Three year extension agreed over Happendon Wood development

A THREE year extension has been granted for a proposed development at Happendon Wood, near Douglas.
By Ross Thomson
Published 1st Jun 2014, 12:30 BST
Extension agreed...for proposed Happendon Wood developmentExtension agreed...for proposed Happendon Wood development
Extension agreed...for proposed Happendon Wood development

The extension was rubber stamped at a South Lanarkshire Council planning committee meeting last Tuesday.

The plans, which were submitted back in 2010 by SRG Estates, were given planning permission the following March.

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However, since then SRG, part of the Scottish Coal Group, has gone into liquidation.

New owners Hargreaves Surface Mining Ltd re-submitted the plans to South Lanarkshire Council in March.

According to the original planning document, more than 1700 jobs would be created if the huge development gets off the ground.