Stirling

Stirling Council has approved Network Rail’s planning application to replace the Kerse Road Bridge as part of the electrification of the area’s rail network. The application sought permission to replace the existing bridge in order to meet the clearance distances required for the electrification

Taylor Wimpey’s plans included public open space at Berryhills in Cowie Stirling Council has refused planning applications for two adjoining housing proposals for up to 500 houses on a site at the western edge of Cowie.

Stirling Council has been fined £10,500 for ignoring warnings for nine years about asbestos in the basement of its Old Viewforth headquarters. The local authority sent office staff to sweep, dust and move furniture about in a boiler room where pipes were lagged with the potentially deadly material.

Contractors are being invited to come forward with bids to build a new national women’s prison in Stirling. The new prison, catering for just 80 of the most serious offenders, is to be built to replace Scotland’s only female jail at Cornton Vale.

The shortlisted entry for Woodside Mini-Holland in Glasgow Designs for segregated cycle path schemes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Inverness have made it to the final stage of a competition for millions of pounds of funding.

Key partners involved in the development of the new Stirling Care Village got together to cut the first sods to mark the start of construction yesterday. The £35 million development, which is being built in the grounds of Stirling Community Hospital, is a joint venture between Stirling Council, NHS

An innovative new Care Village will be built in the grounds of Stirling Community Hospital following the approval of detailed plans. A full business case for the £35 million development has been approved by the Scottish Government which means building work will begin in January 2017 and the majorit

The Scottish Cities Alliance has today announced the Smart City projects that will be taken forward in order to transform Scotland’s seven cities into world-leading digital hubs. The Alliance, which is the collaboration of Scotland’s seven cities and the Scottish Government, aims to use Smart Ci

A long-established Stirling-based window and door manufacturer has been placed in liquidation with the loss of 44 jobs. Founded in 1993, Guardian Systems Ltd manufactured and supplied custom-made windows, doors, conservatories and associated products for the residential and commercial market.

Sandy Adam, Springfield Properties chairman Springfield Properties has opened consultation on plans to build a new village at Durieshill near Stirling after lodging a Pre-Application Notice with Stirling Council.

More than 400 new homes will be built in the Raploch district of Stirling in a bid to accelerate ongoing work to tackle disadvantage and deprivation in the area, the local authority has revealed. Stirling Council has approved the Raploch Regeneration Initiative, a partnership with housebuilder Rober

The Stirling City Commission A major programme of investment for Stirling is moving into its next phase following approval at a Special Council meeting this week.

Balfron High School A high school is Stirling has been forced to close to allow repair works to get underway.

Stirling Council is set to save £31 million over the next 30 years by installing energy saving streetlights. The local authority is borrowing £9.87m from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to install light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of traditional sodium bulbs in 12,000 streetlights over four fin

Plans to build 600 homes between Bridge of Allan and Causewayhead have been refused by Stirling Council. Proposals submitted by Graham’s The Family Dairy, which included plans for 600 homes and a new primary school at Airthrey Kerse, were rejected by councillors by 12 votes to eight (with two abst