How We Got Here

1989 - LAND BOUGHT FROM BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD  - £180,000 SCOTTISH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

1991 - SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE FORMED 1ST APRIL 1991 DISSOLVING SDA

SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE ACCQUIRED THE LAND FROM SDA (RIVERSIDE)

1995 - LAND BOUGHT FROM DRUMKINNON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN - £2,600,000

1998 - SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE – OFFER TO J METHVEN MOTORS  IN 1998, AS IT WAS REQUIRED TO BUILD AN ENTRANCE TO LOMOND SHORES DEVELOPMENT.

2008 – WOODBANK WAS INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN,

2009 -  OWNERS READY TO SELL WOODBANK HOUSE (after continuous refusal)

2014 – SCOTLANDS PROPERTY REPORTS ON HISTORY AND FUTURE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL (WOODBANK HOUSE)

2016 – FLAMINGO LAND NAMED AS PREFERRED BIDDER FOR DRUMKINNON, RIVERSIDE AND INCLUDES WOODBANK HOUSE

2018 – APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR LEISURE DEVELOPMENT & WOODBANK HOUSE, ALSO KNOWN AS ICONIC LEISURE REF: 2018/0133/PPP

2019 – APPLICATION 2018/0133/PPP IS WITHDRAWN

2023 – APPLICATION RESUBMITTED KNOWN  AS LOMOND BANKS REF: 2022/0157/PPP

SEPT 2024 – THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REFUSED

20TH DEC 2024 – FLAMINGO LAND LTD SUBMIT AN APPEAL TO THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

16TH MAY 2025 – NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ALLOW THE APPEAL BY THE REPORTER

10TH JUNE 2025 - NOTICE OF RECALL BY SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT MINISTERS

4TH JULY 2025 - DAVID BUYLLA CONFIRMS HE IS TO WRITE A REPORT FOR THE MINISTERS