ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

• the release of Sunnyside Hospital Estate and the need toestablish new uses for the existing buildings and grounds;• the need to allocate additional employment land to satisfypotential future demand;• the continued protection and enhancement of the towns importantenvironmental assets;• resolution of the drainage constraint affecting Hillside to enabledevelopment to come forward.DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY6. The Development Strategy for Montrose seeks to:• safeguard and enhance the natural and built features which are akey part of the character and identity of the town;• promote as a priority the reuse of available brownfield land forresidential and other appropriate uses;• provide for future housing growth by releasing land at BrechinRoad and opportunities presented at Sunnyside Hospital Estate;• provide for economic growth by allocating additional employmentland on part of the airfield;• encourage a strong and lively town centre including opportunitiesfor additional shopping facilities to meet local requirements;• pursue a network of paths within and around Montrose andfurther develop the cycle route north of the town;• establish measures to mitigate the effects of coastal erosion anddune instability in the context of the Shoreline Management Plan.HOUSINGEXISTING SITES7. Sites with planning permission or under construction as identifiedin the Housing Land Audit June 2004, are shown in Table 1.Table 1 : Existing Sites(a) Waldron Road 8(b) Charleton Road 2(c) Chapel Works 8(d) Western Road/High Street 10(e) Brechin Road/Tayock 9(f) Hill Place 12(g) New Wynd 15(h) Provost JohnstoneRoad 20(i) Bridge Street 22(j) Rosemount Road 7(k) Lower BalmainStreet 8Total 121SITES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY THE FIRST ANGUS LOCALPLAN8. 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.Table 2 : Sites from first ALPM1 : Brechin Road 200M2 : Dungmans Tack 18M3 : Lochside DistilleryTower 40Total 258Angus Local Plan Review155Finalised Plan