Lanark mansion objector “should live in Pettinain”

AN objector to a new housing development near their home in Lanark should “go and live in Pettinain” if they want to be in a small community.
Mansion site...in Lanark (Pic by Jim Clare)Mansion site...in Lanark (Pic by Jim Clare)
Mansion site...in Lanark (Pic by Jim Clare)

So said the chairman of the town’s Community Council Frank Gunning during a debate over the controversial planning application to build a modern, five-bedroom ‘mansion’ off Kirkfieldbank Brae.

As reported in the Gazette last week, planning permission for this was granted by South Lanarkshire Council last Tuesday.

For more information on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is in the shops now.