Scottish Government officials have decided to ignore the public and experts, and grant permission to Flamingo Land to build their mega-resort at Loch Lomond.
Last year 155,000 of you objected to Flamingo Land's plans, making it the most objected to planning application in Scottish history. Objections flooded in from the National Trust for Scotland, Woodland Trust, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the local community council and even Loch Lomond's own expert planning officers.
This is an outrageous, anti-democratic decision that will cause irreversible damage to Scotland’s world-famous natural environment.
Flamingo Land's aim is to build a ‘resort’ on a massive scale, with 104 woodland lodges, a water park, hotels, monorail and much more. This is far larger than the National Park’s Local Development Plan allows. It will add even more traffic to an existing congestion hot-spot, and turn open greenspace - popular with locals and visitors alike - into a branded holiday park.
It will also transfer all of the ancient woodland to Flamingo Land, meaning there's no guarantee it will be safe in the long term.
But there’s still a chance we can stop Flamingo Land and save Loch Lomond. The decision isn’t set in stone yet. Until it is, Scottish Government ministers have the power to change the decision.
That’s why we need as many people as possible to write to Planning Minister Ivan McKee, telling him he needs to act now.
We've already ran two campaigns to stop Flamingo Land, both ending in success. Let's make it a third and protect Scotland's iconic landscape.
