ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

WOODVILLE1. Woodville, located north of Arbroath to the west of the A933, is anarea where urban uses are encroaching into the countryside on thefringe of the town and incrementally changing its character fromcountryside to suburban. The area is characterised by loosegroupings of individual houses, smallholdings, a hotel, two caravansites and scattered commercial and industrial premises (some ofwhich are agriculturally based).KEY ISSUE/DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY2. The Woodville area continues to experience pressure for thedevelopment of housing and other urban uses to the detriment of itscountryside character. The Local Plan approach is to restrict urbansprawl and resist the increasing urbanisation of Woodville.Development will generally only be considered acceptable foressential worker housing or where the use is directly associated withagriculture or horticulture.PROFILERole:The Woodville area is a loosegrouping of houses,smallholdings, an hotel, caravansite and scattered commercialand industrial premises situatedon the outskirts of ArbroathHousing Land Supply June2003:existing - 0Drainage:The area is not served by publicsewers. Development isdependent on private drainagearrangements with discharge toground soakaway or localwatercourse.Wv1: Woodville Development ApproachWithin the development boundary identified for the widerWoodville area, only proposals directly associated withagriculture or horticulture will be permitted. New housing willonly be supported where it provides essential worker housingfor established businesses.Angus Local Plan Review281Finalised Plan