Level 4 restrictions which come into effect from Boxing Day – Saturday 26 December - mean that face-to-face opportunities to consult on the future of Lochside Leisure Centre will not be possible.
Angus residents are asked to complete the Lochside Leisure Centre consultation online.
It was planned to hold focus group meetings, public “drop-in” sessions and paper copies of the survey have been available via ACCESS drop-in services at Forfar and other burgh libraries. Due to the tightening of restrictions which are aimed at minimising the spread of a new, highly contagious strain of coronavirus these options are no longer possible.
As an alternative to filling out the survey online, a hardcopy version of the questionnaire can be printed off, completed and posted to: Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Orchardbank, Forfar, Angus, DD8 1AN.
If you know someone who, for whatever reason, is unable to complete the online survey but who wants to take part in this consultation, please let them know of this development and assist them wherever possible – perhaps by printing a hard copy of the questionnaire for them.
We hope to be able to provide further assistance following the festive holiday and will issue further details in due course.
The consultation, seeking the public’s views on the future of the former Lochside Leisure Centre, and the land immediately around it in Forfar Loch Country Park, Craig O’Loch Road, Forfar opened earlier this month and is open until Sunday 31 January 2021.
Angus Council is asking the communities of Forfar and Angus, what they think the future use of the building and land should be. The land and the building belong to the people of Angus.
A summary of the responses will be reported to the Council, with the target date of 18 March 2021.
Information can be found on the Council’s website under our Have Your Say section on Lochside Leisure Centre and includes historical reports into the conditions of the building. The Council would like to thank Guild Homes for sharing structural reports, which it commissioned, for inclusion in the information pack.