Supporting Document No. 5 – Next Steps

The Council is consulting on the Phase 1 proposals for change made by CGLMC for the future provision of golf at Carnoustie Links. The consultation provides an opportunity to hear from a wide range of interested parties and the general public before any final decisions on Phase 1 are made.

The results of the consultation will be used by elected members to inform decisions to be made on whether to agree to what CGLMC are proposing or not in relation to Phase 1. The consultation is not a referendum on the proposals, but elected members will have regard to all of the consultation feedback in making the decisions which will follow the consultation. This may include making changes to the draft Phase 1 proposals as they currently stand.

The consultation is unusual in the sense that while it is very clearly a consultation being undertaken by Angus Council on the future of a Council owned asset, the core of what the consultation is about and the changes being proposed for the management of golf at Carnoustie Links has come from CGLMC and their investment partners.

The timing of the next steps in this process are as follow:-

(1) Consultation Opens – by 5pm Thursday 8 August 2024

(2) Public drop-in event 1

(3) Public drop-in event 2

(4) Consultation Closes – 10pm on Wednesday 18 September 2024

(5) Report to Angus Council to consider consultation results and decide on CGLMC proposals - mid-late October 2024 (exact date to be confirmed)

Assuming agreement at point 5) above, work on the Phase 2 proposals by CGLMC’s investment partner is expected to begin very shortly thereafter.