The small strip of land will be sold to developers for £395,000
A small piece of council land that could be key to bringing a new McDonald's and Starbucks to the Falkirk area will be sold for £395,000, councillors agreed today .
"It, along with the Gordon Arms and the Bush, were a large part of the community. Hopefully, the great team behind the community asset transfer of Banknock Community Centre will help fill that void. Cllr Garner said that a post he shared on a local social media page had attracted more than 120 comments, many of which were positive.
The group leader, Councillor Ann Hannah, said that "some benefit" should be seen from the sale of the land, rather than the money going into "a big pot of unspecified uses".
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