Quarry approval could see New Lanark struck off World Heritage site list

If plans for a quarry breaching New Lanark’s buffer zone get the go-ahead, it could lead to the village being “struck off” the list of World Heritage sites.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Jun 2011, 09:00 BST

That’s the fear voiced to the Gazette this week by local conservationists.

The plans by Cemex – which operates Hyndford Quarry opposite Lanark Racecourse – are due to be submitted shortly to South Lanarkshire Council.

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But Ed Archer said this week that some of the land involved was parkland, formerly part of the Bonnington Estate, and inside the heritage buffer zone.

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