ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

whole site is proposed for redevelopment, proposals must occupythe whole ‘planning unit’ having regard to the plot size criteria. Amaximum of four new houses will be permitted.f) Modern agricultural or forestry buildings :Proposals to convert, or demolish and replace modern agriculturalor forestry buildings for housing development will not besupported.New Houses in the Countryside2.20 The opportunity to build new houses in the Angus countryside hasbeen provided for by successive local plans. Policy SC5 sets out thecircumstances within which new house building may be permitted inCategory 1 RSU’s, Category 2 RSU’ s, and to provide houses forpeople who need to be located in proximity to their workplace -essential workers.Policy SC5 : Countryside Housing – Greenfield Sites.All proposals must take account of the relevant criteria in PolicyS6 : Development Guidelines, meet the plot size requirements asappropriate, and must not create or extend ribbon development.(a) Category 1 RSU’s : A single new house may be acceptablewhere the site:i) forms part of an existing building group and developmentwill round off or consolidate the group; orii) forms a gap site with a maximum road frontage of 50metres.Development proposals for more than one new house on eachsite will not be supported.(b) Category 2 RSU’s : The following developments will besupported :i) a single house on a self-contained site, or within theestablished garden ground of an existing house;ii) up to two new houses on gap sites with a maximumfrontage of 75 metres;iii) up to two new dwellings on land which forms part of anexisting building group where development would round offor consolidate the group.Development, which would result in the coalescence ofbuilding groups or of a group with a nearby settlement, will notbe permitted.(c) Essential Worker Housing : Proposals for a house for anessential worker will be supported where there is provenevidence of the need for the person to live at their place ofwork. The site must form part of the landholding where theworker is employed. Applicants will be required to enter into aSection 75 Agreement to ensure the property continues tomeet the needs of an essential worker.Angus Local Plan Review25Plot Size Requirements:Category 1 RSU’s : between0.08ha (800m 2 ) and 0.2ha(2000m 2 )Category 2 RSU’s : between0.06ha (600m 2 ) and 0.4ha(4000m 2 )The footprint of the dwelling,including contiguous buildings,should generally take up around25% of the plot area.Ribbon Development:A string of three or more housesalong a road.Gap Sites:The space between thecurtilages of two dwellings orbetween the curtilage of onedwelling and a metalled road.Self – contained sites:The whole site must be fullyoccupied by a single plot whichmeets the plot size criteria. Siteswhich breach field boundaries orplots which have been artificiallycreated by planting or othermeans of enclosure will not meetthis definition. Fences are notconsidered to be an appropriateform of enclosure for thepurposes of this definition.Building Group:A group of at least 3 existingdwellings which can includebuildings with planningpermission for conversion toresidential use. The buildinggroup will require to have anexisting, recognisable sense ofcontainment (defined below).Sense of Containment:A sense of containment iscontributed to by existing, visibleboundaries such as landform,buildings, roads, trees,watercourses, and establishedmeans of enclosure such ashedges or walls. Fences are notconsidered to be an appropriateform of enclosure for thepurposes of this definition. Anymeans of enclosure recentlyerected to artificially create asense of containment will not beacceptable.Essential Worker:a full or part time worker (at least20 hours per week or equivalent)required by the operationalneeds of a farm or ruralbusiness to live in closeproximity to their place of workfor reasons of security or animalwelfare or similar.Finalised Plan