Construction firm blasts council over refusal to grant plans to build Wishaw homes

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A construction firm has revealed its shock and disappointment following North Lanarkshire Council’s refusal to approve revised proposals for new homes on a derelict brownfield site in Wishaw.The planning application – the JR Group’s second for the former Ex-Servicemen’s Club site on Main Street – was lodged after the council’s first refusal of the plans back in 2020.The planning committee voted 9-8 against the proposals during a meeting which was aired online.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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We’re baffled by it.“To have specifically addressed each and every element of feedback from the planning authority, minuted the meeting, issued confirmation in advance of the application, to then have the application refused, is in itself bizarre.“Then for a refusal at appeal, given the fact that both the council and the local RSL [registered social landlord] are in support of the project, is even worse.“To refuse planning for affordable homes, on a contaminated brownfield site which has funding support is unbelievable.“The site, which would have undergone a total transformation, will now remain a derelict contaminated brownfield site with hoarding removed and will