The firm is seeking to knock down redundant and unused agricultural buildings at Foot O’green Farm and replace them with homes comprising three and five bedrooms.

The existing farmhouse would also be refurbished under the plans which also include proposals for access roads, landscaping and other infrastructure.

In documents submitted with the application, agents for the developer wrote: “The proposals seek to enhance the currently underutilised brownfield site at Foot O’green Farm.  The site consists of a farmhouse building, yard area and various former agricultural buildings. The buildings proposed for demolition which are redundant former agricultural buildings that are no longer required due to a reduction in farming practices within Foot O’green Farm.”

The planning documents state that the former farm site has been with the same family for three generations, however all efforts to diversity farming across the site to retain the farm have been exhausted, and the buildings on site (except for the farmhouse) are vacant and redundant.

The documents note: “There is a recognised national need to deliver housing across the country. The proposed development site is located on a brownfield site which contains several structures which are in extremely poor condition.

“Given the nature and condition of the buildings on site, it cannot be easily or readily returned to a more natural state.

“It is submitted that the redevelopment of the site for small scale suitably designed residential development, will provide environmental betterment and will be visually more attractive than what is currently on site at present.

“The proposals will result in the redevelopment/replacement of a cluster of unsightly former agricultural buildings which are now redundant, resulting in a sustainable re-use of a brownfield site.”

According to the firm, the proposed new dwellings will be kept largely within the footprint of the existing redundant agricultural buildings on site (and within the existing hardstanding areas).

The dwellings have been designed to reflect the character of the existing farm and are of a scale and size appropriate to and reflective of the countryside location, the Stirling Observer reports.