Housing builders have lodged plans for nearly 40 new houses in a rural Stirlingshire village.
An software by Andrew Haslam, Ogilvie Houses Ltd and different has been submitted to Stirling Council planners for 38 homes on land subsequent to south of Menzies Terrace in Fintry.
The positioning, described as open space and woodland, is allotted within the Stirling Native Growth Plan for 40 houses and is surrounding by residential dwellings on Menzies Terrace, Kippen Highway and Culcreuch Avenue, with Fintry Main College to the south and farm land to the east.
To this point the one session response formally submitted to the appliance is an objection - from Stirling Council’s assistant flood officer.
The official wrote to planners: “This website lies inside a recognized downside space of flooding and Stirling Council holds intensive data of flooding within the space. The ingress/egress route for this improvement can also be continuously blocked as a result of flooding to depths possible impassable by emergency automobiles.
“The flood danger evaluation submitted with the appliance signifies a big proportion of the location types a part of the practical flood plain. We subsequently advocate an objection to this improvement on the grounds of flood danger.”
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A flood danger evaluation has acknowledged some flooding points on the location and instructed measures, together with the power to make use of an emergency solely entry/exit if required.
The event would characteristic 24 four-bed personal homes and three three-bed personal homes together with 11 reasonably priced houses - 4 two-bed cottage flats, 4 two-bed terraced/semi-detached, one two-bed semi-detached, and two three-bed terraced/semi-detached.
Automobile entry to the event could be through Menzies Terraces and open area and play provision would characteristic on the location.
In paperwork submitted with the appliance, brokers for the builders stated: “The world is taken into account to have a necessity for reasonably priced housing, so for developments of 4 models or extra, a 33 per cent reasonably priced housing contribution shall be required.
“Our improvement contains 11 reasonably priced housing models - 29 per cent of the complete variety of plots on the location. To compensate for the shortfall of 1.54 models to make as much as the 33 pe cent required, Ogilvie Houses perceive there'll have to be a consideration for a group sum to be paid to Stirling Council.
“The positioning itself just isn't recognized as liable to flooding, with the indicative floodplain for the river being nicely west of the B822, and south of the Culcreuch Fort driveway.
“Nevertheless, the LDP does nonetheless require a Flood Danger Evaluation to be submitted with the planning software.
“When it comes to infrastructure issues, the LDP states that there's capability when it comes to water provide (Carron Valley) and on the waste water therapy works (Fintry) for brand spanking new improvement. It additionally signifies that there's capability at Fintry Main College, however capability at Balfron Excessive College is restricted. The setting of Culcreuch Fort is preserved by the truth that the perfect of the bushes on website are being retained, with extra planting, which is able to guarantee that there's virtually no intervisibility between the brand new improvement and the citadel.
“A tree survey report was carried out and has concluded there are a variety of bushes inside the improvement boundary which might be retained and quite a few bushes which must be eliminated as a result of situation. Our proposed improvement takes cognisance of the prevailing woodland areas on the location with a small variety of bushes proposed to be eliminated to allow improvement of the total website.
“The event is allotted within the adopted LDP for as much as 40 properties. A mixture of three and 4 bed room market homes starting from 1000-1900sq/ft are unfold by means of the event.
“One parcel of reasonably priced housing is included on the entrance of the location adjoining to Menzies Terrace together with two and three bed room properties, alongside one two-bedroom wheelchair bungalow. The reasonably priced housing combine was suggested by Stirling Council.”