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Cornton Community Council minutes
Meeting Wednesday 24th April 2024
Cornton Community Centre
Present
Charles Russell (Int Chair/Planning) CR
Shona Cullen (Secretary) SC
Rose Curley (Treasurer) RC
Sarah Jane Welsh (CC) SJW
Patricia McCormick (CC) PMcC
Anna Johnstone (CC) AJ
Crispin Bennett (CC) CB
Stuart Meldrum (CC) SM
Caroline Stewart (Minute taker)
Scott McArthur (Associate member)
Councillor Rachel Nunn
Chris Burns (Stirling Council)
1. Apologies
Apologies
Police Scotland
The chair opened and welcomed everyone to the April meeting. There were no apologies received.
2. Declaration of Interests
There were no conflicts of interest declared.
3. Interim Chair statement
The chair had prepared and read an interim statement and provided paper copies of the statement
and the scheme of establishment for future reference.
The chair highlighted the issues at the March 2024 meeting and asked people to familiarise
themselves with the Scheme of Establishment.
4. Minutes of the March minutes
There were several amendments requested to the March minutes, based on these changes being
made the minutes were proposed by RC and seconded by PMCC.
This led to a discussion about community councillors being named in the minutes and it was agreed
that members will only be named if they have a specific action to take forward.
There was also a request for the February minutes to be recirculated.
5. Matters arising from the minutes.
Locality Action Plan/Etive Place Development
There was a discussion about the locality action plan and the land at Etive Place. CR has met with
Hamish Wishart since the last community council meeting.
It was felt that there is still duplication between what CAPP and the CC are doing regarding the LPP
and clarification is needed on what each group is doing. CR and RC have already agreed to meet with
Kate Fleming from CAPP to take the LPP forward.
Social Media Policy – Guidelines
The Community Council have been working on a social media policy. Paper copies were distributed
for everyone to look over.
Contact was made with Causewayhead and Bridge of Allan community councils, neither of whom
currently have a policy in place.
This led to a discussion about resilience, the resilience plan and the lack of sandbags and grit in
Cornton.
It was also highlighted that there is a range of emergency equipment in the community centre that
no one can access.
6. Stirling Albion Foundation
Funding has been secured to be able to deliver another 10-week programme.
The previous sessions were well attended with 16 to 18 young people attending each session.
Doghouse Boxing is hoping to start running sessions from May to the end of June in Cornton.
They have been offering boxercise sessions in Cornton for both adults and children and attendance
has been good.
There are also plans to run a leadership training programme to allow individuals to support the
delivery of the sessions.
There are also plans to run more health walks in Cornton with 2 residents being interested in
completing the walk leader training.
New table tennis equipment has been purchased and the plan is to run sessions for both young
people and adults.
There was a discussion about issues with local youth club provision and it was agreed that Chris
Burns will investigate this further.
SJW will also send details of the current provision to Councillor Nunn.
7. Reports
Police
The report was received before the meeting however no one from Police Scotland was present at
the meeting.
There were concerns raised about the information contained in the report being inaccurate.
CR will email Stephen Blyth to challenge this further.
Secretary
Still waiting on a reply from the garden centres regarding the possible donation of plants.
It was highlighted that funding may be available through Clackmannanshire and Stirling
Environmental Trust.
SC will email more information on the request made to Councillor Nunn.
Treasurer
There is a current balance of £2142.82 and the accounts are still to be passed to the accountants as
discussed at the previous meeting.
SC Elected Councillor
There is training available to local communities to allow them to do their pavement gritting.
The aim is that communities will put together individuals or groups of people who will keep
the pavements clear.
Councillor Nunn to email further information to CB.
Questions for Councillor Nunn
There was a question asked about the new booking system at the recycling plant at
Polmaise.
The booking system has been brought in by Stirling Council to try and reduce the amount of
commercial waste being taken there.
There was also a discussion about vans and the disposal of commercial waste and how this
will be restricted.
There was also a question raised regarding safety concerns at the play park at Westhaugh.
CB agreed to email concerns to Brian Roberts and copy in Councillors Nunn and Thomson.
Stirling Council update
Stirling Council plans to run a 6-week multiple course in Cornton to support literacy and
numeracy.
There are also plans to run this as part of a bigger programme including a cooking course for
parents and a homework club.
It is the 900th anniversary of the creation of the Royal Burgh of Stirling.
There is a year-long programme of events planned, details of these can be found on the
Scene website.
REMEMBER TOGETHER, Covid memorial there will be a photo display and events planned on
2nd May again details can be found on Scene Stirling.
An application has been made to the “Good Food Fund” for funds to support the community
café. Now it isn’t possible to disclose the name of the group that has applied for funding
however they have been successful in their application and the funds will be held on the
community council account until more details can be disclosed.
There were concerns raised that the funding applications were made without everyone in
the community council being aware of it and for an undisclosed group.
There was clarification that the funding had to be applied for at short notice or the money
would have been lost. It was agreed that this will be discussed at the next meeting
AOB
The hub has provisionally been assigned to Plus but there is still the opportunity for the
other applicant to contest the decision.
There were questions asked about what the charity will provide specifically for the Cornton
community benefit and what will be the situation with regards to parking in Castle Vale next
to the new SPS Women Facility, Stirling.
The next meeting will take place at Cornton Community Centre.
on Wednesday 29th May 2024 at 7 pm.
This Cornton Community Council meeting will be an Annual General Meeting 2024. (AGM)