Cornton Community Council
Minutes of the meeting held on
26th March 2025
in the Allan Centre, Bridge of Allan
Minutes status: Approved
Community
Councillors
Present
Charles Russell (Chair) CR, Shona Cullen (Secretary) ShC, Rose Curley (Treasurer) RC,
Aleahya Stevenson AS,
Apologies Chris Burns, Stirling Council
Also, in
attendance
Caroline Stewart (Minute taker), Dianne Stevenson, Councillor Gibson
Abbreviations Cornton Community Council – CCC; Stirling Council - SC; Support for Families - S4F
Item Number Notes Actions
01
Welcome, Apologies, and Conflicts of Interest
Apologies have been received from Chris Burns. No conflicts of interest
were declared.
02 Adoption of minutes for previous meetings on 26th February 2025
The minutes of the February meeting were proposed by ShC and
seconded by RC
03 Planters and Noticeboard Licence Agreement
Over the past nine weeks, the CC has sought SC approval for planters
and noticeboards on Johnstone Avenue, Cornton.
The chair has been coordinating with the Estates and Legal department
of SC.
The CC has received a 5-year Planters Licence Agreement and a
noticeboard for Johnstone Avenue, Cornton, FK9 5DD.
The costs of public liability insurance, assets insurance, and Volunteer
insurance were agreed upon at a previous CC meeting.
This will be in effect from 27 March 2025 if everyone agrees.
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Paper copies of the SC Estates drawings were distributed.
The positions differ from the original plan, but it was agreed that the
new positions would be accepted.
A vote was taken, and 4 CC members agreed.
Therefore, the Planters Licence agreement document was signed by the
Chair and Treasurer and witnessed by the CCC Secretary.
The signed document will be sent to the Legal and Estates dept, SC,
Thursday, 27 March 2025, by 5 pm.
The next stage is for CR and Scott MacArthur to start preparing and
moving the planters. Installed and commissioned the planters at the
Shopping Precinct. Johnston.
04 Co-option of new Cornton CC co-opted member.
AS is now a full member, which allows the CC to Co-opt another CCC
member, as Stephen Bly has confirmed.
The Chair reviewed the relevant documents and guidance around coopting
a new CCC member
- Co-opting new CC member – starts 26 March 2025
- Public Notices and social media notices will be displayed as of 30
March 2025.
- Community Council Nomination Forms will be available from any
Community Council Officer Bearer and Cornton Library.
- Completed Community Council Nomination Forms must be
submitted to the Cornton Community Council by 21 May 2025 for
checking, countersigning, and verification checks.
- The CCC secretary / Chair must record all completed CC Co-option
Nomination forms.
- CCC Full members will be given at least 14 days’ notice that a CCC
Co-opting selection process will be carried out on 28 May 2025.
AGM/ Monthly CCC meeting.
- The CCC Co-opting new member selection process will be facilitated
at the CCC AGM, scheduled for 28 May 2025.
- The new CCC Co-opted member will also be offered Full
Membership, which requires attending three meetings (or six
months as a Co-Opted Member).
There was a vote to agree to start co-option from today.
4 CC members agreed, and no objections, so the motion was passed.
Co-Option Members recruitment advertising will go out to the public.
05 Matters Arising and Actions Including Keyholder Training
Keyholder training is on hold; nothing back from SC
Speeding and traffic: awaiting SC report, which all elected
members have been working on. Road strips have been put
down, and information has been collected.
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06 Cornton LPP
At a previous meeting, Councillor Thomson mentioned that the elected
members would like Cornton CC to take the lead on the LPP as nothing
is progressing.
The Chair previously attended CAPP LPP meetings, which ended in July
2024 due to a lack of information and activity.
The CC had other more prominent agenda items at that point, so
nothing was taken forward.
There will be an open-door meeting on 23rd April 2025 to determine
what the community wants.
LPP Reference Documents.
The Cornton Development Framework, parts 1, 2, and 3, a community
plan created 10+ years ago, is available on the SC website.
There is also the Cornton Locality Action Plan produced by the
Community Planning Partners in 2022.
Request from SC SurveyMonkey: Community survey software for
Cornton CC Direct use only. Community engagement survey. 100%
coverage.
Funding - £2-5k to be issued to Cornton CC as a starter fund – LPP.
There was a discussion about engaging with the community and making
the community centre available for public engagement.
A vote was taken, and 4 CC Members agreed in favour of the CC taking
the lead—LPP forward.
07 Cornton Playpark – Etive Place summary
On March 5th, three officer bearers, Councillor Nunn and Chris Burns,
met to discuss plans for Etive Place and Cornton Play Park.
Several groups and meetings have been held regarding the area over
the past year, but nothing has materialised.
There have been discussions at previous CC meetings regarding a sports
centre on Etive Place; however, no funding is currently available for
new playpark equipment.
There is a SCOT Gov 5-year plan from SC, but the park is not due for
any improvement.
Therefore, any future needs to be long-term.
There was a discussion about starting to engage with Scotplay, Glasgow
and looking at applying for external funding.
Etive Place is registered in the vacant and derelict land catalogue, and
for any plans to move forward, the land would need to be changed from
housing to leisure.
CCC and any other interested parties would need to register their
interest.
There was a vote taken, and four were in favour of a follow-up.
08 Cornton Health Walk
There was an incident of concern at the railway crossing at Easter
Cornton Road during the Cornton Health Walk.
The lights at the path level crossing were green, yet halfway across,
the pedestrians spotted a train in the distance.
The chair to
arrange a visit
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A local Health Walker resident wrote to the CC to express concern, and
the Chair contacted Network Rail.
They responded that the driver saw the pedestrians but did not declare
the incident a near miss. Management reviewed the feedback and the
cameras installed on the train and advised that the train was at a
normal distance.
The chair will arrange visits from the Network Rail community liaison
for the school and nursery.
The schools don’t recommend using the crossing as a route to the
school.
They prefer pupils to use the blue bridge.
Details of the response will be passed to the resident and Active
Stirling, who also logged the incident.
from the
Network Rail
Community
liaison
Team
09 Cornton Public Realm – removal of waste bins
The SC waste department has removed six waste bins from around
Cornton over the past six months.
Residents have contacted SC to voice their concerns about illegal waste
dumping.
SC has responded and advised that the bins will not be reinstated
except for one that was removed from the play park, which has now
been put back.
10 Community Residents Voice
Nothing discussed
11 Planters and Noticeboard
Once the planters are located, installed, and set up, the CC will
request volunteers from community street gardeners and local
organisations to participate in Cornton in Flower Blooming. Maintain
the Street Planters. Register with CCC.Health and safety—insurance
coverage.
12 Fundraising
The local Cornton Community Fund Lottery is not moving forward due
to a lack of communication with the community.
13 Police Report
Nothing was received.
14 Interim Chairs Report
Nothing else
15 Treasurers Report
Nothing to report
16 The CCC poster has been displayed, and information still needs to be
added to Facebook. The CC poster will be taken to school for display.
The nursery is looking for increased communication and engagement
with the CC.
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17 Planning and Licensing
Nothing to report
18 Elected Councillors Report
Councillor Gibson gave an update
Budget is dominating everything. The additional block grant
provided by the UK government to local government has allowed
SC to avoid the worst cuts.
19 Stirling Council Report
Verbal Report Cornton Community Centre will be open Monday 21 April
2025 for public use again ( FES)
20 AOCB
AS will get a list of what people are asking for in the community
and bring it to a future meeting.
The public entertainment license has not been reviewed since
1996 and will be reviewed this year.
There was a discussion about the need for the land cleared at
Cornton Vale and fisheries. Councillor Gibson is currently
engaging with the Ground Maintenance Factor to try to get the
area cleared.
Next meeting
The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. on 30 April 2025 in the Cornton Community Centre, Cornton.