Alex Watson
Co-Host at All The Way Theroux
Stirling Area Editor at The Courier and Evening Telegraph (Dundee)
I’m the same old wreck I’ve always been • Journalist and editor 📰 • Currently Stirling Editor for @thecourieruk • Half of @AllTherouxPod 🎙 • All views my own
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3 days ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Alex Watson
Welcome back to Planning Ahead, where we share the Stirling Council planning developments you should know about. This time, Buchlyvie gets two mentions, and a well-known Stirling city centre eyesore reaches the end of its lifespan. Read on to find out what’s been going on in the world of planning in and around Stirling.
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6 days ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Alex Watson
A woman fined for parking in a disabled bay while visiting Aberfoyle has criticised Stirling Council for not providing adequate facilities for families. Lisa Stirling was taking care of her niece and nephew, both toddlers, when she parked at Riverside car park in Aberfoyle last month while on a day out. The 42-year-old from Dumbarton says she felt forced to park in a space reserved for disabled people in order to keep the children in her care safe.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Alex Watson
Buchlyvie’s only pub looks likely to become holiday accommodation after the Scottish Government okayed plans despite a previous Stirling Council rejection. The fate of the village’s sole bar on Main Street has been in doubt since summer 2024. But today (April 17), the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) issued a decision in favour of the pub’s current tenant.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Alex Watson
A Stirling retirement housing complex containing 26 flats was constructed using Raac, it has been confirmed. The material was found in the communal corridors of Kelly Court in Stirling’s old town, on both the ground and first-floor levels. According to Stirling Council, the Raac present does not affect the structural integrity of the property, and none of the individual flats are affected. Kelly Court on Broad Street was built in the mid-1980s and houses people aged 60 or over.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Alex Watson
A new beauty salon could open in Stirling, if planning permission is granted. Stirling Council has received a change-of-use request for a property on Melville Terrace, close to the local authority’s headquarters. Applicant and hair stylist Lucy Black is seeking consent to run a standalone stone-built unit behind 11 Melville Terrace as a hair and nail salon. Known as The Coal House, the space is “brand new”, according to the planning application.
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I’ve been singing “monstrosity bin hub” to the tune of emotional haircut by LCD Soundsystem since yesterday thanks to @Isla__Glen
The landlady of the Cross Keys says the new bin makes the pub look "unclean". https://t.co/McmG0zwkj1
New on @thecourieruk - on the final day of employment tribunal hearings, Bannockburn High School’s head teacher denied allegations she blocked a Stirling teacher from working at her school https://t.co/9eJa7174DI
RT @thecourieruk: A Land Rover has crashed into the front of The Flooring Studio shop. https://t.co/rImr7ioU0Z
