The plans by a Yorkshire theme park operator to open a £40m development on the banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland have been unanimously rejected by the governing board of the local authority.
Flamingo Land had proposed the theme park for land on the banks of the loch under the name The Lomond Banks Development. It included two hotels and 100 self-catering lodges, a water park, monorail and car parking.
But 174,946 objections were received, many of them through a Scottish Green Party campaign.
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Part Authority rejected the plans on Monday evening this week after a long succession of plans and objections going back six years.
Dr Heather Reid, convenor of the authority, commented: “The application considered by the board today included proposals for a significant amount of development in an area of flood risk.
"It was concluded that no exceptions to national policy would apply which would allow the principle of new-built development to be acceptable in these areas. As such, Sepa (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) had objected to the application."
