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 date on 27 March, and after a nail biting wait we were notified that our bid was successful.

The community purchase would not have been successful without the support of the residents of Bridge of Allan, whether that was offering words of support, completing and sharing our survey, offering a financial donation to support the purchase, putting up posters in the community or joining the action group who led the work.  We also want to say thank you to others in the community who had considered making a private offer on the land as an investment opportunity, but decided instead to withdraw in support of the community purchase. 

Our local lawyers, Mailers, are now working through details to finalise the purchase, and we’ll keep the community up to date with timescales for that.  In the meantime the Sunnylaw Action Group will continue to meet and plan for the ongoing management of the land, based on the almost 400 responses we received to our community survey.  One of our first tasks will be putting in place a regular maintenance schedule, so if you’re interested in helping with that please get in touch. 

All decisions on the future use of the Meadow will be progressed through Discover Bridge of Allan, our local Development Trust, who will hold the land in trust for the community.  To ensure you’re involved in decisions, and have the opportunity to have your say, please sign up for free membership if you haven’t already. 

We’ll soon be launching the Our Bridge of Allan survey – keep an eye out for further updates.

Thank you again to everyone for making this happen