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Local Place Plan: Come Along and Have Your Say, 24th May
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...
Flood defence scheme for Bridge of Allan – Update April 29th 2025
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...
Active travel project in Stirling officially opens
We have received this notification from Stirling Council: A ground-breaking active travel network that will transform how people get around Stirling and the wider region has officially opened. Walk, Cycle, Live Stirling has created two new cycling, walking and...
Off the Page Book Festival May 8 to May 15 2025
We have received this notification from Stirling Council: Stirling’s popular Off the Page book festival will make its return this May with art and nature key themes of this year’s packed programme. Encounters with Scottish wildlife, tips for foraging and...
Stirling Community Development News
Stirling Council Community Development have published the April issue of the CDNews Bulletin. This issue includes: Community Empowerment Review; Young Carers Covenant; Village Halls and Community Centre Network; Community Spaces Improvement Grant; Free...
Active Travel Route Causewayhead to Dunblane Consultation
The Stirling Council Sustainable Transport team is developing proposals for the Dunblane to Causewayhead active travel route. Flora Chirnside, Senior Active Travel Project Manager will attend the April CC Meeting (7.30pm Allan Centre) A consultation survey on the...
TreeLink Spring Gathering Sat Apr 26th
We have received this notification of the Stirling Treelink Spring Gathering: It is only a couple of weeks until the TreeLink Spring Gathering on the morning of Saturday 26th April. We will be welcoming Professor Kirsty Park...
Overnight Closure of M9 Junction 9 Northbound with Diversion through Bridge of Allan
We have received this notification about overnight closures of the M9 Northbound at Junction 9 with traffic to be diverted through Stirling , Cornton and then along Fountain Road to Henderson St, and North to the Kier Roundabout. "BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of...
Local Road Closures/Diversions April 2025
We have received copy of Road Works/Closures/Diversion notices published in the Stirling Observer. Those in Bridge of Allan, or affecting travel around Bridge of Allan are listed here: Pendreich Road: Closed From its junction with Upper Glen Road to its...
Stirling Council Consultation: Draft Climate Adaptation Strategy
We have received a reminder from Stirling Council regarding their Consultation on the Draft Climate Adaption Strategy that the deadline for comments is 8 April 2025. The consultation opened on 12th Feb with this notice: As part of our Climate and Nature...
Current Issues
Active Travel Route Causewayhead to Dunblane Consultation
The Stirling Council Sustainable Transport team is developing proposals for the Dunblane to Causewayhead active travel route. Flora Chirnside, Senior Active Travel Project Manager will attend the April CC Meeting (7.30pm Allan Centre) A consultation survey on the...
Knockhill Bridge Refurbishment Update from BEAR Scotland
We have received notification from BEAR Scotland about the M9 Knockhill Bridge Refurbishment works , an extract follows here: " It remains our intention to commence work below this structure in April 2025. Our provisional start date is currently Monday 14th April,...
Making things great in our local community
Do you want to get involved in making things great in your local community? We’re looking for Bridge of Allan residents to join the Community Council to help with: protecting local greenspace promoting our history and heritage progressing community priorities...
Stirling Council approves 2025-26 budget
Stirling Council have issued this press release on the approval of the council’s 2025-26 budget today. Links to the budget papers and the recording of the meeting are included in the story. Stirling Council approves 2025-26 budget Stirling Council has approved...
Sick Red Squirrels in Bridge of Allan Alert
SSRS have had a reported sighting of a sick squirrel in Bridge of Allan, and have initiated a plan to endeavour to find out more information to determine what the illness was, and hopefully to eliminate squirrelpox. Please help us with this by following the requests...
Past 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
