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60 trees to be axed for 94 flats in park

A DERELICT park beside Yorkhill Hospital - dubbed the land that time
forgot' - is to become home to 94 flats.

But the housing development at Yorkhill Park will result in at least 60 trees
being chopped down.

David Wilson Homes has been given permission to build the flats on a site
between the Clydeside Expressway and the Sick Children's Hospital.

The company plans two blocks of one and two-bedroom flats on land that
was formerly part of a park but was bought by British Rail in the 1970s.

It is covered by a tree preservation order, but about three quarters of the
trees - principally at the entrance on Ferry Road and along the railway
boundary - will be felled to allow building to go ahead.

In return, the house builder will carry out improvements to the rest of the
park, including better paths, new signs, benches, general landscape improvements,
a sitting area, viewing point and picnic area.

A children's play park and an all-weather sports pitch will also be built.

Councillors were told Yorkhill Park is under-used and has no facilities for
children's play.

Councillor Alex Glass said: "I pass this area almost every day on the train
and it is not one of the most pleasant.

"It is like the land time forgot, so any development that will improve it has
to be welcome."

Steve Inch, the council's executive director of development and regeneration,
said in a report: "The land has not formed an effective part of the park for
a number of years and suffers from a severe lack of maintenance.

"The loss of this part of the former parkland has to be balanced against the
proposed improvements to the existing park and the return of part of the
former parkland to active use."

New trees will be planted along the western, northern and southern
boundaries of the site, along with extensive hedges.

James H
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Alex Glass · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

WooHoo!

A quote from me

Thanks James

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AlanM · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

I used to play there as a kid, used to find all sorts there.

Now I know better I wouldn't go near it even in broad daylight
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Alex Glass · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject:

james73 · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

I've cycled though there once or twice, and if wasn't for the kevlar-like protectors
on the inside of my inner tyres I would've ended up with muliple punctures. The
area is a fukkin dump - burnt-out cars and countless broken bottles and the remains
of some 'junkies big-night out' lying around. As long as a through path is maintained,
that's fine with me.

James H
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