Council has made it's decision!
The Final Stage Approaches
The status of the planning application is as follows:
Planning Ref 14/00595/PPP
This particular application has been very slow to progress due to the time taken for the developer to submit all the information required as part of the application. We believe all the relevant information has now been submitted.
Under normal circumstances a planning application would be assessed by the council’s Planning Committee (normally 6 or so councillors) but due to the scale of this proposal and due it being for a site which is not included in the current Local Development Plan then there are special measures being implemented.
This application is going to be assessed and ultimately voted on by all 22 of Stirling Council’s elected councillors. The application will go through first what’s being referred to as Pre-Determination meeting. At that meeting, information about the development will be discussed & delated by all 22 councillors and we believe that both the developers along with interested party’s or organisations opposing the development will get the opportunity to state their case. In what form that will take we do not know as yet.
Beyond that meeting the will be a further Determination meeting held, again attended by the 22 councillors in order to vote on the planning application.
We do not know as yet when this meeting will be held. Many councillors, having never served on a Planning Committee previously will require to be put through the necessary training prior to the pre-determination process being started. There is also a requirement for a site visit to be organised with all the elected officials getting the opportunity to assess the site for themselves
While originally we were looking at a limited number of Councillors on the planning panel we are now looking at canvasing the full Council. Most of the Councillors have little or no planning experience and these Councillors will be given a procedural guidance course prior to having to make any decisions. We have a big opportunity to influence these Councillors. I will list the Councillors email addresses at the end of the email. The list provides an easy hyperlink with the address.
WE have to look at the following points which have already been identified in the Scottish Governments Reporters comments. Please chose 2 or 3 of the points especially if you have detailed knowledge of the item and send an email to each of the Councillors. The easiest way is to do one email and copy the content then it is simply a case of bringing up a new recipient and pasting the contents. A relatively quick way of covering all Councillors. The Grahams obviously canvased the farmers who supply them with milk to write in to support the application. The results was that many of the farmers simply regurgitated what Graham had written and the fact that many of these farmers went on about the much needed primary school etc. rather weakened their case. If everybody choses random subjects rather than try to cover them all there is more chance of Councillors taking time to read the email
Landscape value
Green Belt
Flooding
Merging of Bridge of Allan and Causewayhead
Recently highlighted
Henderson Street the second worst area for traffic pollution in Stirlingshire only beaten by the Craigs Roundabout in Stirling and they want to add a further 600 cars!
Forth Valley NHS have stated that Bridge of Allan Health Centre doesn’t have the capacity to cope with the additional population
Drainage scheme dependent on mechanical valves and recent events in England highlight what happens when mechanical/electrical flood prevention systems fail
Causewayhead residents might like to highlight the recent instances of water coming up through manholes as the existing system can’t cope .
Email addresses. Please be aware that the Councillors can no longer comment on the application as to express an opinion prior to the vote could disqualify them from voting so do not be annoyed if you don’t get a response.
Ward 1
Alycia Hayes SNP hayesa@stirling.cov.uk
Fergus Wood SNP woodf@stirling.gov.uk
Martin Earl Cons earlm@stirling.gov.uk
Ward 2
Alistair Berrill Cons berrilla@stirling.gov.uk
Graham Lambie SNP lambieg@stirling.gov.uk
Ian Muirhead SNP muirheadi@stirling.gov.uk
Ward 3
Callum Campbell Cons campbellc@stirling.gov.uk
Graham Houston SNP houstong@stirling.gov.uk
Mark Ruskell Green ruskellm@stirling.gov.uk
Mike Robbins Lab robbinsm@stirling.gov.uk
Ward 4
Jim Thomson SNP thomsonj03@stirling.gov.uk
Johanna Boyd Lab boydj@stirling.gov.uk
John Hendry Lab hendryj@stirling.gov.uk
Ward 5
Christine Simpson Lab simpsonc@stirling.gov.uk
Neil Benny Cons bennyn@stirling.gov.uk
Scott Farmer SNP farmers@stirling.gov.uk
Ward 6
Corrie McChord Lab mcchordc@stirling.gov.uk
Danny Gibson Lab gibsond@stirling.gov.uk
Gerry McLaughlan SNP mclaughlang@stirling.gov.uk
Ward 7
Alasdair MacPherson SNP macphersona@stirling.gov.uk
Margaret Brisley Lab brisleym@stirling.gov.uk
Violet Weir Lab weirv@stirling.gov.uk
Flooding
This area is known to be prone to flooding, and even the most optimistic proposal from the development states that it will flood to 0.2 metres in a 1 in 500 year event. Weather patterns are changing and this report is discreditied by local experts. Any change is water flow based on SEPA reports could impact existing properties in Bridge Of Allan.
| Community Identity Bridge of Allan is a community with an identity an a history, that has only this year bean recognised nationally by Beautiful Scotland Best Small Town. The village identity maintains its place as a tourist attraction, a great place to live. The blending of this with Stirling will only reduce the perceived value and identity of Bridge Of Allan.
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