Time running out to save Park of Keir

After years of secret negotiations Stirling Council officials and the developer Allan Duncan King have now reached an agreement to build on Park of Keir. The deal they’ve struck bears little resemblance to the commitments made by Judy Murray when the project was first mooted. The deal doesn’t meet the requirements of providing the affordable Tennis facilities that were promised and it’s clear that thanks to new funding arrangements, the expensive luxury houses are no longer needed to support the sporting facilities but will go ahead anyway.

Park of Keir is the jewel in the crown of Dunblane and Bridge of Allan’s greenbelt. The beautiful rolling landscape is much valued and is home to native woodland. If this development proceeds all that will be lost. On Tuesday the deal will come before members of Stirling Council’s Planning Panel. This is their chance to make their voices heard and throw out this shoddy deal. We’re asking you to write to the Councillors on the panel and let them know you want them to do the right thing on Tuesday; reject the deal and save Park of Keir.

Email your councillors to reject the Park of Keir deal. Please add your name at the end of the email

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Dear Planning Panel Member,

On Tuesday you will be asked to scrutinise the deal between Stirling Council and Allan Duncan King for the development on Park of Keir.

I am asking you to please, listen to the local community and reject this deal.

As you know when this development was first mooted by Judy Murray, we were promised a world class tennis academy, something which would secure the future of the game in Scotland.

It’s now clear that her original vision will not be realised in this deal, while there already is a National Tennis Academy a couple of miles away at Stirling University.

Indeed, even the commitment to make the sports facilities genuinely affordable and accessible has been eroded to the point where it is now meaningless.

We were also told that the luxury housing aspect of the development was essential to fund the tennis facilities, but the deal also makes clear that alternative funding is being sought which undermines the entire justification for building houses.

What we are left with is a deal that doesn’t fulfil the original promise, provides no access to sport for deprived communities but offers up luxury housing for the wealthy. All while irreversibly eroding the greenbelt and damaging native woodland.

Communities in the area surrounding Park of Keir have been consistently vocal in their opposition to these plans. You will be aware that Stirling Council rejected the original application and fought a subsequent Public Local Inquiry, where the concluding report backed many of the concerns. This deal now proves that those concerns were absolutely justified, and it seems many of the communities worst fears will come to pass without your intervention.

When this deal comes before you on Tuesday I urge you to please, listen to the voice of the communities, do the right thing and reject the deal on Park of Keir

Yours sincerely,

This message will be sent to bennyn@stirling.gov.uk, houstong@stirling.gov.uk, doddsd@stirling.gov.uk, mcdonaldjr@stirling.gov.uk, gibsond@stirling.gov.uk, thomsonj03@stirling.gov.uk, berilla@stirling.gov.uk marked with your email address

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