The company want to build nine new houses and garages - plus alter and extend an existing house - on land at Glen View off East Plean Road and the A9.

Stirling Council planners had recommended the application be rejected, despite no objections having been lodged, however councillors on the authority’s planning panel unanimously approved it, the Stirling Observer reports.

The 0.89 hectares site is south-west of the village in the area known as ‘Old Plean’ and separates existing residential housing and neighbouring Plean Industrial Estate.

The land is defined as an ‘Employment Safeguarding Area’. While it once accommodated a coal yard, there is now just one house with garden ground and the developers said existing trees and landscaping segregated it from the industrial activities.

Representing architects for the proposal, Neil Macfarlane said the site could be seen as ‘infill’ despite technically being outwith the village boundary and described the plans as a “modest residential development”.