On Friday the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park issued a Stop Notice to prevent further work taking place on the creation of this new entrance onto the A811 on the south side of Loch Lomond (see here). Kilmaronock Community Council, which covers the area, had alerted them to the work a few days before. If this was the first that LLTNPA officials knew of the work (Chief Executive Gordon Watson lives in nearby Gartocharn) they took prompt action. That is extremely welcome.
The contrast with the time it took for the LLTNPA to take enforcement action against the new entrance that Moulsdale Properties Ltd created off the A82 across Loch Lomond at Tarbet is striking (see here). Formally alerted on 20th April, the LLTNPA was still conducting “investigations” when Forestry Scotland issued a notice to stop the tree felling on 8th May. Forestry Scotland did take immediate action when alerted but in the time the LLTNPA was “investigating”, Moulsdale Properties more or less appear to have completed the work. The LLTNPA has subsequently taken out Tree Preservation Orders, too late, and encouraged a retrospective application for planning permission (see here).
[NB I have removed the rest of this post, which was based on information published by the LLTNPA, after being informed that this was wrong to enable me to check the facts]
I note that other plots are also up for sale – see here for neighbouring B6 https://www.futurepropertyauctions.co.uk/property_details.asp?id=6584984
To be fair, Swift Land Investments who sold the original plots, appeared to be carrying out this sort of scam in various places around Scotland in 2010, before going bust and leaving the owners high and dry. Co-incidentally (or not) a company with the same name/owners started up in Gibraltar just before the UK one went bust… if I’d been conned out of £thousands to buy these worthless plots I’d be keen to try and recoup some losses. However it seems a little coincidental that they’re appearing just now.
An appropriate reaction would be to take the land back without reimbursement and develop affordable housing for locals only
@steph why do you not buy said plot to do so!
Nothing illegal about selling land be it thousands of acres or 400m areas to daft folk.
Happens all the time.
Perhaps an idea for said site would be a camper van service site or what we used to know as a camping and caravanning site.
Less shite spread around elsewhere in inappropriate locations
#donotlovegraywaterandturds
Love your idea – a continental-style “Aire” with basic waste-disposal facilities and a charge of between £5 and £10 with a 2- or 3-night maximum stay, is an absolute winner given the number of campervanners/MoHomers travelling around Scotland and spending their money in local areas. There would be a certain amount of capital expenditure but would soon be self-sufficient.