Windburn Wind Farm: Public Exhibitions
Wind2 invites you to attend Public Exhibition events at which the latest draft proposals for the Windburn Wind Farm will be presented. The proposed Windburn Wind Farm is located on land within the Ochil Hills. The nearest proposed turbine is approximately 3.3km to the north of the settlement of Alva, 5.2km south of Blackford and approximately 5.6km south-east of the settlement of Greenloaning.Our current proposalsfor the site are for 14 wind turbines, each with a blade tip height of up to 149.9m, and ancillary infrastructure including battery storage. The Public Exhibitions will be held as follows:
Tuesday 14th November 2023 3.00pm to 7.00pm
The Dunblane Centre Stirling Road Dunblane Stirling FK15 9EY
The Public Exhibitions will provide an opportunity to gain information about the proposals and how they have progressed following the previous Public Exhibitions held in June, as well asto see visualisationsof how the wind farm may look if constructed. You will be invited to provide comments and feedback on the proposals as part of the consultation process. Members of the Wind2 team will be in attendance to field any questions that you may have whilst visiting the exhibitions.
For full details, please see the Scottish Gas Networks site :
https://sgn.co.uk/our-gas-works/major-planned-projects/dunblane-perth-road-area
The text is also available as an attachment below.
Dunblane has around 35 rooms available within its various community facilities. That's excluding schools, hotels and other establishments.
Community Councillors
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Jonathan Failes Vice Chair |
Rachael Muir |
Stewart Corbett Treasurer |
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Alan Booth |
Terence O'Byrne |
Fiona Plumtree |
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Anthony Delleur |
Annelise Bakri |
Calum Thomson | Peter Swindon |
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Here are some of the key topics under discussion this month. Our full list of intiatives is on our home page
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Transport |
Dunblane Community Council (DCC) has asked Stirling Council to consider installing a pedestrian crossing on the dual carriageway across from the Dunblane Centre to improve road safety for people accessing the centre. DCC has asked Stirling Council to consider improving the slip roads to the A9 at the Queen Victoria school junction. These are very short and therefore dangerous for road users.
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DCC has secured the sponsorship of a Stirling Councillor to verify that Dunblane will be elligible for a portion of the windfall funding should the Windburn wind farm development behind Dumyat be allowed to proceed.
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Heritage |
The Old Bank initiative has DCC's support and has now managed to secure 600 members supporting its vision to become an Arts and Heritage centre with a music / cinema room and a cafe.
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Community |
DCC has written to Keith Brown MSP, to ask him to take action against the proposed build of a 5G Telecoms Mast at Murdoch Terrace close to Dunblane Primary school. The letter details the legal precendent and scientific evidence that is starting to point towards 5G masts being a potential health hazard. Keith Brown has in turn written to the responsible minister in the Scottish Government.
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Housing |
The proposed development of 44 houses in Kelly Wind has now gone to appeal. The Blairforkie development is on hold.
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Green Spaces | Stirling Council has confirmed that work to repair the Memorial Bridge (opposite the War Memorial) will be complted by Remembrance Sunday. |
The Scottish Central Railway (SCR) linking Dunblane to Stirling and Perth opened in on 1848, connecting with the Edinburgh to Glasgow line at Castlecary. A mere 17 years later it became part of the Caledonian Railway which in turn joined LMS in 1923. The engineer for the line was Joseph Locke who ranked alongside Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Robert Stephenson as one of the great railway pioneers. The SCR became the major shareholder for the Dunblane, Doune and Callander railway which opened in 1858. SCR fully aquired this line, the day before it was taken over by the Caledonian in 1865. The line was finally extended through to Crianlarich and Oban. A commemerative event is taking place....
The dual carriageway (B8033) from M&S to the Keir roundabout is frequently prone to flooding and closure. The Northbound carriageway was built to modern standards in the seventies at the same time as the M9 motorway. The Southbound carriageway has dips and bends and probably last had minor upgrades in the sixties and is prone to flooding. For this reason, Stirling Council have been keen for some time to reduce the road to be single carriageway using the modern half of the road. It would also free up the southbound half to be used as a segregated safe cycle route.
The Council argues that with a speed limit of 50, and little room for overtakes, little journey time difference would materialise. Others in Dunblane argue that they should retain the right to the fastest commute possible. Please let us know what you think, on Facebook, X or via Dunblane.info.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/flooding-closes-main-road-out-28979346
Here are some pictures from the "lake" hills
Wind2 and Octopus Energy are proposing a 15 turbine windfarm behind Alva and Sherrifmuir.
https://windburnwindfarm.co.uk/
This will produce green energy with less wastage than offshore wind. but some may be concerned about any visual impact.
Have your say :
https://www.facebook.com/DunblaneCommunityCouncil/
