Application lodged for proposed new Thornhill housing and retail plans

Developers have applied to Stirling Council for planning permission in principle to deliver a new retail development and around 70 new homes in Thornhill.Application lodged for proposed new Thornhill housing and retail plansLand north west of Burnside Works in Main Street has been earmarked in the application for employment, retail and residential use, including affordable housing.Originally outlined in a community newsletter in August and then a pre-application consultation in October last year, the plans would see agricultural business JCC Group leave its current site at Burnside Works and move to a field opposite. The firm has said that the vacated site could be redeveloped for local retail and cafe use along with a business/employment area encouraging new jobs/apprenticeships.The design team is led by Inverdunning with Pegasus planning consultants and Ark Architecture + Design.Application lodged for proposed new Thornhill housing and retail plansThe agents said the developers wanted to expand a successful existing agricultural business, relocating from a “constrained village site” to new premises on a greenfield site.