A community group is celebrating after plans to build a Flamingo Land resort on the banks of Loch Lomond were rejected. Save Loch Lomond says the unanimous verdict by against the plans was a “fantastic result”. The resort group wanted to build woodland lodges, hotels, a monorail, a water park and other facilities on the southernmost point of the world-famous loch.
It was the second attempt by Flamingo Land to , after withdrawing a previous application when the launched a campaign against it. Save Loch Lomond, a public group for those who opposed the development, was also set up. They said that eight years of campaigning locally and across Scotland resulted in the park authority’s decision.
Alannah Maurer, founder of Save Loch Lomond, said: “We are jubilant with the decision to reject the proposals. “It couldn’t have gone better for us yesterday with a unanimous decision by the board to reject it as advised by their Director of Place. “But we are expecting the developer to come back on appeal or ask for it to be brought into the Scottish Government but non the less it is a fantastic result for a campaign that has almost been running eight years now.
“There were a few tweaks in this second proposal from the last which they withdrew but it hadn’t changed by much, it was still dominant, it was still an incredibly large development for the small village of Balloch. “Scale wise it was still far too large and it still failed on numerous aims and fundamental issue.