We’re delighted to be hosting Martin Stuart on 24 June in Bridge of Allan Parish Church. Martin, a volunteer and trustee with Forth Valley First Responders will be delivering community first response, public access defibrillator and CPR awareness and training in the Honeyman Hall from 7pm. Get your tickets here
We need your input to help us finalise our Local Place Plan for Bridge of Allan. After a successful engagement day on 24 May in the Church Hall, our engagement boards are now in the local library until Friday 13 June. If you get the chance please pop in and leave your thoughts on our feedback sheets, or come say hi to us at Picnic in the Park on 14 June at Memorial Park.
Don’t worry if you cant make it in for any reason – there are other ways to stay involved. Our key themes and question areas are laid out below – just drop a comment or an email with anything you want us to capture.
Biodiversity and Greenspace
Getting Around, Transport and Active travel
Housing
Our Physical Environment
Drop us an email contact@ccbridgeofallan.org.uk or comment below with any thoughts
To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of the reopening of Bridge of Allan Railway Station,
two local members of Strathallan Community Rail Partnership are giving
talks on the early development of railways and the railway in Bridge of
Allan. This is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend.
Lecropt Parish Church Hall
13 th May 2025
2.15 pm- 4.15pm
(arrival and refreshments from 2.15pm. Presentations start at 2.45pm)
Stirling Council’s Senior Active Travel Project Manager is hosting two public drop in sessions to support online engagement on active travel routes that impact on Bridge of Allan. There will be print-outs of designs available and the team will be gathering feedback and answering questions on the whole route. Paper copies of the online survey will also be available. Sessions are:
Saturday 17th May 10:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 15:00 at Recyke-a-Bike, Causewayhead
Friday 23rd May 16:30 – 20:00 at the Allan Centre PE Room, Bridge of Allan
Just turn up or register so they have an idea of attendance level: at: https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/events/
Both events will also have information about the Manor Powis to Causewayhead active travel route which is currently being consulted on.
Online survey is here: https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/north-stirling-active-travel
Our Bridge of Allan Plan last year led to the Bridge of Allan Community Action Plan.
We are now taking this forward with a focus on planning. We aim to submit our Local Place Plan to Stirling Council by October 2025.
Local Place Plans give communities an opportunity to discuss and agree our aspirations for future development in our local area. These will be taken into account in the next Local Development Plan.
We are holding a drop in session in the Honeyman Hall at Bridge of Allan Parish Church on 24th May, which coincides with Friends of Bridge of Allan Plant Sale and Coffee Morning. Pop in to see our display and chat to members of the Steering Group, and add your views. We will be there from 10 until 5pm.
Our display will then transfer to Bridge of Allan Library for 4 weeks, where you will also be able to leave comments.
We will also have an online feedback facility on the Bridge of Allan Community Council website. Or come along to our monthly public meetings.
We have received this notification from Stirling Council:
A new £16 million flood prevention scheme for Bridge of Allan has taken a significant step forward following approval to procure a contract to design and build the defences.
The new infrastructure will protect 87 properties and 700 metres of road from flooding from the Allan Water, with flood defence walls upgraded along Allanvale Road, Cornton Road and Fountain Road and flood defence bunds added at Inverallan Road and the adjacent factory site.
In total, £12 million of funding for the scheme will be provided by the Scottish Government as part of the national programme, ‘Funding of Flood Scheme Protections’, with the remainder from Stirling Council.
Engagement and consultation has taken place on the proposals with the local community and other key stakeholders at drop-in sessions and via an online survey.
Of the 24 formal objections received to the scheme, 18 were invalid and the remaining 6 have been withdrawn following dialogue (one new objection was received before Monday’s meeting of the Environment, Transport and Next Zero Committee).
The new defence scheme is designed to protect against a flood which, statistically, occurs once every 50 years. Work is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2026 and will last an estimated 18 months.
The current defences, constructed in the 1980s, are now reaching the end of their service life. As a result, some elements are in poor condition and no longer provide sufficient flood protection in the face of more frequent and intense flood events driven by climate change.
Convener of the Environment, Transport and Net Zero committee, Cllr Jen Preston, said: “Delivering a new flood protection scheme for Bridge of Allan is a major priority as the existing infrastructure is not fit for purpose, especially with a changing climate and an increase in extreme weather events.
“Monday’s decision is a major milestone as it means we can start the process of appointing a specialist contractor to design and build the scheme and also ensures we keep to key project deadlines.
“The significant investment in the new defences will greatly reduce the flooding risks from the Allan Water to residents, businesses and other facilities on both banks of the river.
“Detailed planning work has gone into the new scheme and we have followed the alignment of the existing infrastructure as much as possible to minimise disruption to local communities.
“We have listened to the views of the local community as the proposals have been developed and further engagement with residents and businesses will take place before construction starts.”
Full details on the preferred option, including FAQs, are included on a dedicated website: https://flooding.stirling.gov.uk/
Final confirmation on the scheme will come before a future meeting of the Environment, Transport and Net Zero Committee.
A recording of yesterday’s (April 28) meeting of the committee can be viewed here: https://stirling.public-i.tv/core/portal/home
