House fate isput on hold

THE fate of Cumbernauld House could be sealed in weeks following a meeting of North Lanarkshire Council’s planning and environment committee in Motherwell.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Jan 2011, 10:37 BST

There had been expectation that the controversial application to turn the A-Listed building into flats would be discussed today (Wednesday) but that is no longer the case.

Glasgow-based construction firm CHB Developments Ltd. purchsed the 18th century hunting lodge last year, after the building had lain disused for several years.

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However, community group Cumbernauld House Trust has argued that the planning application should be rejected - as they try to find a way to buy the house to this end.The group has thousands of global supporters online after opting to create a page on social networking site Facebook.

David Sutton, built heritage and design team leader at NLC, said: “We have received some additional information from the project architect, and are waiting for further details in relation to the planning application.

“ Once that is received and evaluated, the applic-ation will be put to the next available planning and transportation committee.

A number of requests for a site visit and hearing have been received, so the committee may decide to postpone a decision until one can be held,” he added.

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