Campaigners ask council to heed George Square example
Thieves use scaffolding in charity raid
A COMMUNITY fighting to save a Glasgow green space is urging the council to learn from the George Square redesign fiasco and listen to public opinion.
The North Kelvin Meadow campaigners want city bosses to drop plans for 90 homes on former playing fields near Clouston Street in the west end.
Council leader Gordon Matheson axed the George Square plans – and the meadow campaigners want planning bosses to do the same.
In a recent survey by Glasgow University, more than 90% of respondents opposed the homes construction.
A petition against the development has gathered more than 1600 signatures.
The land was targeted by the council for construction in 2008, but there is no sign of when the latest application by New City Vision will go to the committee.
Campaign spokesman Douglas Peacock said: “Glasgow City Council should do the right thing and throw the application out.
“That is what happened with George Square – the bosses said they listened to the views of the people and threw the plans out. Why can’t they do that here?”
A council spokesman said: “The application for the Clouston Street development continues to go through the planning process.”
The spokesman added: “The council is in continued dialogue with the applicant about detailed information necessary to take this before the Planning Applications Committee.” THIEVES climbed up scaffolding and removed a window from a charity’s office before stealing a computer loaded with sensitive photos.
Thethieves struck at Govan Youth Information Project at Govan Cross and stole an Apple iMac.
Photographs of the children and young people the project works with were on the computer’s hard drive. The charity said the computer was marked with GYIP and the office’s postcode.
The charity provides services for more than 200 children and young people in south-west Glasgow. It is not the first time the charity has been targeted.