Glentaggart coal battle lines are drawn
THE decision to grant planning permission to another opencast coal mine in the Douglas Valley has angered environmental protesters.
A total of 232 objections were raised to the plans to extract four million tonnes of coal and 200,000 tonnes of other minerals, over a 10 year period from the site at Glentaggart East, proposed by Scottish Coal.
Now campaigners have made a formal complaint to the council over its handling of the application, claiming they were not told the decision meeting was taking place in December.
For more on this, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette.