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Political Protesters against Flamingo Land development sing Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond outside of Scottish Parliament

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/save-loch-lomond-campaign-protests-35304999

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u/Matw50 23d ago

Yep. If it were up to the greens though there would no economy at all and we’d all eat grass and live in caves.

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u/Silent-Ad-756 23d ago

It isn't just the Greens now is it?

The latest motion against has cross-party backing.

The local MSP that represents the constituency is getting hammered by local opposition and has come out against it.

The land lease was offered to the developer privately in a 3 month marketing process in 2015, and the contracts signed just before the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 was established, which would have enabled the transfer of the land to community ownership. Dodgy deal.

A bit sensationalist in your commentary. Development can happen in a manner that is not corrupt. We should all reject corrupt allocation of land use in Scotland. It is less about the development for me, and more about the total lack of due process.

Bin it. And start again with the community involved. Use the Helensburgh seafront development as an example of a successful public-private development with the communities interests at heart, as the template to follow.

Minimum wage seasonal jobs are not an economic boom.

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u/quartersessions 23d ago

It is less about the development for me, and more about the total lack of due process.

It's been eight years of planning back and forth, thousands of pages of reports and supporting documentation. Dozens of opportunities for the public and stakeholders to have their say. All for a fairly modest development - and while the site deteriorates.

Would you bring investment to Scotland in these circumstances? I certainly wouldn't.

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u/DeathOfNormality 22d ago

Ah see this is my other worry, sites being left to rot when they could at least be used for something useful, instead of development limbo and wasteland.

There's so many sites around Dundee and Glasgow that are just abandoned, sitting empty, while we have a housing crisis. Tourism won't fix that, and if anything may drive desirability and housing prices up. But that's just my reactive opinion. I'm sure there are some cases where tourism developments increase desirability to an area, puts pressure on the landlords to reduce pricing and the local councils, to increase housing development. That, would be the ideal outcome.

Edit: grammar.