Ashfield Land has opened a planning consultation documenting its intention to deliver a residential development north of the villages Main Street.

 

An indicative proposal of application notice envisages the creation of some 400 homes on land situated between Drypow and Alton farmhouses.

 

The masterplan has been authored by Barton Willmore and seeks to capitalise on a landscape setting bordering the River Forth by maintaining views to the Ochil Hills, Stirling Castle and Wallace Monument.

 

Explaining the vision the applicant wrote: "Landscape and placemaking are significant drivers for the masterplan, in which the creation of multifunctional spaces provides significant amenity for residents but also acknowledge its setting by providing key spaces on its edges where the wider landscape can be appreciated."

 

This flexibility of approach allows an urban frontage to be formed along the Main Street counterposed by a 20m landscape buffer to the river.

 

Consultants will make themselves available on 8 June between 15:00 and 19:00 to conduct a live chat with the public.