Formal proposals have been submitted for a controversial housing development on Bridge of Allan greenbelt.Allanwater Homes, which submitted a Proposal of Application Notice for the the Blairforkie site in 2020, plans to erect a total of 46 homes – twelve of which are described as affordable.Residents living near the site – bounded by the popular Darn Walk, Blairforkie Drive and Fishers Green – have already expressed concern about its potential environmental impact as well as increased road traffic and pressures on infrastructure.A campaign group, Save Blairforkie Greenspace, has since been set up opposing the plans and it has been distributing leaflets in the area.Allanwater Homes have described the scheme as ‘the next generation’ of housing growth in the town.However, Bridge of Allan councillor Alasdair Tollemache said this week: “It is essential that we protect our greenbelt, and as such this proposed development is in the wrong place.”A planning statement submitted along with the planning application states that Bridge of Allan is a ‘highly pressured area’, where house prices, and a lack of social rented accomodation, are excluding people, and particularly those on low incomes, from the housing market.It continues: ‘For that reason, a 33 per cent affordable housing contribution is required for developments of four units or more.
This development will provide 12 affordable units.‘These will be the first new affordable houses in the town in recent memory, whilst it is extremely unlikely that existing allocations will provide anywhere near this number.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.‘There are few housing allocations identified in the town, with the five identified only contributing an estimated
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