Tayside radio control car enthusiasts will no longer have to travel to Stonehaven or England to take part in outdoor events.
Plans to create a track in Monifieth have been approved by members of Angus Council’s development standards committee.
Dundee and Angus Radio Controlled Car Klub (DARCCK) will build the track on land adjacent to the Tay View Car Park which is now unused and overgrown.
The club, which meets weekly at Monifieth High School, hopes the facility will attract competitors from across Britain.
The cars they use are just over a foot long, but can cost more than many real cars, with price tags up to £3,000.
The club’s secretary Paul Bignell said the British Radio Car Association was desperate for a second Scottish track for its members.
He said: “After three-and-a-half years of slog, meetings and more meetings, we finally get to build our own outdoor track so I guess now it’s all systems go.
“I would just like to say a big thank you to Mr Mathew Archer who has been a tremendous asset to DARCCK who kindly donated his time and effort to do all the drawings and the submission of all the plans along with many amended plans that the council asked en-route to the success.
“Now that was the first part, the next will be the big bit — to get it built.”
Paul has appealed to anyone with relevant skills to get in touch.
The club hopes to build three interlinked tracks, which would have lengths of 143m, 116m and 94m on the 2158sqm site which is located to the south of the access road that serves the Barry Buddon Camp.
The plans also include a race control building made out of a converted shipping container, a shed to accommodate a generator and fencing.
There would also be parking provision at the north boundary of the site with 14 spaces.
The club, which has been established for 30 years, says the track would be used at weekends between 9am and 5pm.
The proposal is likely to generate additional traffic but the area to the south of the railway line is readily accessible and well used by vehicular traffic.
Electric car racers currently have to travel to Stonehaven or England to take part in outdoor events such as the British Radio Car Association GP.
