Under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended, Clackmannanshire Council is required to prepare and maintain a list of people who have registered interest with the authority with the intention of acquiring land in the authority's area for self-build housing.
This list is available on request and will be published and updated every 2 years on the Council's website .
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The Clackmannanshire Community Justice Partnership is drawing up a new strategic plan for the next 5 years. The Community Justice Partnership has researched the main issues and has proposed the following priorities:-
Early intervention is key;
Continue to strengthen a Whole Systems Approach based on Community justice being “everyone’s business”;
Adopting a trauma-informed approach to community justice is critical;
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Our Climate Change Strategy sets out a framework for action on climate change and achieving our targets of reaching net zero emissions by 2040 for the Council’s own operation and 2045 for the Clackmannanshire area.
It also outlines why net zero matters and summarises the science behind climate change.
The Strategy has been updated to reflect input from communities through five climate change forums that were held across Clackmannanshire from...More
The Regional Energy Masterplan is a joint City Region Deal project between Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils. It outlines what we need to do to reach a net-zero energy system across the region by 2045, with projects being delivered in five-year phases.
Switching our reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy sources that produce lower or no greenhouse gas emissions is critically important in tackling the climate crisis. It will enable us to tackle fuel poverty by facilitating...More
The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 makes provision for regulating the sale of alcohol and for regulating licensed premises and other premises where alcohol is sold.
Clackmannanshire Licensing Board is required to publish a statement of its policy with respect to carrying out its functions under the Act.
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The Clackmannanshire Alliance , a partnership of organisations across Clackmannanshire, is engaging with communities to help shape the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan for the area.
This document sets out the collective priorities that partners will take to improve outcomes for Clackmannanshire and to reduce inequalities.
Alliance partners who are working together to develop the plan include Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, NHS Forth...More
An asset transfer request has been made to Clackmannanshire Council under Part 5 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.
The request has been made by Tullibody St Serf’s FC and relates to Banchory Park (The Coosie). The request is for long-term lease of the land to build a community football facility.
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Clackmannanshire Local Development Plan Review
The Council is commencing work on the Clackmannanshire Local Development Plan Review under the new planning system. We expect to adopt this in 2028.
The first stage
We have published our draft Development Plan Scheme in July 2023 , which details:
how we will review the current Clackmannanshire Local Development Plan
when we will do this
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Our Customer Charter outlines the standards we aim to provide.
We have updated the Charter to reflect current service standards and customer expectations. The Charter:
explains that we will give you the right information when you contact us
makes it clear what you can expect from us
says what your responsibilities are in return
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The People Service within Clackmannanshire Council provides services such as Social Work, Child Care and Protection, Education, Criminal Justice, Libraries, Sport and Leisure.
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The 2021/22 Performance Report to Tenants on the Scottish Housing Charter is available online and can be viewed on the Council's website.
As a landlord we are responsible for meeting the standards and outcomes set out in the Scottish Social Housing Charter. The Charter sets out how to improve the quality and value of services we provide to tenants and other customers, this is why it is important we keep you informed on how we are performing.
The report details how this...More
Local authorities have faced a challenging financial context for over ten years. Since 2013/14 the Council has approved savings of £45 million.
Clackmannanshire Council, like all Councils, faces further rising costs, reducing budgets and increased demand for services. Just like your household budget, the Council is experiencing soaring inflation and rapidly rising energy, goods and services costs. For example, in March 2022 we had to budget an additional £877,000 for our annual gas and...More
Local authorities have faced a challenging financial context for over ten years. Since 2013/14 the Council has approved savings of £45 million.
Clackmannanshire Council, like all Councils, faces further rising costs, reducing budgets and increased demand for services. Just like your household budget, the Council is experiencing soaring inflation and rapidly rising energy, goods and services costs. For example, in March 2022 we had to budget an additional £877,000 for our annual gas and...More
The current Lochies school needs expanded to meet pupils’ needs.
A recent paper to Clackmannanshire Council recommends relocating Lochies to a new site within the Alloa Academy catchment area.
Having considered a number of sites and consulted with parents the preferred site for the replacement Lochies school is beside The Pavilions Business Park near Redwell Primary school in Alloa.
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From August 2020 eligible 2, 3 and 4 year olds have been able to access 1140 hours of funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC).
Families have a choice on how they wish to access these hours and are able to choose to access them with partner childminders, partner nurseries, local authority ELC settings, or through a mix of different providers (blended childcare).
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As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic the public reception at the Council’s headquarters at Kilncraigs has been closed since March 2020.
During the period that it has been closed the Council has worked hard to deliver customer services in line with the guidance provided to us by Scottish Government. This has included delivering face to face services in other locations, and increased use of online, digital and telephony based customer services.
We are now consulting...More
The Returning Officer is looking for feedback from those who voted or did not vote in the Local Government Election from the Clackmannanshire area.
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Scotland was the first country in the world to make period products widely available for free – firstly in schools, colleges and universities, then followed by wider access in communities .
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Clackmannanshire Secondary Support Service was previously housed in a Category 'C' listed building from 1875 in Bedford Place, Alloa, which lies within a conservation area.
The Bedford Place school building was closed in July 2020, further to an inspection report, and is now a vacant school building, which remains closed due to structural failure of the roof and wall masonry.
On Health and Safety grounds, all young people and staff were relocated to The Orchard, Tullibody, the...More
For the second year running our Performance Report to Tenants on the Scottish Housing Charter is available online and can be viewed on the Council's website.
As a landlord we are responsible for meeting the standards and outcomes set out in the Scottish Social Housing Charter. The Charter sets out how to improve the quality and value of services we provide to tenants and other customers, this is why it is important we keep you informed on how we are performing.
This report...More
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown why, more than ever, council services are essential to our everyday lives.
The Council continues to be at the forefront of the local Covid-19 response from providing 24 hour social care services every day of the year, critical childcare during lockdown, to ensuring the safe reopening and operation of schools, administering business grant schemes and supporting local testing and vaccine facilities.
As we build for a new future...More
The Council is looking into ways of introducing a ‘Learn to Swim’ programme for children and young people and part of the process is to gauge interest in this potential future offering.
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The Reputation @ Risk survey was developed by Audit Scotland to gauge staff awareness of the Council’s key governance policies, including codes of conduct, anti-fraud and whistleblowing, and of their responsibilities and the correct course of action to take in response to specific scenarios. The survey will help identify any risk areas that could benefit from additional improvement activity.
All responses are completely confidential.
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The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (FRM Act) introduced a coordinated and partnership approach to how we tackle flood risk in Scotland sustainably.
Flood Risk Management Plans coordinate a range of different efforts to tackle flooding in Scotland. They set the national direction of future flood risk management, helping to target investment and coordinate actions for all responsible authorities.
In 2015, SEPA published a Flood Risk Management Strategies for each of the 14...More
The general purpose of a community council is to
ascertain, co-ordinate and express to the local authorities for its area the views of the communities which it represents in relation to matters for which those authorities are responsible, and to
take such action in the interests of that community as appears to it to be expedient and practicable.
Community Councils have a statutory role in the planning process, in relation to both development planning and planning...More
Clackmannanshire Alliance wishes to undertake engagement on its current and future leisure and wellbeing provision based on its agreed Sport and Active Living Framework Vision and Ambition for Clackmannanshire.
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In May 2020, the ABC Nursery building was subject to emergency closure because the planned structural assessments were unable to take place due to the Covid-19 lockdown. There was a plan to reopen the building in August 2020.
Following a period of extreme weather, an emergency decision was taken in August 2020 not to reopen the building on the basis of Health and Safety.
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