BEN LEDI VIEW

The Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority's Draft Local Plan is the Park Authority's proposed blueprint for development in the National Park area between now and 2020.

Although the deadline for objections has now passed, because the Draft Local Plan was conceived before the recession kicked in many of the projections upon which their proposals were based are now redundant, and it is likely that certain aspects will need to be reconsidered. A second Draft of the Local Plan will be published by the National Park Authority in Autumn 2009. Again, your coments will be invited by the Park Authority.

For that reason, we would encourage you to read the responses to the Draft Local Plan from our readers, the BLV, Callander Community Council, and Callander Community Development Trust so that you keep abreast of the issues under discussion. The links are as follows:

• Read the summary of BLV readers' responses

• Read the BLV's response

• Read Callander Community Council's response

• Read Callander Community Development Trust's response

Do please get involved. We will keep you updated as we receive more information from the National Park. Copies of the first Draft Local Plan and ancillary documents are still available from the National Park office in the Main Street, and online from the National Park Authority's website.

Photo: G Kuzmanovski

 

For some time we have been keeping you informed of Callander Community Development Trust's (CCDT) campaign to purchase, restore, and develop St Kessog's in Ancaster Square as a community and visitor resource. The campaign has attracted a great deal of local support and CCDT are forging ahead with an appeal to raise funds to put their plans into action. Read more about the background here: St Kessog's Campaign.

For the latest news from Callander Community Development Trust go to: www.callandercdt.org.uk.

Photo: A Cadzow