Revised plans for £40million Loch Lomond tourist resort lodged

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Refreshed plans for a £40million tourist resort on the banks of Loch Lomond have been publicly lodged. Flamingo Land has now submitted outline planning submission to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park for the development at West Riverside and Woodbank House in Balloch.

Proposals include a 60-bed apart-hotel, 32-bed budget hotel, up to 127 self-catering lodges, a monorail, leisure pool, water park, spa, water sports hub, restaurants, cafe and craft brewery with a pub.If agreed, A-listed Woodbank House, would be refurbished to provide up to 15 self-catering apartments and there are also proposals for a visitor reception, performance areas, children’s play areas and picnic and barbecue sites.The firm say there are “fundamental changes” to the original plans following nearly 12 months of consultation.Flamingo Land withdrew plans almost three years ago for the holiday village after Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park planners recommended they be refused.It followed thousands of objections including a petition amassing almost 60,000 signatures.Developers say they have responded to planners’ concerns with their previous proposal, as well as consulting closely with the community.The Yorkshire-based company has made some changes this time round, including the complete removal of any development in the ancient woodland of Drumkinnon Wood.Green MSP Ross Greer has been opposed to the plans from the outset and commented: “This is a huge application and it’s going to take us some time to digest the details but it looks like our Save Loch Lomond campaign has scored at least one major win, the preservation of Drumkinnon Woods. “That being said, the overall scale of the proposals are still the same, with a roughly