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A landmark former hotel in Killearn looks set to be completely demolished despite hopes at least part of the 18th century building could be saved.
The Killearn Hotel – also known as the Black Bull – sits at 2 The Square in the village Conservation Area.
Read it on the Daily Record website.
Iconic red phone boxes in Stirling’s rural areas are being offered to communities and individuals.
The local boxes include: Main Street, Killearn; Main Street, Fintry; Rowardennan; Camp Place, Callander; Keltie Bridge, Callander; Station Road, Gartmore; and Kinlochard.
Read it on the Daily Record website.
A SCOTTISH housebuilder has released a taster of what house-buyers can expect from its development plans for the grounds of the former Killearn Hospital.
CALA Homes (West) has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council to build 89 homes of varying size on the site. It released a computer-generated image today (pictured) that it says reveals how it will transform the derelict location into a “vibrant community that incorporates plentiful green space and complements its rural location”.
Read it on The Herald website.
Network Rail will shortly begin a programme of work at Milngavie station to extend the platforms in an investment that will deliver greater operational flexibility on the line.
The work represents an investment of over £5m in the infrastructure, which will help improve performance.
Both platforms at the the station will be extended from 141m each in length to 205m by reintroducing 39m of unused platform and adding 25m of new platform at the south side of the station.
The platform work is not to operate longer trains to/from Milngavie station. Adding additional length to the platforms is crucial to enable the ‘stabling’ of trains and to allow some trains to have more time between arrival and departure. This helps to maintain the timetable and offer a more efficient and better performing service.
Read more on the Network Rail website.
Public access to a beauty spot has been temporarily blocked amid safety concerns.
Finnich Glen – also known as the Devil’s Pulpit – has been used for scenes in TV series Outlander and The Nest, and the film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
Read it on the BBC News website.
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A plan to transform a Stirling area beauty spot – which has become a magnet for fans of the hit TV series Outlander – was unveiled yesterday (Thursday).
Detailed proposals have been submitted to Stirling Council for a 150-space car park plus visitor centre and restaurant, and a network of paths, bridges and viewing platforms at the Devil’s Pulpit, in Finnich Glen, near Killearn
Read it on the Daily Record website.
Dundee has been named the best place to live in Scotland months after the opening of its long-awaited V&A museum.
The city has been named ahead of Leith and Stockbridge, in Edinburgh, and Finnieston in Glasgow, in the annual Best Places to Live in the UK survey.
Killearn also made it into this list.
Read it on the Scotsman website.
A new £1.5 million affordable housing development in the village of Killearn by Rural Stirling Housing Association has seen all twelve homes handed over to tenants.
The homes, built by Mactaggart and Mickel, comprise a mix of one, two and three-bed properties and form part of a larger private development. Planning conditions required that a third of all properties in the development had to be affordable homes for rent.
Read it on the Project Scotland website.
Stirling MSP Bruce Crawford officially opened a new Rural Stirling Housing Association site in Killearn.
The site includes 12 new homes – 8 houses and 4 cottage flats.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
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