The Community Council is a body consisting of local residents, who meet on a monthly basis to discuss and progress issues affecting the local community, and represent the views and concerns of the Balfron residents to Stirling Council and other relevant groups. You can find details of the members of the Balfron Community Council on the About Us page. The Community Council can be contacted via email at hello@balfroncc.org.uk or by sending a message to the Balfron Community Council Facebook page.
Community Council Meetings
We meet every month (except January and July) and our next meeting is:
Minutes of previous meetings >>
Have Your Say on the Potential Balfron Housing Development Site Options
As part of the Stirling Council Local Development Plan (LDP) process, potential Balfron Housing Development Site Options are now out for consultation and there is an opportunity to have your say. The site options proposed are mainly new sites bought forward by developers (but also include some legacy sites from the last LDP). At the current time these are speculative proposals and no planning applications have come forward. Hence, if you have concerns, object or support the proposals now is the best opportunity to make comments. Once the consultation period is over, Stirling Council will then fully consider all the consultation responses before finally deciding which sites should be included in the draft LDP and then final LDP.
The deadline for the consultation is 23rd July 2026.
To have your say, you should participate in the current Site Options survey using the link below:
https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/local-development-plan
There is also an opportunity to participate in the wider Spatial Strategy Options survey if your are so inclined.
Alternatively, please feed comments to Balfron Community Council and we will aim to include all responses and submit a response from BCC before the consultation deadline. Send any comments to planning@balfroncc.org.uk
How to report an issue to Stirling Council
Follow this link to raise an issue or for access to their most popular online forms
Report an issue with a park. Use this online service by following this link to report about any problems you’ve spotted in a park or play area run by Stirling Council.
Planning and Road Maintenance
You can search recent planning applications relating to Balfron on the Stirling Council website here>>
The latest rural and urban Stirling Council roads maintenance plans are available here with associated map
Latest News
Local Place Plan Submitted
The Community Council has been working on a Local Place Plan for Balfron. This has now been submitted to Stirling Council More >>
Call for new members to Balfron Community Council
Have you ideas to improve your community? We are looking for new members to join Balfron Community Council. We meet once per month and our next meeting is on 7 March. Drop a message to hello@balfroncc.org.uk if you are interested or to find out more information.
Phone box food exchange
Following its refurbishment, the phone box has been returned to Balfron and is in use. The formal opening of the refurbished phone box took place on 11 June 2022 as part of the Balfron Eco Festival. Please support the phone box as a food exchange and as a local cause in the Co-op Local Community Fund when you shop in the Balfron branch. More information on the phone box is available at the Balfron Phone Box page.
Community resilience
The Balfron resilience plan is ‘owned’ by the residents of Balfron and helps facilitate village wide communication of a major incident. The latest resilience plan for Balfron is available here >>. More information is available at Balfron Community Resilience page.
Invasive plants along the River Endrick and its tributaries
The Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust continue to focus on removal of invasive plant (giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed, American skunk cabbage) and animal (American mink and signal crayfish) species. If you spot any of these invasive species or want to report any other incidents (e.g. pollution, riverbank damage) impacting the River Endrick and its tributaries please email them at l.lomondfisheriestrust@gmail.com.
