Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD) is preparing to publish proposals for a whisky maturation warehouse scheme at Bandeath Industrial Estate in Throsk, located outside Fallin.
Plans for the 8.2 hectare site include whisky warehousing, an associated blend centre, tank farm, offices, parking, drainage and facilitating works.
The warehouses will hold casks from all of the company's distilleries, which are Rosebank in Falkirk, Glengoyne distillery in Stirlingshire, and Tamdhu distillery at Knockando on Speyside. The matured whisky will be transferred by road tanker to IMD’s bottling facility in Broxburn. Once packaged, they will largely be exported.
The cost of the project will be in excess of £40m, with 20 direct jobs created and many others arising indirectly.
The site at Bandeath Industrial Estate is zoned for employment uses in the Stirling Local Development Plan.
An in-person consultation event will be held on 1 December at Throsk Community Centre, with members of the technical team on hand to answer any questions the community may have.
Following this, feedback will be open until 5 January, which will be used to inform the ongoing design of the proposals, forming the basis of the planning application to be submitted in early 2023.
A spokesperson for IMD said: “In addition to expanding our business operations, we believe this will deliver significant benefits for the local area, notably creating new jobs and delivering around £40m of investment.
“We are working closely with local stakeholders to ensure all views are heard, and we are looking forward to welcoming members of the community to the consultation event.”
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