ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY7. The Local Plan Development Strategy for Arbroath seeks to:• Give priority to regeneration of brownfield and opportunity siteswithin the built up area.• Promote a partnership approach to area regeneration through theRegenerate! North Arbroath initiative and allocating a site atCliffburn for housing in support of the project.• Identify land for housing development at Montrose Road.• Promote development opportunities within the town, where thesecan take advantage of improved accessibility provided by the A92road improvements, including identifying and safeguarding furtheremployment land in the Elliot area of the town.• Encourage new development and investment where this willstrengthen the role of the town as a retail and service centre.• Support investment and initiatives related to the development andimprovement of the town’s visitor potential based on the Abbey,High Street and Harbour.• Support the enhancement of the Historic core of Arbroath throughthe Abbey to Harbour Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI).• Retain the open, undeveloped character of the beachfront andVictoria Park as a major asset to the town.HOUSINGEXISTING SITES8. Sites with planning permission or under construction as identified inthe Housing Land Audit June 2004, are shown in Table 1.9. The regeneration initiative for North Arbroath (see A6 below)incorporates a number of small housing renewal schemes. Thesesites are not included in Table 1, as they replace existing stock and donot contribute to the Structure Plan housing requirements.SITES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY THE FIRST ANGUS LOCALPLAN10. The sites summarised in Table 2 were previously identified in thefirst Angus Local Plan but have not yet come forward. This Plancontinues the allocation of these sites for housing development, andwhere appropriate the wording of the proposal and/or the indicativeyield from the site may have changed.11. The Montrose Road site was identified for housing in the firstAngus Local Plan and part of the area was allocated for 80 houses,with the remainder identified for longer term housing use. The wholearea is now released for development to maintain an effective housingland supply to 2011 and beyond. This is a major development at thenorth entrance to the town and this should be reflected in developmentproposals for the site. Appropriate landscaping and integration ofexisting commercial development on Montrose Road can help createan attractive gateway to Arbroath.Table 1 :Existing Sites(a) The Elms/ Cairnie Road 6(b) McGregors Walk 15(c) Lochlands Drive/CairnieStreet 10(d) East Newgate 2 13(e) Cliffburn Road 7(f) Millgate/Alma Works 8(g) Abbeybank House 9(h) Seagate 14(i) Elliot 31(j) Edradour 12Total 125Table 2 : Sites from First ALPA1: Montrose Road 200A2 : James Street Hall 17A3 : Millgate Loan/ East MaryStreet 20A4 : Benedict Road 25Total 262Angus Local Plan Review103Finalised Plan