Angus Community Planning
Angus Community Planning Partnership
About Us
The Angus Community Planning Partnership (ACPP) has been in existance since 1998 and is a partnership made up of members of the key public service delivery agencies (listed below). The ACPP meets quarterly to direct community planning in Angus. The meetings are not public, however minutes taken at the meetings are available. The ACPP has set up a number of groups to work in partnership to improve the quality of life of the Angus resident. These groups operate at an Angus wide level working towards improving the area's economy, improving community learning, making Angus a healthier and safer community in which to live, and protecting and enhancing the quality of the Angus environment.
Vivien Smith, Community Planning Manager and
Rachel Green, Senior Community Planning Officer
There is a strategic community planning team based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar, that supports the work of the Partnership and consists of a Community Planning Manager and a Senior Community Planning Officer.

Bill Strachan - Senior Service Manager, Neighbourhood Services,
Déirdre Mitchell - Tenant and Community Participation Co-ordinator,
Debbie Gowans, Community Regeneration Officer
Local Community Planning Team
Community planning is also being developed at a local ward area level, There is a local community planning team based at William Wallace House Forfar, consisting of a Senior Service Manager, a Tenant and Community Participation Co-ordinator and a Community Regeneration Officer.
There are also four local community planning teams based in Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie and Kirriemuir supporting local community planning in
- Arbroath East & West
- Brechin & Edzell
- Carnoustie & District
- Forfar & District
- Kirriemuir & Dean
- Monifieth & Sidlaw
- Montrose & District
Members of the Angus Community Planning Partnership
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![]() Councillors Bob Myles - ACPP Chair, Ian Mackintosh - Deputy Council Leader, Helen Oswald - SNP Group Leader |





















