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We are a group of park users and others who are concerned about Glasgow City Council's proposal to give a 21 years lease covering the North Wood of Pollok Park to Adventure Forest Ltd to develop a "GO APE " facility
The decision by the Planning Applications Committee was only a bump on the road to victory. It's now time to re-energise ourselves for the very important next phase – to have the planning decision called in by Scottish Ministers. For this - and other actions - we need your continued support and ideas.
LOBBY YOUR MSPs to get the application called in - contacts on the website link below and remember to lobby your local consituency and all your regional list ones http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/index.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3FFT-Qt1Q
A soundtracked slide show of the Planning Commmitte's visit to the Park on 25th March - thanks to Geery Fletcher (and Joan Baez - make sure you turn your speakers on) They paved paradise
Pollok Park was gifted by the Maxwell family in 1969 "for the enjoyment of the citizens of Glasgow" and the "enhancement of the beauty of the neighbourhood" This development will restrict the use and enjoyment of parts of North Wood to ordinary users, walkers etc It will cost £25 per adult and £20 for a teenager to use - that is not the meaning of the word "Gift"
There are agreements in place form 1939 and 1969 with the Maxwell family and National Trust - they have to be consulted and if they say no - then the Council cannot do this. Representatives of the family and the National Trust have formally objected - so why has the Council told the Company to put in a planning application?
The red lines mark are the activity areas with some fenced off bits adn zip wires - but the planning application area is the whole area within the yellow line - there is no guarantee that these sites may not move over the next 21 years - and we believe there is evidence that the sound of users and zip wires will carry across much of it. The blue dots mark the 2 new buildings - the Burrell Museum is botttom left- this area is 30% of North Wood adn 50% of North wood outside the mountain bike track area
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North Wood -photgraphed at the end of April 2008. This is the extact site of one of the covered landing zones and the fenced off training area of the Go Ape development. Take a good look - if Glasgow Council gets its way this may be the last time we see it 
A packed meeting of 200 people vowed to continue to challenge the proposal . Representatives of 4 political parties were there- all of whom gave their support - Nicola Surgeon, the constituency MSP spoke as did Jackson Carlow MSP and Patrick Harvie MSP. Others were Robert Brown MSP and Bashir Ahmed MSP. Glasgow Councillors Danny Alderslowe and Paul Colsehill also spoke and Cllrs David Meikle , George Roberts and Margo Clark were there in support of the next stage which is to persuade Scottish Ministers to call in the application and overturn the Glasgow Council planning decision 
THE REAL FIGHT TO SAVE OUR PARKS HAS JUST BEGUN - our main strength is in our numbers- already over 4000 petition signatures - so sign on this website or email to get a petition you can copy and go out and get more signatures- Go to Sign the Petition- and also read the many comments. We suggest Glasgow Councillors also read the comments. Can we all be wrong? 
Here is a mock up of a the Zip wire going across the Glade - a Conservation Area and designed landscape of national importance (Historic Scotland)-and yet Go Ape says it will have little impact and " we will have to look up to notice anything at all" - are these people serious? 
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