A major Angus employer has been given clearance to build a pipeline to its main factory.
Mineral water bottler Strathmore Springs has had planning permission granted for a borehole and pipeline between Forfar Loch and its West High Street plant. Planning permission was in place from 2005 but had lapsed.
“A small structure finished in timber” will house the workings above ground in the country park, next to the loch on its south side.
Members of the local authority’s development services committee unanimously agreed approval of the pipeline at a meeting in Forfar, with the condition that public access to the footpath along the country park is kept at all times.
The proposed pipeline runs eastwards from the proposed building, mainly along the route of the existing path within the park, crossing Craig O’ Loch Road and into the rear of the premises.
Alan McKeown’s report states that contamination will be prevented by providing bunds around areas of noxious substance storage.
