Super village plan gets go-ahead

More than 2,000 homes could be built at the new super village near Stirling

Plans by Stirling Council for a controversial "super village" have been given the green light.

Moves by a group of developers to halt the plans were dismissed by the Court of Session in a written judgement, the local authority said.

The council said the development, known as Durieshill, was needed to cope with demand for new housing and cut urban sprawl from small towns and villages.

It will now take forward a master plan for the village for consultation.

Durieshill, could see up to 2,500 homes, three schools, a business park and shopping complex built and would be about the same size as Dunblane when completed.

The appeal, which would have quashed Stirling Council's local plan, was dismissed by three law lords, the local authority said in a statement.

Stirling Council leader Graham Houston said: "This new town is needed to keep up with the demand for housing that we continue to experience in Stirling, despite the current economic climate.

"Now that we have overcome this legal challenge we can look forward to creating a distinctive, sustainable and safe community which could be used as a model for new development across Scotland."

The Durieshill plans, which date back to 2003, would be developed at a site to the west of Plean and south of Pirnhall roundabout, on land by the M9 and the M80.