ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

INVERKEILOR1. The village of Inverkeilor lies immediately to the east of the A92almost midway between Arbroath and Montrose. While there is littleemployment locally other than agriculture, the village provides localservices.2. Development has been constrained in recent years by lack ofdrainage capacity. However the first Angus Local Plan securedinfrastructure improvements that allowed new housing to comeforward. Development of the Village Field has commenced andplanning approval has been granted for the construction of 45 houses(including ten general needs housing association houses) at RailwayField. Although no new greenfield housing land allocations are beingpromoted, there may be opportunity for small sites within the village tobe developed where drainage capacity is available.KEY ISSUE / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY3. The key issue for Inverkeilor is the maintenance of existing villageservices. The Local Plan seeks to provide for a level of developmentthat will sustain support for local services and enhance the village.PROFILERole:Inverkeilor acts as a localcentre for a large rural area.Its proximity to the A92 givesthe village easy access toArbroathPopulation:Census: 2001 - 409;1991 - 357;% change 91/01 : +15.Housing Land Supply June2004 :existing - 51Drainage:constraint being removed bydeveloper contributionsWater Supply: availableHOUSING4. The first Angus Local Plan, in support of community opinion,allocated two sites for housing development that would enable thedrainage constraint affecting the village to be removed and supportexisting village services. Work has now commenced at Village Field(15 houses), the smaller of the two sites allocated. The reservation ofland at Railway Field is continued and Kirkton Farm steading and theadjacent paddock are allocated for development.EXISTING SITES5. Sites with planning permission or under construction as identified inthe Housing Land Audit June 2004, are shown in Table 1.Table 1 : Existing Sites(a) Village Field 4(b) Lunan Avenue/Kirkton Farm 2*(*see Ik1 below)(c) Railway Field 45Total 51NEW ALLOCATIONS6. Table 2 summarises new allocations of housing land which willcontribute towards meeting the Structure Plan allowances to 2011.Table 2 : New AllocationsIk1 :Lunan Avenue 4*Ik2: Kirkton FarmSteading 3Total 7(*see Existing Sites above)Angus Local Plan Review221Finalised Plan