A controversial planning utility to construct 250 properties on farmland close to Stenhousemuir will now be determined by a Scottish Authorities appointed reporter.
The plans for the brand new properties on Bensfield Farm - near Redpath Drive, Stenhousemuir - sparked a petition to Falkirk Council that gathered greater than 1700 signatures after they have been first revealed.
Many residents feared the brand new housing would imply the lack of a favorite strolling route - generally known as the Squiggly - and there have been additionally issues that the event would put but extra strain on well being providers and faculties.
Miller Houses has now lodged an enchantment with the Scottish Authorities Planning & Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) on the grounds that Falkirk Council has not decided their planning utility.
This enchantment takes the choice out of Falkirk Council's fingers as it's 'deemed to have been refused'.
Councillors will, nonetheless, have an opportunity to make their views on the appliance recognized on the subsequent out there planning committee. Falkirk Council can be requested to provide a response to the enchantment and this can be thought-about as a part of the proof by the DPEA.
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The council's report will embrace an evaluation of how the proposals will slot in with the native growth plan and study different materials planning issues. Copies of all written representations that have been obtained by the council can even be handed on. Individuals who want to make additional feedback can nonetheless accomplish that, though these should now be made to the DPEA, not the council.
In its enchantment to the DPEA, Miller Houses has stated that the housing scarcity in Falkirk is "substantial" and that the placement of the event is "acceptable given the necessity to urgently deal with the recognized shortfall within the 5 yr efficient housing land provide".