Key features

Residential Development Site

About this property

This undulating site which extends to a gross area of 5.90 hectares (14.58 acres) and is of regular shape sits between Montrose Road (B9113) and Arbroath Road (A932) in the sought after Gowanbank area of Forfar. The site is bound on three sides by predominantly single storey, low density, sought-after housing. A disused railway line forms the eastern boundary. A public footpath known locally as the “Rosie Road” bisects the site and provides a link from Montrose Road to Arbroath Road. Existence of this footpath will have to be respected by any development proposed for the site. A single housing unit fronting Arbroath Road will require to be demolished to facilitate access to the development site. This house is in the ownership of the vendors.

The subjects are located approximately 1.5km to the east of Forfar town centre, the administrative centre for the Angus Council area.
Forfar sits to the east of the A90 trunk road some 14 miles to the north of the city of Dundee and 55 miles south of Aberdeen the main commercial and cultural hubs.
Being situated as such Forfar is well located for commuting to both locations while offering a very pleasant place to live for those seeking an outdoor or quiet lifestyle.
As a former market town with a population of circa 16,000 Forfar offers a range of retail and leisure facilities within the town and surrounding countryside.
Education is provided through a number of primary schools with secondary education being delivered through Forfar Academy, a community campus which offers a range of activities to both pupils and the wider population.

The site is allocated as F2 within the Adopted Angus Plan (2016) as being capable of accommodating “around 60 units”.
The site was subject to a detailed planning application (Ref 8/00340/FUL) for the erection of 106 units which was subsequently reduced to 81 prior to being refused by Angus Council and subsequently at appeal in January 2022 ( Ref PPA-120-2058).
Whilst the earlier application was refused and further appeal rejected it is understood that Angus Council will welcome the development of housing on the site. The application detailed above did not meet the required
design standards. It is very much felt that development will be encouraged with a party willing to engage with and respect the views of Angus Council.
Full Planning documentation and information on the subsequent appeal can be found on Angus Council’s Planning Portal: https://planning.angus.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application

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