Storing waste on Glasgow land ruled unlawful after 25 years
The site at 1151 Duke Street in the East End is an undeveloped land that has been used to store scrap metals and machinery since 2000.
Now, the council ruled this use unlawful after a planning application was handed in by E G B R Dalton LLP.
In the papers, the firm argued that since the area has been a home to these items for more than 10 years, it should be lawful.
However, in their decision, council planning officials said the evidence submitted did not satisfy them.
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The company, based in West Lothian, has owned the site since the 1980s.
In 2000, a proposal was accepted to use this land as a "recycling facility for the processing of inert construction and demolition waste and the siting of a crushing unit".
On pictures submitted with the application, skips, containers and train parts can be seen stored at the site.
Documents added: "Since 2004 to the present day, the site has been leased and actively occupied for the purpose of storage and distribution of recycled metals, demolition waste, plant, machinery and containers recognised under Class 6 of the Use Classes (Scotland) Order 2023.
"There have been no other planning uses on the site during this period.
"As the use has continued without interruption or abandonment for a period of more than 20 years, it is considered that the use is lawful under Section 150 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997."
Despite this, the bid was rejected.
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