CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a popular green space have urged Holyrood ministers to reverse the decision to allow developers to use the site.
Activists from the North Kelvin Meadow and Children’s Wood group have launched a petition, gathering more than 1700 signatures in less than 72 hours.
They are calling for the Scottish Government to review the Glasgow City Council decision to allow developers New City Vision to build 90 flats on the site at Clouston Street.
The petition, started by local resident Quintin Cutts, reads: “Overall, we do not understand how the Council or the planning authority deem it acceptable to build on this site.
“We are calling on Scottish Government ministers to use their planning powers to call in and reject the New City Vision plan.”
The application, which was approved last week,is to be sent to the Scottish Government for review after ministers said previously if it were approved they wanted to look at the proposals.
Following the planning meeting, a Glasgow City Council spokesman said: “The approval of this planning application from New City Vision will deliver both much-needed family homes in the West End and improve the North Kelvinside pitches facility as well as a substantial receipt for the public purse in a time of unprecedented financial constraints for local government.”
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