areas of objections raised to the Finalised Local Plan Review was agreed by a special meeting of the Infrastructure Services Committee on 9 September 2005 (Report 1081/05 (329 KB PDF). These are set out in a number of appendices. Objections relating to Auchmithie village were considered as part of a report to the Infrastructure Services Committee on 13 October and published as second round modifications. (Report 1179/05 (196 KB PDF) A Special meeting of Angus Council held on 18 October 2005 dealt specifically with objections relating to Local Plan policy and Arbroath Retail Development (Report 1080/05 (340 KB PDF). Changes were published as part of second round modifications.
Arising from this a first round (2.5 MB PDF) and second round (120 KB PDF) of pre-inquiry modifications were published on 23 September 2005 and 4 November 2005 respectively.
The Council's response to objections relating to countryside housing policy, wind energy policy, Carnoustie employment land, Letham Grange development strategy and Woodville was agreed by the Infrastructure Services Committee on 24 November 2005 (Report No 1415/05 (92 KB PDF). A subsequent third round (430 KB PDF) of pre-inquiry modifications was published on 2 December 2005.
Public Local Inquiry (2006)
Angus Council appointed Richard Dent and Richard Bowden, Scottish Government Reporters to conduct a Local Plan Public Inquiry (PLI) into unresolved objections to the Finalised Angus Local Plan Review. The PLI took place over several weeks between the 23 January and 31 March 2006. A continuation day for Arbroath Retail objections was held on 25 April 2006.
The Reporters' submitted their Report of the Public Local Inquiry (PLI) into the Finalised Angus Local Plan Review to Angus Council in late August. The Council made the PLI Report available to the general public, for information only, in advance of the Council considering and responding to each of the Reporters recommendations. The Council also notified all previous objectors that the Local Plan Review Public Local Inquiry Report has now been received.
The PLI Report is presented in 3 volumes which are available below:
- Volume 1 - General policies and appendices (590 KB PDF)
- Volume 2 - Towns (1 MB PDF)
- Volume 3 - Villages and other settlements (970 KB PDF)
Click on the report index to take you to a particular topic. A full copy of the Report is also available free of charge on CD.
Statement of Response by Angus Council
Angus Council considered their response to the PLI report at the following meetings:
- Angus Council (special meeting), 16 November (Report no 1342/06 (92 KB PDF) including Schedule 1 (draft Responses) (5 MB PDF);
- Angus Council, 14 December 2006 (Report 1481/06 (2.5 MB PDF)); and
- Infrastructure Services Committee (Report 78/07 (385 KB PDF) refers)
The Council's Statement of Response was published on 14 February 2007 in 4 sections which are available below:
- Volume 1 General policies and appendices (570 KB PDF)
- Volume 2 Towns (2.3 MB PDF)
- Volume 3 Villages and other settlements (1.4 MB PDF)
- Appendix: Copies of reports to Council/Committee (750 KB PDF)
Click on the section index to take you to a particular topic. A full copy of the Report is also available free of charge on CD.
Post Inquiry Modifications
The Council published Post Inquiry Modifications (4 MB PDF) on 14 February 2007. The period for objections closed on Tuesday 27 March 2007.
A Special Meeting of Angus Council held on 22 August 2007, considered Report 728/07(219 KB PDF) which summarised and responded to the objections received and accompanying Schedule 1 (461 KB PDF) which provided a more detailed summary, assessment and recommendation for individual objections to the Post Inquiry Modifications.
Pre-Second Inquiry Modifications
Following the Special Council Meeting, Angus Council published their Statement of Response (948 KB PDF) and Proposed Pre-Second Inquiry Modifications (198 KB PDF) to the Finalised Local Plan.
The modifications were published on 12 September 2007 with a fixed 6 week period for objection extending until 23 October 2007.
A number of representations were received during the period for objection relating to housing sites in Forfar and Kirriemuir.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
The Scottish Government granted Angus Council an exemption from the need to carry out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Finalised Angus Local Plan Review (2005) on 28 March 2006. This follows on from a submission made to the Executive by the Council on 16 February 2006. Details of the Council's submission and the Executive's response are also available via the following links.
- Angus Council's SEA Exemption Request (45 KB PDF)
- Scottish Government's SEA Exemption Request Decision Letter (25 KB PDF)
Further Information
A copy of the Finalised Angus Local Plan Review is available to download from this site, as well as the other associated documents. Navigate through the various chapters of the Local Plan using the menu down the left hand side of the screen. Hard copies of the documents are available and can be inspected free of charge during working hours at the following Council premises:
- All Angus Council Libraries;
- ACCESS Offices at Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir, Monifieth, Montrose; and
- Planning & Transport Reception, County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar.
For further information please contact Ken McGregor
Tel: 01307 473175 Fax: 01307 461895 Email: localplan@angus.gov.uk
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