QUARRY IS HUNTED - Gazette
Villagers in rural Clydesdale are celebrating after the council threw out the controversial quarry application at Overburns Farm.
The application, from Patersons of Greenoakhill, was rejected by the council's planning committee on Tuesday morning following a lengthy protest campaign by locals.
If permission had been granted, 4.6 million tonnes of sand and gravel would have been extracted over a period of between 11 and 15 years.
In the report, planning officials stated that insufficent information had been submitted to assess the potential environmental impact as well as concerns regarding the effectiveness of a 20 metre flooding 'buffer zone' between the quarry and the River Clyde.
By Ross Thomson
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