Clacks Council approves street names for Sauchie Branshill housing

Clackmannanshire Council’s Planning Committee agreed on a set of 19 names to be put forward for the Branshill Road development.

At a meeting of the committee on Thursday, October 31, councillors debated a list of 35 names which had been gathered during the community consultation.

As part of the consultation, ward councillors, Sauchie & Fishcross Community Council, Sauchie Community Group, local primary schools, the developer and any other interested parties were asked to provide names.

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The council received one response from Susan Yule, the council archivist, who provided a shortlist of 35 names to be put forward for debate.

Susan collated a series of names based on themes related to the history of the site and Clacks as a whole.

Grant Baxter, planning and building standards team leader, said: “Appendix 3 shows the suggest three names from the archivist.

“Susan provides some supporting comments in relation to some of the names which have historical, geological and horticultural significance.”

Susan listed Mine, Pit, Coal and Colliery based on former mines in the area, while Dumyat, Myretoun, Coalsnaur, Craig Leith and West Hill were chosen as names of Ochil Hills visible from the development.

Others were chosen from minerals found in the Ochil Hills such as Silver, Copper, Cobalt, Iron, Lead and Calcite while a large selection were based on wild plants from the Ochils.

The name Naysmith was chosen by Susan to pay tribute to Dr Thomas Goodall Naysmith, a medical officer responsible for the erection of the Combination Infectious Diseases hospital, which was opened in Sauchie in 1895.

PHASES: The street names will be used for the early stages of the Branshill development in Sauchie (Image: Clackmannanshire Council) Councillors had to abide by the Tri-Council agreement which restricts the committee from using certain street names that are used elsewhere.

Following the debate, the committee agreed upon a set 19 names which will be allocated to the first streets within the development.

Cllr Donald Balsillie added: “I think street names are very important as it gives you an opportunity to anchor back to the past.

“I do think we ought to leave ourselves some wiggle room – it’s going to take 10 years to develop this site.

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“I think it would be nice that the kids moving into the classrooms be given the opportunity to choose names for the next phases for the development.”

The final approved names by the committee were Bonspiel, Stone, Naysmith, West Hill, Copper, Gorse, Bluebell, Bell Heather, Sorrel, White Clover, Yarrow, Blaeberry, Harebell, Foxglove, Rockrose, Storksbill, Sundew, Bracken and Fern.

These names will form the streets encompassing the first three phases of the Branshill Road development.

Phase 1a and 1b have already been approved by the council, with the rest of the phases to be debated in a staggered approach over the next few years.

The development will ultimately encompass 1000 houses by completion.