Flamingo Land’s Loch Lomond proposal surges past 100,000 objections
The unprecedented scale of opposition to Flamingo Land makes it clear that the proposal must be rejected, the Scottish Greens have said.
The proposal would see a mega-resort featuring 104 woodland lodges, two hotels, a waterpark, monorail, 372 car parking spaces, shops and more built on the banks of Loch Lomond near Balloch. It has now seen over 120,000 objections [1], following a surge of over 23,000 in just two days after a final decision date of 16 September was announced by Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park on Tuesday.
Scottish Greens MSP for the West of Scotland Ross Greer, who has led the ‘Save Loch Lomond’ campaign against Flamingo Land, said:
“This is the second time Flamingo Land has tried to build their destructive mega-resort at Loch Lomond. Their first application quickly became the most objected to planning application in Scottish history. Now their second attempt has doubled that record.
“Despite the unprecedented scale of opposition - and their own promise to walk away if Balloch residents didn’t support them - Flamingo Land has refused to listen to the will of the community.
"The National Park’s board must now stand up for Loch Lomond and the residents of Balloch and deliver an unequivocal rejection to this greedy corporate profiteering.”
