Girlguiding Muckhart

Dollar Twinning. Would you like to stay with a French family in July 2012 in La Ville aux Dames in the Loire valley, travelling in a group? See Local Groups page for details.

Muckhart Big Jubilee Lunch. See News and Events page for details of Open Meeting on Wednesday 22nd February 2012

PLEASE SEE CHANGE OF DATE FOR GLENQUEY QUARRY PLANNING APPLICATIONS BELOW

The Minor Injuries Unit is now open at Stirling Community Hospital - see Local Information page for details. (31st Jan 2012)

There are plans to introduce a 50 mph speed limit on the A91 between Tillicoultry and Dollar and between Dollar and Muckhart. To view the Trafic Regulations Order, go to www.clacksweb.org.uk/transport/roadorders/?order=386 . The order was proposed on 18th August 2011 and made on 6th October. Objections must be made within 6 weeks of 21 October.

See Margaret Stephenson's beautiful photograph on the News and Events page. A good reason to buy an RSPB Love Nature Calendar 2011.

Glenquey Quarry - yet another change
Malcolm Best has emailed to say that the two planning applications concerning Glenquey Quarry are no longer on the agenda of PKC Planning Committe Meeting to be held on Wednesday 15th February 2012 "as there are legal issues to be resolved". The items are on the draft agenda for 7th March.
He adds the following advice for those who wish to attend the meeting.
You are probably wondering - So what happens now and what do I need to do? The answers to these questions are:
1. Early next week all those people and organisations that submitted valid representations (for or against) on one or both of these applications will receive a letter from PKC advising them of the meeting and asking whether they wish to speak at the meeting.
2. If you do wish to speak I believe you will need to inform PKC by the Friday before the meeting.
3. If the DCC receive, what they consider to be too many requests to speak, they will ask people to group together and appoint someone to speak on their behalf. I anticipate that each speaker will be allowed 5 minutes to speak, maybe nearer 10 as there are 2 applications.
4. At this time I do not know whether the Planning Officers are recommending approval of the applications or not and if yes whether they are recommending any conditions be attached. I am told the Planning Officers' recommendations will be made available to the public as soon as they have been shared with the DCC members. I understand you can ask that a copy be posted or emailed to you. I also believe the recommendations will be available on the PKC Planning website, but only after they have been made available to the DCC members.

5. The DCC meeting is held in the Council Chambers, 4th Floor, Council Building, 2 High Street, Perth at 0930 hours. You should be there by 0915.

6. Anybody can attend this meeting so even if you did not submit a valid objection please attend, the only difference will be that you will not be able to speak at the meeting.

7. You will know whether you submitted a valid objection or not because if you did the Council will have written to you and will now write to you again. I am aware that a couple of you sent your objections in late so your objection was not valid (but was noted).

Minutes of MCC Meeting of 1st June 2011 and MCC Response to Muckhart Conservation Area Appraisal draft document are now on Community Council page.

Traffic Management in and around Muckhart. Details and maps on Community Council Page. Documents and maps concerning new speed limits now available on Clacksweb; see Community Council page for directions to view. (At the Muckhart Community Council meeting on 1st June, it was proposed that the 40 mph limit be extended westwards along the A91 to the start of the Cowden bends and that Clackmannanshire Council should cooperate with PKC over a 40 mph limit on the A823 starting north of the junction with Golf Course Road and continuing through Rumbling Bridge to the A977).

Wind Prospect, the wind farm company which was successful in securing planning permission from Clackmannanshire Council for the 13 turbine wind farm at Burnfoot Hill in the Ochils north of Tillicoultry, wishes to increase the number of turbines by up to 22, making a possible total of 35. For a map of the planned extension, click on Burnfoot Wind Farm Development.

Information concerning Glenquey Quarry, including Clackmannanshire Council report on PKC application to extend licence, is now on the Community Council page.

Muckhart Conservation Area Appraisal. The latest version of the appraisal document is now available on Community Council Page.

Planning Applications have been submitted for the erection of one house at the Coach House, Mosspark (Ref 11/00124/FULL) and for the demolition of the existing house and the erection of a replacement house at Rowberrow, Drumburn Road (Ref 11/00096/FULL). It was agreed at the meeting on 1st June that the Community Council would support the application for the erection of a house close to the Coach House at Moss Park provided a way could be found by the Council to ensure that the new property was ancillary to the Coach House and that it cannot, at some future date be sold separately from the Coach House. It was decided that no comment would be made on the application ref: 11/00096/FULL.

To celebrate the 100 years of the Coronation Hall, several events are being organised. See News and Events page and Coronation Hall page for details.

On the Community Council Page you can find the date of the next meeting and access the agenda and recent, approved MCC minutes. There is information about the Local Development Plan (LDP). There is also a list of useful local contacts - councillors and members of parliament.

On the Local Information Page there are details of Post Office services.

Please contact us if you have any comments or enquiries.