ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

distribution (Class 6*), a landscaped spine incorporating a publicpath, appropriate boundary treatment including landscaping,screening and mounding for noise attenuation, and roadsidefacilities including a travel lodge. Development should be inaccordance with the approved Development Brief for the site.(Outline planning permission for a business park, roadside facilitiesand a travel lodge style hotel was granted 16 July 2004, detailedplanning permission for infrastructure and landscaping was granted 8June 2004).*As defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997.F13 : Working – Carseview Road4 ha of land at Carseview Road is allocated principally forgeneral industrial development (Class 5*). There may also bescope for limited areas of business (Class 4*) development in thewestern part of the site. Access will be from Carseview Road anda landscaped buffer will be required along the northern andwestern boundaries.TOWN CENTRES AND RETAILING12. Forfar is a market town serving a large rural area, and the towncentre provides for a range of uses including retail, business, office,other service activities and housing. Angus Council will supportprivate sector initiatives for appropriate improvement and/orredevelopment in the town centre. This could include proposals tostrengthen and enhance the area’s retail and service function,including mixed-use redevelopment and housing in upper floors.COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES13. School facilities in Forfar are to be upgraded as part of theCarnoustie and Forfar Schools Public Private Partnership (PPP)Project, programmed for completion by July 2008. The proposals forForfar are :• a replacement two-stream primary school at Langlands within theexisting site,• upgrading of Kirkriggs to a two-stream primary school, and• a new-build two-stream primary school at Whitehills Nursery, FyfeStreet.14. Completion of the PPP proposals for Forfar will result in existingprimary schools at Wellbrae and Chapelpark, a listed building,becoming surplus to the Education Department’s requirements.Proposals for redevelopment or reuse of these sites will be required totake account of the amenity of surrounding areas and relevant policiesof this Local Plan. The site at Lilybank which was formerly reservedfor education purposes is surplus to requirements and is no longerreserved for development in this Plan.15. Separate to the PPP project, a site for a new primary school isreserved within Policy F7 : New Neighbourhood – Westfield to meetfuture educational needs arising from that development.Angus Local Plan Review135Finalised Plan