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Bridge of Allan Community Survey now Open!
Bridge of Allan is a great place to live, work and visit. With its rich history, vibrant local economy, river, parks and woodland walks, local/national transport links, and the excellence of Stirling University on its doorstep, the 'Village' is just an amazing place...
March meeting minutes now available
Our March meeting minutes were approved at our last meeting and are now available to read in full by clicking here At the meeting we discussed March Police report covered 20th Feb - 16th March and is included in full in the minutes. You can contact the...
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Sunnylaw Meadow secured for the Community of Bridge of Allan
With huge thanks to the community of Bridge of Allan we are delighted to confirm that the community bid for ownership of Sunnylaw Meadow was successful! As a result of the overwhelming community support we were able to submit a bid to the owners of the land at closing...
April Meeting Agenda
Our next Community Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 16th April in the Allan Centre GP room. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and any member of the public is welcome to attend. We will be joined by people and organisations that work together for the...
Flood Protection Scheme moves to Notification Stage
The planning of the Flood Protection Scheme for Bridge of Allan has been ongoing for some time now. See our updates from March 19th 2022, and March 4th 2022 The process has now reached the notification stage with Stirling Council proposing the...
Sunnylaw Update
We wanted to say a huge thanks to all of you who took the time to give your views as part of our sunnylaw survey, which closed last week. Almost 400 of you fed in to the survey about future use and management of the land. As we head ever closer to the...
February Meeting minutes now available
Our February meeting minutes were approved at our last meeting and are now available to read in full by clicking here At the meeting we discussed February's Police report covered 13th Jan - 19th Feb and is included in full in the minutes. 12 crimes occurred...
March 19th – Meeting Agenda
Our next Community Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 19th March in the Allan Centre GP room. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and any member of the public is welcome to attend. We will be joined by people and organisations that work together for the...
Cornton Road Rail Crossing
At our February meeting we were joined by Tracy the Network Rail Level Crossing Manager to talk about recent issues using the crossing. Problems in this are not however new, see our post from 2022. Tracey had responsibility for 56 crossings. She...
Current Issues
Cornton Road Rail Crossing
A number of residents have raised concerns about the changes for traffic since the new railway crossing barriers were installed on Cornton Road. On some occasions queuing traffic has stopped on the rail tracks. This has been covered recently in the...
Join the Community Council
Bridge of Allan Community Council are recruiting. We are looking for two new members to join the Community Council as co-opted members until full elections are held in 2023. We have been actively working on many different community projects and initiatives, so...
Henderson Street speed measures consultation – deadline 9th Jan
A new consultation on a range of proposed changes to Henderson Street and Fountain road is available for your consideration and comments. The closing date for comments is midnight on the 9th of January. Find the proposals here: Engage Stirling ...
Christmas Lights Fundraising Appeal
We need your help to make Bridge of Allan shine this Christmas! We love the vibrancy of the village over Christmas, the decorated shop fronts, the Christmas nights out, the carol singing, the Christmas trees and the lights. Sadly, our Christmas lights are in desperate...
Care Home Plans for Henderson Street
The team behind a planning application for a new care home on Henderson Street met with the Community Community Council on the 28th of July to present the new plans and their approach to the new development. They were kind enough to allow us to record this to...
Park of Keir Development nears conclusion
On 24th June Stirling Council announced that they have received the signed Section 75 agreement from the applicant in relation to the Park of Keir Development. For background to this planning application the 2015 proposal and all associated documents are...
Climate and Biodiversity Update
In between the odd April snow shower flower buds are bursting and the bees are buzzing; nature is waking up. Staying local means you have hopefully found new affections for exploring the many wonderful greenspaces in and around Bridge of Allan. Maybe you have...
Blairforkie Drive Planning Webinar Feb 2nd 7pm
We are hosting a public Zoom Webinar with D.M Hall and Allanwater Homes to address the community's queries about the application. The meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd February at 7pm, the meeting details are below. We have a panel of residents who have...
Park of Keir
The applicant has submitted a substantial revision to the application reducing the number of housing units proposed. The revision has been advertised, consultees have been re-consulted, neighbours notified and all third parties have been informed of the revised...
Local Planning Applications
Should you wish to quickly access Stirling Council's planning portal to search for current Planning Applications then the link below will be of use. Link to Stirling Council Planning Portal Source: Current issues
