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Coverage of delay of decision by the planning committee to allow a site visit. more. |
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Protesters win a delay in project A DECISION on whether to allow homes to be built in a West End lane has been delayed to allow councillors to visit the site. Members of the city council’s planning committee had been due to consider a move to build four townhouses and 45 flats in Otago Lane which backs on to the River Kelvin… more. |
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Thousands object to city lane project THOUSANDS of people have objected to plans for a housing development in a historic lane. Councillors are today due to consider a move to build four townhouses and 45 flats in Otago Lane in the west end of Glasgow… more. |
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21 November 2011 – Evening Times WEST End campaigners have vowed to fight off developers for a third time to stop them building in a conservation area. A company owned by Glasgow’s biggest developer Hugh Scott has lodged plans for 49 homes in four large blocks on Otago Lane, after twice withdrawing plans following pressure from local residents and businesses… more. |
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CAMPAIGNERS fighting to stop development on the westend’s Otago Lane are bracing themselves for a further battle. Otago Street Developments, the company planning to build houses on the lane, has resubmitted proposals to Glasgow city council which, campaigners claim are not significantly different from its previous submission… more. |
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24 January 2011 – Evening Times A controversial plan for a multi-million pound housing development in a historic part of Glasgow’s west end has been withdrawn after months of campaigning by residents. But developers have submitted fresh proposals for a development at Otago Street and Otago Lane, which will require less stringent planning scrutiny… more. |
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A controversial plan for a multimillion-pound housing development in a historic part of Glasgow’s west end has been withdrawn after months of campaigning by residents. But developers have submitted fresh proposals for a development at Otago Street and Otago Lane, which will require less stringent planning scrutiny. more. |
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24 January 2011 – STV News at six (Glasgow & West) A brief segment on the updated proposals to develop Otago Lane was broadcast on the STC News at Six. Martin Fell from Tchai Ovna and Peter Ashby from Mixed-Up Records were interviewed. The Otago Lane piece starts at 15:54 into the programme… more. |
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27 October 2010 – Edinburgh Napier News Holyrood is considering a proposed residential development which, opposition say, will destroy a unique community. Recently around 300 protesters marched through Glasgow’s West End to send a message to Glasgow City Council: “Leave our Lane Alane“… more. |
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26 October 2010 – Subcity Radio: Report // Otago Lane Protest Marches On Last Saturday, hundreds of people, including students, local residents and politicians, turned out for a march in protest against the planned redevelopment to Otago Lane… more. |
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Evening Times – 21 October 2010 Evening Times article published "‘Campaigners take lane row to Holyrood’" |
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Evening Times – 23 September 2010 Evening Times article published "Opera Singer voices fears over West End lane plan" |
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Local News Glasgow – 05 August 2010 As the residents of Otago Lane in the city’s west end await news of the planning application that will drastically effect their businesses and general environment, the question must be is the “Dear green place” a romantic sentiment that is becoming less and less relevant? |
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Evening Times article ‘Protests over bid to flatten flats in lane’ published |
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BBC News online – 15 June 2010 The BBC News online article ‘Plans for Glasgow’s Otago Lane opposed’ published |
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The Herald article ‘Hundreds lodge objections to lane development plans’ published |
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Evening Times article ‘700 say leave us a-lane…’ published |
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‘Leave the lane alane’, Tom Shields … |
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Protest against Otago Lane development steps up a gear… |
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Hundreds join protest to save West End lane…. |
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Duncan Reid eulogises Glasgow’s beloved West End boho hodge-podge Otago Lane, as the threat of development hangs over it…. |
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Daily Record – ‘Lane may it continue’ – 01 Mar 2010 A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a Glasgow landmark from being transformed into a modern housing complex.
Otago Lane – considered one of the city’s hidden treasures – is being threatened by a development of 163 flats. |
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A DEMONSTRATION yesterday against a development in Glasgow’s West End received cross-party support from the city’s politicians… |
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Campaigners win political support in bid to save historic Otago Lane… |
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Lane plan snub for traders… |
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Students take part in community clean up… |
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Glasgow University Guardian – 28 Sep 2009 Attempts to develop Otago Lane have been declared invalid at their first attempt by Glasgow City Council… |
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A plan to build flats and commercial units in Otago Lane in Glasgow’s West End has come under fierce opposition amid fears it will ruin the boutique-style lane… |
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A DEVELOPER has suffered a major setback after protesters spent just £30 to block his controversial multi-million pound plan for new flats and shops in Glasgow West End… |
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Celebrities including Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer and Teenage Fanclub have come together to save a historic corner of Glasgow threatened by developers. |
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Glasgow’s the drear grey place thanks to all this building – Tom Shields |
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AN exotic tearoom will be forced to close if controversial plans to build more than 150 luxury apartments and shops get the go-ahead in the West End of Glasgow… |