Campaigners celebrate refusal of Coatbridge waste plant application
the development would be “highly detrimental” to the surrounding area.Maggie Proctor, the leader of long-running campaign group Monklands Residents Against Pyrolysis Plant (MRAPP), said: “This good news is very much welcomed by our community and all our supporters,” adding: “It’s been an incredibly long journey.”The news was also received positively by Coatbridge MSP Fulton MacGregor, who called it “the right decision” and “a demonstration of people power”; and by his predecessor Elaine Smith, who said: “Common sense has prevailed.”Local residents have been fighting for more than a decade against plans to locate a pyrolysis waste plant at the former Shanks & McEwan site, continuing their battle after the local authority’s original refusal