National park bosses call for clarification on Loch Lomond £40m tourist resort plans
dailyrecord.co.ukNational park bosses have called on developers behind controversial proposals for a major Balloch tourist resort to clarify details on woodland loss, traffic figures and parking spaces.
It comes after Flamingo Land submitted refreshed proposals for a major holiday park at West Riverside in May this year.In a letter, planning officer Caroline Strugnell says a number of issues need to be addressed to enable Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority to reach a “conclusion on the significant effects of the proposed development on the environment”.Among these are clarification of the routing of the John Muir Way through the development and proposed pedestrian/cycle connection through the Woodbank House site.More information is also sought on the areas of proposed woodland loss and retention.There is also a section on traffic and transport which asks for a number of details, including anticipated vehicle numbers entering and leaving Balloch, as well as clarity on whether certain areas of parking will be sufficient.It also asks for clarity on parking numbers and the location of 35 parking spaces for the ‘staff and services area’.Green MSP Ross Greer, who is critical of the plans, has warned of parking chaos should Flamingo Land be given the go-ahead.The politician, whose online objection portal has contributed over 33,000 objections to the plans, recently submitted a detailed objection of his own, written by legal expert Ian Cowan.As part of that submission, he claims there are a number of inconsistencies, one of which is parking provision.He says the detail of the document contains at least one numerical error, and states the parking provision to be 393 spaces.However, he states that the transport assessment
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