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New Dundee plan outlines key areas for development

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Dundee City Council has unveiled proposals for a second local development plan, detailing key areas in the city which could benefit from financial and infrastructure investment.

Stakeholders including land owners, agents and developers are now being asked for their thoughts on how the proposals are moved forward.

The Local Development Plan, which was adopted by the local authority in 2013, is a land use strategy which guides planning and development decisions in the Dundee City Council area.

The second plan (LDP2), which will be subject to a public consultation period, will be used by city planners and councillors on the development management committee to guide development in the city until the end of the 2020’s.

Public consultation on the proposals will begin on August 28, lasting six-weeks, until October 9. It will also be subject, if approved, to review every five years.

The LDP2 also sets out a series of strategies on how Dundee can maintain its status as a city recognised internationally for leisure and culture, maintain sustainable economic growth, build quality housing and sustainable communities and maintain the city centre as a viable retail district.

The plan maintains that the city centre will be given priority, with “high quality” shops being encouraged to take up residence in accessible locations to support the existing retail network.

Further to this, the plan will outline guidelines on what can and cannot be opened on the main thoroughfare from the Wellgate through the Murraygate to the Overgate.

Non-retail businesses will be kept to a minimum in the identified city centre area, because of the “lack of visitor attraction” they offer and their potential to “deaden” shop fronts.

Further to this, the LDP2 states there will be no support for pubs and bars being built in Dundee anywhere other than the city centre.

The V&A has been identified as having the potential to bring big benefits to the city centre as a “destination” shopping area.

A new city centre retail study is to be commissioned by 2020 by the council to support the “town centre first” principle set out in the development plan.