MINUTES
Meeting Monday 4th November 2024 in the Village Club. Final
Members Present: - Julie Hutchison; Grace Edmonds; John Grey; Rob Davies;
Pamela Lee; Kate Ramsden; Ian Boardley
In attendance: Councillor Rosemary Fraser SC; Margaret Vass SCDT; Richard
Baynes SCDT+ 4 residents
Apologies: Andrew Thompson; Eleanor Balfour
(SC = Stirling Council. CC = Community Council. CDT= Community Development
Trust * Denotes an action)
- Welcome from the Chair and declarations of Interest
JH welcomed everybody to the meeting. She noted that the leader of Stirling
Council, Margaret Brisley, sadly died last week and passed on our thoughts to
the council.
There were no declarations of interest.
- Minutes of October meeting and matters arising.
The minutes had been circulated to all CC members and were accepted.
Proposed by IB seconded by JG.
Matters arising: JH has contacted Duff Trees and they are happy to supply a
Christmas tree again this year at the same price as last year. We will now
switch on the lights on November 29th.
- Police Report
There is no Police report this month.
- Local Place Plan update.
The working group has a meeting on Monday November 11th when we will
discuss ideas to take the Place Plan forward.
JG noted that there is an online information session on planning. He is unable
to attend but thinks it is aimed at planners rather that CCs so we will miss this.
Councillor McGarvey mentioned planning issues to the officers and Sharon
Marklow said that she is happy to attend a CC meeting to address any questions
we have. We will invite her to the January meeting.
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- Paths Update - Richard Baynes SCDT
The Paths Group want to make a viable walking/cycling route along the old
railway line from Station Road to join the WHW. A tree has fallen across the
existing path near the new bridge and the fence bordering Duntreath has fallen
onto the path, making it impassible. RB has been in touch with the Access
officer from Scottish Water who agrees that the condition of the path is unacceptable.
Their legal team says that there is a dispute with Duntreath over
who is responsible for dealing with this. RB would like the CC to contact Marie
McCallum, the Access Officer for SW to suggest that they may be in breach of
the Access Laws. It was agreed that we would do this. RD suggested that the
elected member should also be involved, and RF agreed to this.
- Elected Member’s Report - Councillor Rosemary Fraser
RF said that she had little to report as the Council is adjusting to some reconfiguration
after the loss of the leader.
A full council meeting agreed the Forthside Regeneration Plan, which will include
a film studio which is already in use and new housing.
Part of the land at Viewforth is for sale for a mix of housing and Old Viewforth
will be improved to make it more environmentally friendly.
- Planning and Licensing
There are no new planning applications in our area this month. JG has submitted
a series of questions about the retrospective application for Ardoch
House.
A resident asked about the appeal on the house at the end of Moor Road.
This has been rejected.
- Finance
There is £4318.09 in the account.
PL reported that she has still not received the Admin Grant. GE will email SB
about this. Once we have the grant we will change the Bank.
- Correspondence
We received a survey on Resilience and Emergencies from SC. We will complete
this.
There are two surveys as part of the last Big Conversation. One is online now,
on the Engage Stirling website, until November 17th and the second one will
be live next year. We will put these on Facebook and encourage residents to
complete them. There are hard copies in the library.
Shelby Johnston from SC contacted us about Ash Die Back on the railway
path to Lennoxtown. She is dealing with this.
JG mentioned that SC are hosting courses about transport and about housing,
but we will not attend these.
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- AOCB
GE will order new lights for then porch at the VC. The Wee Spuds have asked
if we could buy some extra lights for the tubs, and this was agreed. MV will
speak to them about this.
JH asked if we should ask the Crooners if they will sing at the Christmas lights
switch on if the Wind Ensemble are not free, and this was agreed. MV will
check if the DWE is available. PL asked if we could use the card reader from
the SCDT to collect donations again this year as most people don’t carry
cash.
- Date of next meeting
December 2nd, 2024
Contact us at contact@strathblanecc.org.uk Also on our website
www.strathblanecc.org.uk. Telephone numbers for Community Councillors
are on the notice boards, in the library and in the Blane Valley Bulletin