Green light for 88 new homes in Drymen

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has secured approval for 88 new family homes in Drymen, of which a significant number will be affordable properties for rent and possibly sale.Mactaggart & Mickel will work with Rural Stirling Housing Association and Stirling Council to deliver the affordable housing following a similarly successful partnership at its nearby Killearn development.Approved by Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority last week, the development will bring much needed new housing to Drymen, which has not seen any new housing on this scale for the last 30 years. Importantly the development will also deliver a number of key benefits to the area such as an expanded public car park delivering 87 spaces including larger spaces for disabled people, motorhomes/touring caravans, and a new pedestrian and cycle path which will link the National Cycle Route on Gartness Road.Other improvements will include new, accessible open space and a children’s play area, an additional pedestrian crossing on Stirling Road and a further crossing closer to the village school. Contributions from Mactaggart & Mickel will also be used to improve the local primary school.The site, to the east of the village, is on land bordered on the north by the Old Military Road and by Gartness Road on its southern boundary.