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The proposals would be detrimental to the local area and its conservation area status as it would result in
disruption, noise from participants and vandalism with a detrimental effect on quality of life for local
residents and park users.
Comment: The applicant has asserted that noise generated at existing venues is not intrusive and due to
the wooded nature of the site, the noise of laughter, etc will dissipate within a few metres. Given the
recreational nature of the park at present, it is not unreasonable or uncommon to expect a degree of noise
from its patrons. Arising from the compatibility of the proposed use with the green belt designation and park
function of the site, it is considered that any associated noise will not detract from its primary function.
The remaining 148 submissions are in support of the proposals, including a
submission from Mohammad Sarwar MP.
and I'm mad as hell and totally depressed.
Robert Booth, executive director of the council's planning committee, talks of an ideal opportunity to open the woods up to the whole community, especially the young and disenfranchised."
Sharon wrote:It's really not noisy, a small buzz as someone a zipline goes past, though the occassional scream may be heard too.
It's the commercialisation of the park that I believe is the main issue here. Cheap rent for private profit and a facility that carries a high ticket price so cannot be argued to be open to all. Followed by changing open woodland into something that is no longer entirely open and natural.
Still on the commercialisation of parks argument, and for a different thread, who would argue against the occassional coffee shop being opened in some of the existing disused park buildings?
Campaigners against the Go Ape adventure course in Pollok Park are claiming a victory after Glasgow City Council admitted it has "no record" of how it designed the public consultation exercise which has formed the basis of its argument for the development.
Responding to a freedom of information request, the council said it had no record of the authors or the methodology of the consultation, which many park-goers claim was poorly advertised and Nicola Sturgeon, the Deputy First Minister, described as "woefully inadequate".
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