ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

the main towns for a minimum five-year supply. Monitoring the take upand distribution of employment development will ensure land iscontinually available.Policy SC13 : Employment Land SupplyAngus Council will maintain a supply of employment land towhich proposals for business and industry will be directed asfollows:• Arbroath, Elliot and Kirkton, (minimum 10 ha);• Forfar, Orchardbank (minimum 10 ha);• Montrose, Forties Road and Broomfield (minimum 10 ha);• Brechin, Business Park (minimum 5 ha);• Carnoustie (up to 5 ha);• Kirriemuir (up to 5 ha).At these locations, and other established employment areas,planning permission will not normally be granted for uses otherthan Class 4* (business), Class 5* (general industry), and Class6* (storage and distribution), but may be considered where theyare small scale, complementary and ancillary to the existing orproposed use. Development proposals will require todemonstrate there is no detriment to the surrounding amenity.* As defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997.2.45 Business park developments at Brechin and Forfar provide goodquality facilities adjacent to the A90(T) and these are expected tomeet demand for prime employment land over the plan period. Inaccordance with the Dundee and Angus Structure Plan and PolicySC13, this Local Plan will allocate land to maintain a minimum fiveyearsupply throughout the plan period. Provision is made as follows:• Arbroath – land allocated west of the Elliot Estate. The Local Planwill resist development proposals that would prejudice the futureexpansion of the Elliot Industrial Estate to the west, to ensure thissite can be developed as the need arises.• Forfar – land allocated at Carseview Road provides for generalemployment use.• Montrose - part of the former Montrose airfield allocated to meetan anticipated shortage of available land during the plan period.• Carnoustie – land allocated at Clayholes.• Kirriemuir – land allocated at East Muirhead of Logie.SPP2: Economic Development(2002)The Planning System has animportant role in supportingbusiness development andcontributing to economicprosperity.Industrial And Business Use2.46 Not all business and industrial activities will be located onexisting or proposed employment land allocations. Where newemployment development is proposed within a settlement, is in asuitable location, and can be accommodated without detriment toamenity, such proposals will normally be welcomed.Angus Local Plan Review33Finalised Plan