ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

2.3 Housing is a significant land use and as such can have a majorimpact on the character of an area. In promoting a sustainableapproach to development in Angus, the Local Plan seeks to provideopportunities for more people to gain access to housing which meetstheir needs and to encourage the creation of a variety of high qualityhousing developments whether it is a single house in thecountryside or urban development on a larger scale.2.4 This Local Plan directs the majority of new housing to siteswithin existing settlements where development can best beaccommodated and the most effective use of existing and plannedinfrastructure can be made. Land allocations are made with regardto the requirements of the Dundee and Angus Structure Plan, andare expressed on the basis of housing market areas (HMA’s).2.5 In rural areas, outwith defined development boundaries, priorityis given to encouraging the conversion of appropriate buildings andthe reuse of underused or vacant sites. There is also support forlimited new house building in the countryside. In the more remoterural areas which are losing population and/or local services, singlenew dwellings on appropriate sites and the creation of small groupsof housing related to existing properties will be supported, toencourage the maintenance and growth of rural communities.2.6 The Scottish Executive has published specific guidance inrelation to the design of housing developments in February 2003 –Planning Advice Note 67: Housing Quality. The publication of thisguidance emphasises the higher level of importance placed on thequality of design in new housebuilding. The guidance reinforces thatthe planning process has an essential role to play in ensuring thatthe design of new housing reflects its context, reinforces local andScottish identity and is integrated into the movement and settlementpatterns of the wider area.Housing Market Areas2.7 The housing figures in this Local Plan are expressed on thebasis of the housing market areas identified by CommunitiesScotland and reflect those referred to in the Dundee and AngusStructure Plan (DASP). These are:• Arbroath• Brechin/Montrose• Forfar, Kirriemuir and the Angus Glens• South Angus (that part of the Greater Dundee HMA withinAngus and covering Carnoustie, Monifieth and the Sidlaws).HOUSINGSPP3 : Planning for Housing(2003)A key aim of planning is to providewell-located, high quality, newhousing.The housing strategy of theDundee and Angus StructurePlan seeks to:• establish the broad scale anddistribution of housing landprovision across housing marketareas;• provide opportunities forbuilding quality homes withineach housing market area insupport of the existing role ofcommunities, affording priorityto the reuse of previouslydeveloped land whereappropriate; and• accommodate sensitiveresidential development in thecountryside.PAN 67 : Housing Quality (2003)Housing development is changingthe face of urban and ruralScotland. What we build today willconstitute an enduring legacy.Housing is the largest single urbanland use. The design, quality andcharacter of what is built will play alarge part in shaping our cities,towns, villages and rural places fordecades to come.Dundee and Angus StructurePlanHousing Policy 2 : Dundee andSouth Angus Housing MarketArea (part) – In allocating land inthe Dundee and South Angushousing market area to meet theadditional allowances in Schedule1, Local Plans will ensure that :• Priority is given to the reuse ofpreviously developed land toprovide a 5 year land supply;• The Dundee WesternGateway provides a focus forplannedintegrateddevelopment, includinggreenfield housing landrelease; andAngus Local Plan Review17Finalised Plan