ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

AgricultureRESOURCESAgricultural Land3.63 Current national policy protects prime quality agricultural landfrom inappropriate and irreversible development. It is estimated thatAngus has around 9.6% of this scarce and non-renewable nationalresource, predominantly located in the lowland area along Strathmoreand the coastal strip between Carnoustie and Arbroath. As the LocalPlan strategy seeks to accommodate development in and around themain towns, it is inevitable that some prime quality land will berequired for development.Prime Quality AgriculturalLand – Grade 1, 2 and 3.1 asdefined and identified on theMacauley Land Use ResearchInstitutes Land Capability forAgriculture maps.Policy ER29 : Agricultural LandProposals for development that would result in the permanentloss of prime quality agricultural land and/or have a detrimentaleffect on the viability of farming units will only normally bepermitted where the land is allocated by this Local Plan orconsidered essential for implementation of the Local Planstrategy.Intensive Livestock Buildings3.64 Agriculture is a major business activity throughout rural Angusand has a role in both economic and environmental terms. The scaleof some farming practices has resulted in certain types ofdevelopment now being subject to planning regulations. This appliesparticularly to intensive livestock rearing and Angus Council will seekto ensure that such developments do not adversely impact onneighbouring residents, and that existing and proposed units are notcompromised by the development of housing in close proximity.Policy ER30 : Intensive Livestock BuildingsProposals for intensive livestock buildings:• should not be located within 400 metres of the curtilage of aprotected building; and• the scale, design, access, traffic implications and wastedisposal measures of the intensive livestock building mustbe appropriate and acceptable to its location.Planning permission will not normally be granted for new (nonagriculturallyrelated) houses within 400 metres of an existing orproposed intensive livestock building.Intensive Livestock Building:a building, structure orinstallation used or to be usedfor housing pigs, poultry, rabbitsor animals bred for their skin orfurProtected Building:any permanent building which isnormally occupied by people orwould be so occupied, if it werein use for purposes for which itis apt; but does not include-• a building within theagricultural unit; or• a dwelling or other buildingon another agricultural unitwhich is used for or inconnection with agriculture.Source - Town and CountryPlanning (General PermittedDevelopment)(Scotland) Order1992.Angus Local Plan Review81Finalised Plan