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Councillors stick to Sheephill quarry rejection - despite facing £2m bill threat
West Dunbartonshire Council chief executive Joyce White called for a rethink after the planning committee rejected proposals for an extension, however councillors stuck with their original decision on the Milton site.
The entrance to William Thompson s quarry at the Bowling roundabout. (Image: Lennox Herald)
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Council Chiex Exec Joyce White and Sheephill Quarry - photo by Turkey Red Media RESIDENTS say they feel “badly let down” by the decision to instruct councillors to rethink the refusal of planning permission for a quarry near their homes. The planning committee at West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC) agreed last month, by a 5-4 vote, to refuse permission for the extension of Sheephill Quarry near Milton. The committee also agreed to grant a Review of Minerals Permission (ROMP) to modernise the terms and conditions under which the quarry operates. But the Reporter revealed last week that council chief executive Joyce White has used her powers under the authority’s standing orders to refer the committee’s decision to a full council meeting to be reconsidered.
AFTER nearly two decades of debate, proposals to extend a quarry in the Kilpatrick Hills have been rejected by West Dunbartonshire councillors. Fresh plans for Sheephill Quarry near Bowling were brought before the authority’s planning committee last week to expand the quarry, increase opening hours and agree to a new set of conditions which meets modern standards and working practices. A Review of Minerals Permission (ROMP) to update the existing terms and conditions of the site, which date back to 1949, was agreed by councillors. But a planning application to allow for an area of land to be ‘swapped’ with the western part of the existing quarry consent, to the rear of nearby residential properties, was rejected.
Councillor Lawrence O Neill put forward a motion to refuse the extension AFTER nearly two decades of debate, proposals to extend Sheephill Quarry near Bowling have been rejected by West Dunbartonshire councillors. Fresh plans were brought before the authority’s planning committee last week to expand the quarry, increase opening hours and agree to a new set of conditions which meets modern standards and working practices. A Review of Minerals Permission (ROMP) to update the existing terms and conditions of the site, which date back to 1949, was agreed by councillors. But a planning application to allow for an area of land to be ‘swapped’ with the western part of the existing quarry consent, to the rear of residential properties in Miltonhill, was rejected.