The application would see the village's vacant pub replaced by short-term holiday lets. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Residents in Buchlyvie are galvanising over fears they could lose their chance to cling on to the village’s only pub. Tavern 1851 - which, as its name suggests, has been a feature of the village for almost two centuries - closed suddenly earlier this year.
However, locals were hopeful it would reopen once again as a public house. A recent planning application lodged with Stirling Council planners, however, has sparked fears the hub could be gone for good. Pop Staycations has applied for a change of use of the vacant premises in Main Street in order to create short term holiday lets in the village, which has a population of around 500.
Around 60 representations have already been made to Stirling Council on the proposals, mostly objections. Buchlyvie Community Council called an Emergency General Meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss the application - with the 96 people attending unanimously voting to challenge the plans. They backed a motion stating: “We note that the pub was the only licensed premises in the village, and that it provided an important social function for local people to meet and socialise and evening meals for visitors.
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