Your Community

The development will deliver a wide range of benefits for the local community. 

• Opening the door to home ownership for local people: around half of Persimmon’s homes are sold to first-time buyers and the average price of a Persimmon home in Scotland is 16% below the average price of a new build.

• Nearly 200 homes will be transferred to a local housing association. 

• Persimmon has received full accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation – meaning all of staff and contractors are paid at least the Real Living Wage. 

• Persimmon is rated as a five-star builder by the Home Builders Federation, meaning over 90% of our customers would recommend us to friends and family. 

• Persimmon is one of Scotland’s largest employers of bricklaying apprentices, with our developments creating new opportunities for local young people. 

• Our homes are around 30% more energy efficient than the existing national housing stock. 

• Persimmon has ambitious targets to deliver net zero homes in use by 2030 and to be net-zero for all operational activities by 2040. 

Persimmon is committed to supporting the communities we operate in. Our Community Champions scheme sees each of our 30 regional businesses donate at least £6,000 every three months to local organisations and charities.

Examples of this in and around Bannockburn include:

• £5,000 donated to Ladies of the Rock community larder

• £5,000 donated to Recycle-a-bike

Further information on Persimmon Homes’ community champions initiative can be found at: https://www.persimmonhomes.com/community-champions-2024

In addition, an extensive list of commitments is set out in the Section 75 Agreement that accompanied the 2022 planning permission. These obligations include:

• A contribution of £10,687 per private house and £1,886 per private flat towards the delivery of a new primary school at South Stirling Gateway, totaling at least £5,593,704.

• The provision of remediated land for the new South Stirling Gateway Primary School costing around £1,600,000.

• A contribution of £4,306 per private house and £426 per private flat towards the delivery of secondary school provision within Bannockburn, totaling at least £2,239,788.

• Contributions toward upgrades at the Pirnhall Junction amounting to at least £246,956. 

• Contributions towards city-wide transport improvements amounting to at least £130,993.

• Contributions towards improvements at Milton Road and local paths amounting to at least £92,966.

• Delivery of new junctions on the A91 and A872, costing around £465,000.

• Contributions to improvements in local healthcare provision of £894 per new private home, totaling at least £498,852. 

• Contributions to improvements in local waste management of £102 per new private home, totaling at least £56,916.

The remaining land at South Stirling Gateway is likely to deliver a package of S75 contributions that totals a further £5,564,970. 

In total, Persimmon will deliver a package of S75 contributions that totals £14,395,145, with a further £3,000,000 likely to arise as a result of indexation (inflation) adjustments.