Loch Lomond doesn't need Flamingo Land – and locals don’t want it either

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Nicola Sturgeon,Balloch

They say it’s far too big for this area and will be destructive – clogging up already busy roads, threatening nature and scarring an iconic landscape.

Flamingo Land has relentlessly pursued its plan for a mega holiday resort on Loch Lomond ’s shores for the best part of a decade.

Ultimately, they don’t have the final say. It falls within Scotland’s beautiful Loch Lomond National Park and so is under the remit of the Park Authority. Millions of tourists already flood to Loch Lomond every year to enjoy the sights and, occasionally, the weather. Top news stories today Cut disability waits The devolution of more than a dozen benefits has mostly been a success story for the Government.

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