28/08/2022 Regno Unito, Scozia, Dunbartonshire Occidentale (West Dunbartonshire)
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Concerns have been raised about the possible presence of ”unexploded ordnance” from the Second World War on a disused and overgrown piece of land which will be sold to a housing developer for more than £5million. Turnberry Homes Limited want to transform the derelict land in Alexandria into a residential area. The firm has issued a design statement which envisages the development of 88 residential units made up of two-bedroom apartments, three-bedroom semi-detached and four-bedroom detached houses. Members of West Dunbartonshire’s infrastructure, regeneration and economic development (IRED) committee approved the sale at a meeting on Wednesday. However, concerns were raised about potential contamination on the site as well as the risk of unexploded item. Council officers reassured members that nothing of that nature had been found so far but further investigations by the developer would be carried out. SNP group leader, councillor Jonathan McColl said: “As with all industrial and previous industrial sites in West Dunbartonshire, there is a risk of finding some sort of contamination. “I do recall that when Levenbank Terrace, which is at the front of this [development] was taken on, the reason for not developing further at the back was because there was a suspicion that there was an unexploded ordnance from World War Two on that site. “I wonder if current officers are aware of that and if any investigations have been done. I know that site and soil surveys have been completed but I don’t know if there was anything done that would have detected something like that.”
Photo-Source: dailyrecord.co.uk
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