Council denies 'hundreds of migrants' will fill care home converted into massive 35-bed HMO

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Council denies 'hundreds of migrants' will fill care home converted into massive 35-bed HMO.

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A Scottish council has denied warnings a disused care home will be converted into a 35-bed HMO for hundreds of migrants.

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Angus councillors on Tuesday opted to carry out a site inspection prior to reaching their final verdict on the application for the building in Forfar.The proposal attracted fierce opposition, with more than 600 objections lodged with the local authority.But around 160 of these were subsequently redacted by council officials.

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The authority said they contained claims that were "variously untrue, inaccurate, or likely to provoke unrest, hatred or harm".Lochbank Manor, which stopped operating as a care home in 2024, had become the focus of local fury after Veriton Group submitted its planning application in October last year.Veriton Group has also denied suggestions the building would be used to house migrants or asylum seekers.In a letter published in December, the company insisted its HMO application "does not relate to the housing of asylum seekers or immigrants at...

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