Thank you to every one who has signed and shared this petition, but in order to make our voices heard, we need to formally object to these plans on the NLC planning portal, details of which are below.
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The reference for the Proposed Residential Led Development Including Roads, Access, Landscaping, Open Space, Suds And Associated Development | Dullatur Golf Club 1A Glen Douglas Drive Craigmarloch Cumbernauld Glasgow North Lanarkshire G68 0DW is 21/01414/PPP
The reference for the 77 Dwellings and Associated Infrastructure and Landscaping | Croy Quarry Constarry Road Croy Glasgow North Lanarkshire G65 9HY is 21/01548/FUL
We would urge everyone who has signed our petition to object to these plans, by November 4th 2021.
We are objecting on behalf of the Craigmarloch Community Council, but this classed as 1 objection, as does the petition, despite having over 2,000 signatures. I have added a copy of our objection below, feel free to use elements of this to form your own objection.
I wish to object to this proposed residential development on a number of grounds, listed below.
Schools - There is no safe walking route from this site to Eastfield primary, which will impact on the traffic in the area surrounding the school, which is already gridlocked at pick up-drop off times and a major issue for the school.
Both Eastfield Primary and St Andrew’s Primary schools have struggled with capacity issues in recent years and have had to adapt to make more classrooms available, the inclusion of 'temporary' porta cabins should not be included in long term capacity. Parking at the St Andrew’s campus has been a concern for many years and this plan will only exacerbate the situation, parents will see this as being too far to walk from this proposed site to the school so will opt to drive - again causing additional pressure to the already gridlocked infrastructure.
Given the figures that they are using in this report they are stating that 'no requirement to make a financial contribution towards the school in accord with the tests of circular 3/2012 unless capacity pressures arise in individual year groups'. which is very concerning indeed.
Doctors Surgeries - There is one surgery in this vicinity, and it had not accepted new patients for many years. Where are new residents to register for a doctor?
Dental practice - There is no dental practice in the vicinity and most in Cumbernauld are not accepting new patients, again, where are new residents to register for a dentist?
Infrastructure - The addition strain on the road network is a major concern, Eastfield road is increasingly congested from Westerwood to the Craiglin interchange. If there is an accident on the M80, this further impacts as commuters see this route through a residential area an acceptable diversion, again causing further problems for local residents. Croy Railway station is already the busiest in Scotland outside of Glasgow/Edinburgh. The car parks are full to overflowing daily and cars are abandoned in non-parking spaces every day, Strath Brennig road regularly has dozens of cars parked on it. Railings were put in place on the B802 alongside Croy Station to stop people abandoning their cars on that road, so they all started parking on Strath Brennig and other smaller residential streets. The other surrounding roads up and around the roundabouts are already extremely busy at all times. Added to this, a further 77 properties are also being proposed at the old quarry site in Croy, which will have an additional impact on the surrounding area.
They state in the plans (21_01414_PPP-DAS_2_OF_3-1338646.pdf (northlanarkshire.gov.uk) that 'amenities, services and schools, within the local area beyond, are also easily accessible via public transport.' There is no public transportation available for many parts of this location after 4.45pm or on Sundays, so again, as with the school information, I would question its validity.
Greenbelt - the area in question was gifted to DGC '200 acres (the CDC land) which was for all practical purposes suitable only for public or recreational use' not to be used for residential developments such as is proposed. This area is rich in flora, fauna and wildlife and is a vital resource for local residents, particularly those with no or small gardens. TPO's are on several trees in this area but is not just these trees that need to be saved, it's all of them. Scotland’s forests and woodlands play an important role in tackling climate change by soaking up around 9.5 million tonnes of harmful CO2 emissions each year. (https://forestry.gov.scot/news-releases/positive-progress-on-tree-planting We should be planting more, not destroying the ones we have.
They have included an area for 'potential location for a community facility' this is subject to further discussions and is not a definite inclusion as far as I can see. (21_01414_PPP-DAS_3_OF_3-1338647.pdf (northlanarkshire.gov.uk)
We strongly urge that NCL seriously considers the detrimental environmental impact of this proposed plan and reject it.