- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3253 (S. 209)
The Stirling (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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| Made | 16th December 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st January 1999 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], as read with Schedule 5 to that Act[2], the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 16th October 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Stirling Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Stirling (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order-
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(a) a reference to-
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(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:-
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"EW" for electoral ward;
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"NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3.
The area of Stirling Council shall be divided into 22 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
16th December 1998
Ward 1 Bridge of Allan
Commencing at the roundabout junction between the M9 motorway and the A9 at NG Ref NS 7778 9920; then south eastward along the A9 to and generally eastward along an access road to a property known as Park of Keir to and south eastward along its continuation as a track to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 7845 9899; then eastward to and along the said field boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the Stirling to Dunblane railway line; then southward along the said railway line to a point NG Ref NS 7870 9893 in line with a footbridge over the Allan Water at NG Ref NS 7877 9902; then north eastward to and across the said footbridge to Darn Road, a named path; then generally northward along the said named path to where it meets a path at NG Ref NS 7878 9918, leading south eastward to an access road to a property known as Drumdrullis; then south eastward along the said footpath to and eastward along the said access road to where it crosses the Cock's Burn; then south eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road leading to a property known as Pendreich; then south westward and south eastward along the said unnamed road to where it crosses the Forglen Burn; then south westward along the said burn to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 3 Pathfoot Drive; then north westward to and along the said curtilage and its continuation as the northern boundary of a Recreation Ground to and southward along the western boundary of the said recreation ground to and southward along Wellgate Drive to Kenilworth Road; then generally southward along the said road to and southward across Airthrey Road to and south eastward, south westward and north westward along the Forglen Burn to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Bridge of Allan Primary School at NG Ref NS 7961 9666; then southward to and southward, westward and northward along the eastern, southern and western boundaries of the said school and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Forglen Burn; then generally north westward along the said burn to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 48 Orchard Road; then north westward to and along the said curtilage to and across the said road to the rear curtilages of the properties on the eastern side of Strathallan Road; then northward along the said curtilages to the northern curtilage of No 33 Strathallan Road; then westward along the said curtilage to and across Strathallan Road to and westward along the northern curtilage of No 38 Strathallan Road to a path leading to the south of the rear curtilages of Nos 61-71 Lyon Crescent; then south westward along the said path to and southward along Cornton Road to where it crosses the Forglen Burn; then generally south westward along the said burn to and generally south westward along the Allan Water to the River Forth; then generally south westward along the said river to where it is crossed by the M9 Motorway; then northward along the said motorway to point of commencement.
Ward 2 Logie
Commencing on the northern boundary of EW 1 at NG Ref NS 7878 9918 where Darn Road, a named path, meets a footpath leading eastward to an access road to a property known as Drumdrullis; then north westward along Darn Road to where it crosses the Wharry Burn; then generally north eastward along the said burn to NG Ref NS 8338 0200 and eastward along the Old Wharry Burn to the eastern boundary of Stirling Council; then generally southward along the said Council boundary to where it crosses the River Forth; then generally westward, south westward and northward along the said river to a point in line with the eastern boundary of the properties known as Broom; then northeastward to and northeastward, northwestward and southwestward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said properties to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8174 9460; then northward along the said field boundary to where it crosses the Alloa to Stirling railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to a point in line with the eastern boundary of a factory on Ladysneuk Road; then south westward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the River Forth; then generally westward along the said river to a point in line with the junction of Causewayhead Road and Dumyat Road; then north westward to and along Dumyat Road to the eastern boundary of Wallace High School; then north eastward along the said school boundary to and north eastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 53-47 and Nos 37-19 Lothian Crescent and continuing north eastward along the western curtilage of No 23 Easter Cornton Road to Easter Cornton Road; then north eastward across the said road to and north eastward along the western curtilage of No 30 Easter Cornton Road to and south eastward and north eastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 30 to 24 Easter Cornton Road, Nos 18 and 16 Ballater Drive and the property known as The Loaning to NG Ref NS 8033 9576 on the western boundary of the Recreation Ground; then north eastward along the said boundary and its continuation in a straight line to Airthrey Road; then north westward along the said road and its continuation as the Old Military Road to the eastern boundary of EW 1; then generally north westward, eastward, north westward, north eastward and north westward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 3 Wallace
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 1 at the confluence of the Allan Water and the River Forth; then generally north westward, south eastward, north eastward and south eastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 2; then generally southward and south westward along the said EW boundary to a point NG Ref NS 8005 9521 on the eastern boundary of Wallace High School; then generally south westward along the eastern and southern boundaries of the said school to a point NG Ref NS 7986 9519 in line with the Stirling to Dunblane railway line; then south westward to and southward along the said railway line to a point in line with the southern boundary of Cornton Business Park; then south westward to and along the said boundary to and north westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 54 and 56 Cornton Road; then south westward along the western curtilage of No 56 Cornton Road and the continuation in a straight line to the River Forth; then generally westward, north eastward and north westward along the said river to the point of commencement.
Ward 4 Raploch
Commencing at NG Ref NS 7760 9544 on the southern boundary of EW1 where the M9 crosses the River Forth; then generally north eastward and south eastward along the southern boundary of EW 1 to the western boundary of EW 3; then generally southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 3 to the western boundary of EW 2; then south eastward along the said EW boundary to the River Forth; then southward and westward along the said river to where it is crossed by Causewayhead Road; then south westward along the said road to and south westward along Union Street to Lower Bridge Street; then northward along the said street to and south westward along Back O'Hill Road to a point in line with steps leading to Ballengeich Pass; then generally eastward and southward along the said steps to a path leading to the east of Castle Croft; then south westward and south eastward along the said path to a point NG Ref NS 7901 9393 in line with a path leading to Raploch Road; then south westward to and along the said path to and south westward along Raploch Road to its junction with Dumbarton Road; then westward along the said road to where it is crossed by the M9 Motorway; then northward along the said motorway to a point in line with the southern boundary of the grounds of Craigforth House; then westward to and westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the grounds of the said house to the River Forth; then northward and south eastward along the said river to point of commencement.
Ward 5 Town Centre
Commencing at NG Ref NS 7895 9435 on the southern boundary of EW 4, on Back O'Hill Road where it meets a path leading from the said road to Ballengeich Road; then generally north eastward, southward and north eastward along the said EW boundary to the junction between Union Street and Burghmuir Road (A9); then southward along the said road to a roundabout at NG Ref NS 7992 9276; then south westward in a straight line to a point on the northern curtilage of Annfield Lodge at NG Ref NS 7978 9271; then south westward along the northern curtilages of the said lodge, the property known as Blore Bettash and the rear curtilages of Nos 57 to 26 and Nos 19 to 10 Annfield Gardens and the continuation thereof in a straight line to St Ninians Road; then generally northward along the said road and its continuation as Port Street to and north westward along Dumbarton Road to the Back Walk, a named path; then north westward along the said path to and across Corn Exchange Road to and continuing north westward to the southern boundary of EW 4; then north westward and generally north eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 6 Argyll
Commencing at the point where the southern boundary of EW 4 meets the northern boundary of EW 5 at the junction between Union Street and Burghmuir Road; then generally north eastward, eastward and northward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 4 to and continuing eastward and southward along the southern boundary of EW 2 to a point on the River Forth in line with the western boundary of the property known as Upper Taylorton; then south eastward to and along the said boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8179 9352; then southward and south eastward along the said field boundary to a track leading to the A91; then generally south eastward and generally northward along the said track to its junction with the A91 at the Muirton Roundabout; then southward along the said road to and westward along the A905 to Millhall Road; then generally south westward along the said road to and westward along Pike Road to the roundabout at Braehead; then southward along Broom Road to a point in line with an unnamed road to the north of Gillies Drive leading to the said drive; then westward to and along the said unnamed road to and generally south westward along Gillies Drive and its continuation as Shirra's Brae Road to a point in line with the southern boundary of a Playing Field to the west of Braehead Primary School; then north westward to and north westward and south westward along the said boundary to Burghmuir Road at NG Ref NS 7973 9181; then northward along the said road to and northward along the eastern boundary of EW 5 to point of commencement.
Ward 7 King's Park and Cambusbarron
Commencing at NG Ref NS 7767 9355 on the southern boundary of EW 4 where the M9 Motorway is crossed by Dumbarton Road; then north eastward along the said EW boundary to the northern boundary of EW 5; then south westward and generally south eastward and southward along the northern and western boundaries of EW 5 and continuing southward along St Ninians Road to a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 20 St Ninians Road; then westward to and along the said curtilage and continuing westward along the rear curtilage of No 9 and 11 Snowdon Place to the Northern boundary of Grendon Court; then westward and southward along the northern and western boundaries of Grendon Court to the eastern curtilage of No 15 Whitehill Place; then southward along the said curtilage to and southward and westward along Whitehill Place to Laurelhill Place; then northward along the said place to a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 28 Laurelhill Place; then westward to and along the said curtilage to and northward along the rear curtilages of Nos 28-24 Laurelhill Place and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Springwood Avenue; then westward along the said avenue to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 2a Springwood Avenue; then northward to and northward and westward along the eastern and northern curtilages of the said property to the rear curtilage of the said property; then southward along the rear curtilages of Nos 2a-8 Springwood Avenue to the southern curtilage of No 8 Springwood Avenue; then north westward in a straight line to and along the northern curtilages of Nos 24 and 23 Laurelhill Gardens to and southward, south westward and north westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 23-19 Laurelhill Gardens and the prolongation thereof in a straight line to the rear curtilage of No 18 Laurelhill Gardens; then generally north westward and south westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 18 - 12 Laurelhill Gardens to the southern curtilage of No 12 Laurelhill Gardens; then north westward in a straight line to a point on Polmaise Road at NG Ref NS 7872 9248; then north eastward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the properties on the northern side of Dalmorglen Park; then westward to and along the said rear curtilages to a point NG Ref NS 7848 9271 on the southern curtilage of No 45 Park Place; then northward to and along an access road leading from the said property to Park Place; then westward along the said place and south westward along Birkhill Road to where it crosses the M9 Motorway; then southward along the said motorway to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 7874 9110; then westward along the said unnamed road to a point NG Ref NS 7590 9058; then north westward in a straight line to summit point 241 on the Touch Hills; then north eastward in a straight line to the confluence of the West and Touch Burns; then northward in a straight line to a point on the A811 in line with the eastern boundary of a wooded area east of West Carse at NG Ref NS 7377 9420; then northward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the River Forth; then generally eastward along the said river to the western boundary of EW 4; then generally south eastward along the said EW boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 8 Torbrex
Commencing at NG Ref NS 7806 9258 on the eastern boundary of EW 7 at a point where Birkhill Road crosses the M9 Motorway; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to and north eastward along the southern boundary of EW 5 to the western boundary of EW 6; then southward along the said EW boundary and continuing south westward along Burghmuir Road to its junction with Kirk Wynd at NG Ref NS 7969 9168; then south westward along Kirk Wynd to Borestone Crescent; then northward along the said crescent to and westward along Weaver Row to its junction with Coxithill Road; then southward along the said road to its junction with Cultenhove Road; then generally north westward along the said road to a field boundary in line with the curtilage between Nos 124 and 126 Cultenhove Road; then north westward, westward and south westward along the said field boundary to a point where it joins a field drain; then continuing directly in a straight line south westward to the M9 motorway and the eastern boundary of EW 7; then north westward along the said EW boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 9 Broomridge
Commencing at NG Ref NS 7973 9181 where the western boundary of EW 8 meets the southern boundary of EW 6 on Burghmuir Road; then north eastward along the said EW boundary to the junction between Pike Road and Millhall Road; then eastward along Pike Road to a path at NG Ref NS 8065 9186 leading to Wishart Drive; then south westward along the said path to a path at NG Ref NS 8059 9160 between Wishart Drive and Abbot Road; then south eastward along the said path to a point NG Ref NS 8067 9151 in line with the rear curtilages of the south eastern most properties on Wishart Drive; then south westward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 71-85, 87-93 and 103-121 Wishart Drive and continuing south westward to and along the south eastern curtilages of Nos 14-24 Barbour Avenue and Nos 55-45 Elgin Drive and the rear curtilages of Nos 50-38 and No 30 Elgin Drive to and south westward along the eastern curtilage of No 28 Elgin Drive to and along the eastern curtilage of No 147 Bannockburn Road to and across the said road to the eastern curtilage of No 148 Bannockburn Road; then south westward along the said curtilage to and continuing south westward along the western boundary of Hillpark Education Centre to the northern boundary of a Recreation Ground; then north westward and south westward along the northern and western boundaries of the said ground to and south westward along the western boundary of a Caravan Site to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 58 Clark Street; then north westward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 58-116 Clark Street to the rear curtilage of No 144 Clark Street; then north eastward and north westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 144-160 Clark Street to and across Clark Street to the rear curtilage of No 16 Mclaren Terrace; then north westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 16 and 14 Mclaren Terrace to the rear curtilages of Nos 131-117 Clark Street; then south westward along the said rear curtilages to the rear curtilage of No 99 Glasgow Road; then southward and westward along the rear and southern curtilage of the said property to Glasgow Road; then north westward along the said road to and northward along Burghmuir Road to the eastern boundary of EW 8; then north eastward along the said boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 10 Borestone
Commencing at NG Ref NS 7969 9168 on the western boundary of EW 9 and the southern boundary of EW 8; then generally southward along the western boundary of EW 9 to and continuing south eastward along Glasgow Road and Milton Terrace to where it crosses Mill Lade at NG Ref NS 7995 9012; then north westward along the said watercourse to and south westward along New Line Road to where it crosses the M9 Motorway; then northward along the said motorway to and northward along the eastern boundary of EW 7 to the southern boundary of EW 8; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 8 to point of commencement.
Notes:
[1] 1973 c.65.back
[2] Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).back
