April Fools Day is D-Day for Owenstown
South Lanarkshire Council will come to the long-awaited decision on whether or not to grant Owenstown planning permission, allowing 3500 new homes for a population of 8000 to be built on a site near Rigside along with shopping and leisure facilities, industries and a school.
Hometown Foundation director Bill Nicol said: “I met Nick Boles, the UK planning under-secretary, in London last week and he seemed very enthusiastic indeed about the whole concept.”
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Hide AdBut council plannners appear to be worried that the scheme does not fit in with South Lanarkshire Council’s general development policies.
On April 1 councillors will be making the most important planning decision for Clydesdale for a generation...so make sure you don’t miss the Gazette to find out what happens!
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