ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

FORFAR1. Forfar is a traditional market town providing a wide range ofservices and facilities to a large rural hinterland. It is one of the maintowns in Angus, located centrally in Strathmore. The town is wellconnected to the strategic road network. The Glamis Road andKirriemuir Road junctions on the A90(T) have been reconfigured tograde separated status, which provides improved accessibility to thetown.2. The Dundee and Angus Structure Plan (approved 2002) identifiesForfar as a focus for growth in Angus. In addition to a number ofbrownfield sites previously identified in the first Angus Local Planwhich have still to come forward, there are further areas of land withinthe town which have now become available to accommodateresidential development.3. The Local Plan allocates a range of sites for housing developmentincluding the establishment of a new neighbourhood in the west of thetown within which a range of related developments can beaccommodated in the period to 2011 and beyond. This approachhelps to create certainty for developers and maximise the potential forfuture investment in the Forfar area.PROFILERole:Important market town incentral Angus providing awide range of services andfacilities to the surroundingarea.Population:Census 2001 – 13206;1991 – 12832;% Change 91/01: +2.91Housing Land Supply June2004:existing - 118,allocated first ALP - 115constrained - 115Employment Land Supply2004:Orchardbank 30 haDrainage:Capacity with localisedconstraints affecting parts of thesouth and east of the town.Requires completion of Phase 3of the Forfar Sewers RenewalScheme, programmed forcompletion in 2005.Water Supply:availableKEY ISSUES4. The key issues for Forfar are:• The need to identify appropriate sites to accommodate newhousing development, in support of the Structure Plan strategy,whilst safeguarding the form and setting of the town;• The promotion of the brownfield redevelopment sites for housingwhere appropriate;• The resolution of the long standing drainage constraint affectingareas in the south and east of the town;• The protection of the Strathmore Mineral Water Company groundwater resource in West High Street from contamination;• The protection of the landscape quality and recreationalresources of open spaces and the associated path networkaround the town including Balmashanner and Forfar Loch CountyPark;• The opportunity to maximise the advantages of grade separationof the junctions on the A90(T) providing safe and easy access tothe transport network;• The continued protection of the character and function of the towncentre as an attractive place to visit and as a service centre;• The provision of marketable employment land and safeguardingother business and industrial sites in the town to provide forcontinued growth in the local economy.Angus Local Plan Review130Finalised Plan