Protect park of keir
We are a concerned group of local people who want to protect and save the Park of Keir green belt site. The fight to save this land has been ongoing for 30 years. We want to preserve the Iron Age fort and woodland for future generations
At present, a development has been proposed by a developer that is fronted by Judy Murray for this site.
Park of Keir site lies to the south of Dunblane and the north-west of Bridge of Allan. This site is approximately 110 hectares, comprised mainly of farmland and woodland.
We strongly object to the development because:
1. Stirling Council signed a legal agreement (Section 75) preventing housing on this land.
2. National Planning Policies do not support building of any kind on greenbelt land.
3. Stirling Local Development Plan does not allocate any housing development on Park of Keir.
4. It will add thousands of extra cars per day onto the Keir Roundabout. This is one of the most dangerous junctions in Central Scotland which last year had 3 fatalities and numerous other accidents.
5. It will destroy the greenbelt and join Dunblane and Bridge of Allan.
6. We do not need more golf courses locally as there are 19 golf courses within 15-mile radius of Park of Keir and pay & play is available to all.
7. There are already 59 tennis courts (34 all weather floodlit, 12 indoor) within 15-mile radius of Park of Keir, the best served area in Scotland.
8. The local facilities are already over loaded, e.g., health centres, schools.
9. CIC (Community Interest Company). The developer would like a CIC involved to maintain the remaining land. However this is an untried model for a development of this kind and the developer would maintain control of it with limited input from local community.
10. This development is not about tennis or jobs. It's about finally building a housing development by King Homes. By asking Judy Murray to front this development, the developer is trying different tactics to try and get through a development that has been refused repeatedly over the past 24 years. The houses will go up first, and should the Sports Centre plans be shelved for whatever reason, the opportunity is there to apply for more houses.
Park of Keir site lies to the south of Dunblane and the north-west of Bridge of Allan. This site is approximately 110 hectares, comprised mainly of farmland and woodland.
We strongly object to the development because:
1. Stirling Council signed a legal agreement (Section 75) preventing housing on this land.
2. National Planning Policies do not support building of any kind on greenbelt land.
3. Stirling Local Development Plan does not allocate any housing development on Park of Keir.
4. It will add thousands of extra cars per day onto the Keir Roundabout. This is one of the most dangerous junctions in Central Scotland which last year had 3 fatalities and numerous other accidents.
5. It will destroy the greenbelt and join Dunblane and Bridge of Allan.
6. We do not need more golf courses locally as there are 19 golf courses within 15-mile radius of Park of Keir and pay & play is available to all.
7. There are already 59 tennis courts (34 all weather floodlit, 12 indoor) within 15-mile radius of Park of Keir, the best served area in Scotland.
8. The local facilities are already over loaded, e.g., health centres, schools.
9. CIC (Community Interest Company). The developer would like a CIC involved to maintain the remaining land. However this is an untried model for a development of this kind and the developer would maintain control of it with limited input from local community.
10. This development is not about tennis or jobs. It's about finally building a housing development by King Homes. By asking Judy Murray to front this development, the developer is trying different tactics to try and get through a development that has been refused repeatedly over the past 24 years. The houses will go up first, and should the Sports Centre plans be shelved for whatever reason, the opportunity is there to apply for more houses.