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OVERBURNS APPLICATION FORMALLY REJECTED!!
On 6th July 2010 South Lanarkshire Council unanimously rejected Paterson's of Greenockhill's Planning Application to extract nearly 5 tonnes of sand and gravel on a 90 acre site on the flood plain of the River Clyde at Overburns Farm, Lamington.
After 18 months of actively campaigning CRAG are absolutely delighted at the outcome!
The applicant and their Planning Application received severe criticism from the Chairman of the Planning Committee on their conduct and proposals over the last 10 months which really demonstrated that Patersons could not combat the potential environmental destruction their proposed actions would of caused on the River Clyde, notwithstanding the economic and landscape damage.
CRAG have so many people to thank from those who assisted in distributing leaflets to our significant financial donors to our many voluntary experts that came on board and our professional planning team. It was truly a great community effort with everyone pulling together, along with the Lamington and District Angling Improvement Association who were critical to the success of the campaign.
In going forward our aim is to continue to protect this piece of land and we are aware that legally Paterson's of Greenockhill could still appeal to the Scottish Government and CRAG will continue to fight all attempts to stop any destruction of the beautiful Upper Clyde Valley.
Our sincere thanks to everybody who contributed to the success of the CRAG campaign.
Caroline Parker, Chairperson of CRAG _______________________________________________________ C.R.A.G. the Clyde River Action Group has been specificaly set up to STOP a proposal for a minerals open cast site next to the River Clyde, between the villages of Coulter and Lamington, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of a beautifully scenic part of Clydesdale and Upper Clyde river; go to our Beautiful Clyde page.
SLC Planning Committee date 6/7/10 Click HERE to read the SLC committee report *NEWS from TODAYS MEETING*COUNCIL REJECT
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