Care home sale is now approved

Transformation The Beech Gardens sit will become a residential development

- KAIYA MARJORIBANKS

The sale of a former Stirling care home has been approved by the council, with plans now in place to transform it into a new residential development.

It comes after a 'marketing exercise' that saw multiple bids place on the building.

Stirling Council sanctioned the sale of the former Beech Gardens care home, off Polmaise Road in Torbrex.

It sits within the boundaries of the listed Batterflatts House and was custom-built as a care facility.

During a recent council meeting, it was agreed that Urban Nest Scotland Ltd should be named as the favoured bidder, with plans to repurpose the site into a private residential development while honouring the conservation area’s distinct heritage.

Located near Batterflatts House and a children’s nursery, the property has been unoccupied since the opening of the Stirling Care Village and was briefly used again during the Covid pandemic before reverting to council ownership.